Major League Baseball has had talks with NBC Sports Group and Fox Sports in recent weeks to try to craft a solution to its MASN dispute, according to several sources. MLB hired Steve Greenberg of Allen & Co. to try to broker such a deal, which could see NBC or Fox acquire all or part of the regional sports network that carries Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals games.
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Ten fans were injured Sunday night when a nylon rope from a Fox Sports overhead camera fell over the Charlotte Motor Speedway grandstands, red-flagging the Coca-Cola 600 for nearly 30 minutes.
The blog NewscastStudio.com is currently hosting the second round of its “Set Madness” tournament that lets readers decide which set has the best design.
The two-time champion catcher will call the World Series this year and then retire from his analyst job at Fox. “I wanted to step down while I know I can still do the job and proud of the job I’ve done,” the 71-year-old McCarver said during a conference call today.
The 81-year-old Regis Philbin is close to signing a deal with Fox Sports to host a sports talk show, according to sources.
Getting Up To (High) Speed On Super Slo Mo
For the big game, CBS will take advantage of recent developments in 4K high-speed and high-resolution videography to not only slow down action in replays without noticeable motion blur or pixilation, but also to zoom in closely to see if a player’s foot is out of bounds or if the football breaks the plane of the end zone. Other networks are also working to push the envelope with high-speed, high-res cameras and Sony is working on next-generation sports production technology.
The company also secures exclusive long-term local rights to broadcast Cleveland Indians baseball.
Fox Sports is close to clinching the exclusive TV rights for the Los Angeles Dodgers by paying between $6 billion and $7 billion over 25 years to put the team on its regional sports network in Southern California and, of course, its national Fox Broadcasting Co.
For nearly two decades, David Hill was Fox Sports. The Australian TV executive with an outsized personality launched the division in 1993. From the beginning, Fox Sports reflected Hill: It was loud, brash and abhorred convention.
A new look for the pregame show, new sounds and new angles will dominate Fox Sports coverage of the MLB All-Star Game from Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City today.
Fox Sports Gets TV Rights For NBA Hornets
In a court filing Thursday, the team says Fox Sports will be assured that the rival cable company will be in no way involved in the purchase of the team. The sale is expected to be approved today. Fox, TWC and perhaps CBS are expected to bid for a contract that could be worth up to $5 billion — if, that is, the new owners opt not to launch a team-owned regional sports network.
Fox Sports has settled its legal battle with the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the troubled baseball team agreeing to end its bid to sell lucrative television rights in advance of a proposed sale. In return, Fox won’t object to a separate deal in U.S. Bankruptcy Court between Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Major League Baseball that will almost certainly lead to the team being sold before an April 30 deadline.
WVUE’s Jeffifer Hale Adds Fox Sports Duties
A federal judge grants an emergency stay of a bankruptcy court’s ruling, which could affect Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s ability to sell TV rights.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross ruled on Thursday that the Los Angeles Dodgers can sell their television rights months before the team’s contract with Fox Sports expires — a significant win for the team in its ongoing legal saga.
Fox Sports says the team need not pursue bankruptcy because creditors can be repaid when the team is sold. The Dodgers call the move ‘an act of utter desperation.’
Dodgers attorneys filed a complaint Wednesday in Delaware bankruptcy court saying Fox attorneys violated the automatic halt to litigation against a debtor in bankruptcy by sending a letter to the Dodgers’ financial adviser.
Fox Sports’ coverage of the upcoming American League Championship Series will include six robotic cameras in the dugouts, an Inertia Unlimited xMo, two Sony HDC3300 super-slo-mos,a Steadicam and two RF units.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Fox Sports canceled a show that aired a segment that mocked Asian students who were filmed on the University of Southern California campus. Fox Sports Network […]
News Corp.’s Fox Sports is protesting the Los Angeles Dodgers’ request to hire Blackstone Group to market the team’s media rights, setting up a potential battle with the cable network that, until recently, had been one of embattled owner Frank McCourt’s biggest supporters.
Fox has held informal discussions with NASCAR about a new TV rights agreement that would allow the network to put some of its Sprint Cup races on Speed. David Hill, Fox Sports chairman, said Fox would like to see some of the 13 regular-season races it televises on Speed. A Fox source said the company could ask for as many as six races for the network.
The cable channel, known for edgy entertainment and movies, is expected to announce Monday it will be airing college football games on Saturdays this fall. The package of 13 Fox Sports on FX games, some of which will air in primetime, is being carved out of rights deals Fox Sports already has with the Big 12, Pac-12 and Conference USA. Conference USA’s championship game could also air on FX.
