Cynopsis: Sports06/08/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 8, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The International Olympic Committee decided to go with its longtime partner NBC, announcing that it chose the bid by the Comcast-owned company over rival suitors ABC/ESPN and Fox. The decision delivered the company with U.S. media […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports06/07/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, June 7, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Last weekend’s coverage of the men’s finals of the French Open on NBC earned the network the event’s best overnight rating in 12 years, up 63% from last year’s ratings, according to overnight numbers from Nielsen. […]
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports06/06/11 Good morning. It’s Monday, June 6, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. On the heels of the most watched NBA playoffs in cable history topped with a fruitful partnership that spiked ratings for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Turner Sports is on a roll. The network’s 40-game coverage […]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports06/03/11 Good morning. It’s Friday, June 3, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. With bidding set to take place next week, CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves told attendees at the Nomura Media Summit that the network will not bid on the 2014 and 2016 Olympics Games. Moonves noted that […]
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports06/02/11 Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 2, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Who said you need the Lakers and Celtics to pop a rating? ABC‘s broadcast of Game 1 of The NBA Finals, which saw Miami take down Dallas, drew the highest rating for the opening game of […]
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports06/01/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 1, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Tennis Channel and ESPN have inked a four-year deal that will extend their French Open and Australian Open multimedia programming alliance. Under terms of the new deal, the networks will alter their coverage of the French […]
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports05/31/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, May 31, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. NBC Sports and Versus have locked in plans for the companies’ first-ever Stanley Cup Finals together under the Comcast umbrella. The finals, featuring Vancouver and Boston, will begin Wednesday at 8p on NBC. Versus already saw […]
Friday, May 27th, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports05/27/11 Good morning. It’s Friday, May 27, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. NBC Sports President Ken Schanzer will retire following three decades at the network, staying on board through the end of the summer. He had served the last 13 years as president of its sports division. His […]
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports05/26/11 Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 26, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Tuesday night’s overtime game that saw the Miami Heat take a 3-1 series lead over the Chicago Bulls pulled nearly 9.8 million viewers to TNT. The network’s coverage of the Eastern Conference Finals drew a 6.1 […]
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Cynopsis: Sports05/25/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 25, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The NBA Players Association opened fire on the impending lockout, filing an unfair labor practice charge claiming that the league did not bargain in good faith in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement. The complaint was […]
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