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To be carried on many of Sinclair stations, the new program service has rights deals with various NCAA Division I conferences to offer the live, local games from more than 50 schools. Doron Gorshein heads the efforts.

Viewership interest in the Belmont essentially doubles when there’s a horse entered with the chance of becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.

NBC-owned Telemundo affiliate KDEN Denver (DMA 17) today announced the addition of Paola Varela Rossi as sports anchor-reporter. She reports to News Director Pedro Calderón Michel and will be anchoring the […]

Sports on TV — and other screens — continues to dominate. In the last 10 years, the available hours of sports programming have increased by 232%, according to Nielsen. When it comes to actual viewing, Nielsen says there were 33 billion hours of national sports TV programming viewed in 2013, up 27% from the 26 billion hours consumed in 2003.

After Superstorm Sandy forced the cancellation of the ING New York City Marathon last year, broadcasters are gearing up for a TV production that they promise will be one to remember. Several technology enhancements are expected to help streamline the production, including two new motorcycles, two new lead trucks, three helicopters and a complete overhaul of the receive-site setup.

With the rise in influence of the Hispanic consumer, the Hispanic sports fan in the U.S. is quickly becoming a driving force in terms of viewership. Consequently, it’s also become a coveted demo for advertisers to reach.

Here’s the week’s news in TV economics in one sentence: Without live sports, the TV business could fall apart; and because of live sports, the TV business could fall apart. Confused? Ha, well, blame the bundle, perhaps the most successful and most misunderstood business model in entertainment.

NEW YORK (AP) — Regis Philbin’s new colleagues were tapping away on their smartphones Monday, tweeting about his new sports talk show, and he blurted out: “All I’ve got is […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The YES Network, the Yankees’ cable channel, will televise up to 10 Atlantic Coast Conference football games and as many as 23 ACC men’s basketball games […]

For female sports reporters, sexist comments about their looks — and plum jobs for pretty girls — are as common as time-outs.

Spurred on by big TV sporting events, men ramped up their sports app usage in the first months of this year. There have been steady increases around specific TV sports events like the Super Bowl continuing through the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and the start of the Major League Baseball season, according to Arbitron Mobile’s smartphone panel study.

If you’re a sports fan, you’re probably seeing a lot more TV advertising from Kia these days.The Korean brand has made sports a key part of its marketing plans in the last two years. Kia has sponsorship deals with all major pro sports except baseball. In addition to sponsorship deals, Kia also spends significantly to broadcast spots during many games.

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.