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Cynopsis: Sports
11.13.13

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 13, 2013, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. 

Members of the Senate are joining the FCC in a call to end broadcast blackouts. Sens. John McCain and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill – the Furthering Access and Networks for Sports (FANS) Act – that would remove the antitrust exemption for any sports league that games available over the Internet when it is not available via TV through broadcasters or other pay TV services, even if they have to charge a fee to do so. The bill follows former acting FCC chairwoman Mignon Clyburn’s recent proposal to eliminate the FCC’s rule that blocks a cable or satellite provider from carrying a game when the local TV broadcast is blocked out because of poor attendance.

On the Air

On the ratings front, the New Orleans Saints’ takedown of the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football ranked as the most-watched primetime program, nabbing an average of of 21.1 million viewers for NBC with a 12.3/20, according to live plus same day national data from Nielsen. That figure marks the eighth time an NBC NFL telecast broke the 20 million viewer benchmark this season. Top markets include New Orleans with a 56.2/73, followed by Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and Albuquerque.

Sunday was also good for NBCSN, which drew an average of 803,000 viewers for its coverage of Manchester United and Arsenal to rank as the third most-watched Premier League match on cable in the U.S. on record. On the digital front, fans live streamed 1,630,201 minutes of the match, marking the most ever for a Sunday game via NBC Sports Live Extra.

On Saturday, CBS Sports’ coverage of the SEC on CBS featuring Alabama topping LSU in prime time drew an average national household rating/share of 6.9/12, up 1% over the same game a year ago, according to Nielsen. Those numbers rank as the second highest-rated college football game of the 2013 season, behind CBS Sports’ coverage of Alabama-Texas A&M. Through nine weeks of the 2013 SEC on CBS season, CBS Sports is averaging a national household rating/share of 4.0/9 and 6.4 million viewers to rank as the highest-rated and most-watched, respectively, for SEC football games on CBS at this point in the season since the Network began airing primarily an SEC-only schedule in 2001. 

The NFL announced that the Week 13 Patriots/Texans game will be moved to 1p on CBS while the Broncos/Chiefs matchup has been shifted to 4:25p on the network.

Mexico’s last chance at the World Cup has networks ramping up coverage. On the ESPN networks, starting today, 15 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff and friendly matches are on deck in the week ahead from the CONCACAF and UEFA regions. Anchoring the schedule is the much-anticipated matchup between Mexico and New Zealand with the winner advancing to next year’s World Cup in Brazil. The first leg of the home-and-home series will be played at 3:30p on ESPN and WatchESPN. Commentator Fernando Palomo and analyst Alejandro Moreno with reporter John Sutcliffe will call both matches from the host countries – November 13 (Mexico City) and November 19/20 (Wellington).
 
On Univision, the Mexico/New Zealand games will anchor a week-long event providing highlighted by the two contests. Univision Deportes will offer a special noon edition of Futbol Club, followed by a pre-game special on UDN and Univision at 2p. Other programming will include a two-part documentary special on Mexican and New Zealand soccer history on Nov. 16 at 7:30p on UDN.

It would appear that CAA and TPG are out of the mix in the quest to bring IMG into the fold. Variety reports that bids for the company are now down to four or five bidders, including WME with equity investor Silver Lake; the Carlyle Group with ICM Partners; KKR; and Chernin Group in partnership with Euro investment firm CVC Capital Partners. IMG is expected to fetch around $2.5 billion.

With Sebastian Vettel eyeing an unprecedented eighth consecutive victory this Sunday, NBC Sports announced plans for live coverage of the United States Grand Prix from Austin this weekend with 18 hours of Formula One coverage across NBC, NBCSN and CNBC. NBCSN will air live coverage of practice on Friday at 1p with live coverage of qualifying airing Saturday on CNBC at 1p. The race will take place on Sunday at 2p with an encore presentation of the race on NBCSN afterward at 6p.

Seth Davis, studio host for CBS Sports and a contributing writer for Sports Illustrated, is on deck to call his first men’s basketball game of the season with BTN tonight with the Valparaiso/Illinois game. The action tips off at 7:30p on BTN and BTN2Go. Afterward, a new episode of Big Ten Elite, presented by Chase, will debut and highlight the memories of the 2005 Illinois men’s basketball team.

The Phoenix Coyotes and FOX Sports Arizona inked a new deal that will see the channel carry 70 Coyotes regular season games each year. The deal ensures that FOX Sports Arizona will remain the Coyotes’ exclusive local television partner well into the next decade, with 47 games on FOX Sports Arizona and 23 games on its FOX Sports Arizona Plus channel.

Universal Sports Network has scheduled Lindsey Vonn: The Return, an exclusive personal interview with the most decorated skier in U.S. history that will air Friday, November 15, at 7p. A sneak-peak of Friday’s special will air on this week’s Countdown to Sochi on Wednesday, November 13, at 8p.

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Sponsorship & Promotion

NASCAR revealed that during the NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Phoenix this past weekend it surpassed more than five million competition miles across its three national series on Sunoco Green E15, a biofuel blended with 15% American Ethanol made from corn. The five million miles have been accumulated across practice, qualifying and racing laps dating to 2011 when the biofuel was introduced to the sport. In 2011, NASCAR formed a partnership with Sunoco and the American Ethanol industry in an effort to reduce emissions of the fuel used across its three national series.

Digital & Technology

Roku Inc. locked in an agreement with Disney & ESPN Media Networks to deliver live programming, events and video via WatchESPN, WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney Junior and WATCH Disney XD on the Roku streaming platform. As of yesterday, Roku customers who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of an affiliated video subscription will be able to access ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN Deportes and ESPNEWS through WatchESPN on their Roku devices.

Digital sports video agency SendtoNews announced a deal with Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest publisher by circulation of paid English-language daily newspapers, that will see SendtoNews deliver premium sports highlights on Postmedia’s newspaper websites across the country. In addition, Postmedia will become the exclusive sales representative for SendtoNews advertising and brand sponsorship programs in Canada.
 
The Main Event

Thunder/Clippers on ESPN at 10:30p.

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ON THIS DAY in 1992: Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for the Heavyweight title.

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Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: What was the name of Bob Costas’ character in the movie Cars? Answer: Bob Cutlass. Kudos: Liz Eng-NBC Sports Group/Stamford; Michael Brown-PGA TOUR/NY; Tom Turner-Active International/NY; Anthony Sedita-Dish Media Sales/NY; Ken Nice-Yoh/Silver Spring; James Taguchi-WTVR/Richmond; Tom Wetzel-MMSI/Warwick; Nathan Haun-RIVR Media/Knoxville; Chris Kuhrt-DISH Network L.L.C./Englewood; Amy Joanides-The Nielsen Company/Santa Cruz; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Adam Deverell-Cox Reps/LA; Keith Samuels/LA.

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Later — Chris
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