But exempting sports programming takes much of the bite out of the rule change.
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"This is more of a circle-the-wagons approach to sports programming, " says media buyer John Rash .
That has to do it for you. 2006 is going to be loaded with sports programming.
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Consequently, service providers are looking to drop sports programming from lower-end packages to control costs for customers.
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Making Executive VP of Football Operations John Elway and NBC sports programming executives collectively look like geniuses.
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As recent deals have show, the appetite for sports programming is far greater than other types of shows.
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In addition to the Mariners, the network will provide other professional, collegiate and high school sports programming year-round.
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With the NFL demanding as much as 70% increase in fee, the rise in sports programming costs becomes inevitable.
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Mansell also explains why ESPN and sports programming are going to be offered as tiered programming, separate from basic cable.
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In the Sunset Order, the FCC gave special treatment to cable-affiliated sports programming, often carried on regional sports networks (RSNs).
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That is a decent price but not great shakes in this era of surging rights fees for sports programming.
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And NESN, which shows heaps of other sports programming--such as college basketball and football, boxing and bowling--is likely to increase revenue much more.
Since then it has become clear that sports programming has become the ultimate content in a reality television world, resulting in booming valuations.
However, continued growth in digital licensing, investments in sports programming and expansion in international markets can provide some operating leverage to News Corp.
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News Corporation owns a huge amount of the entertainment and sports programming that young people are likely to want to access via broadband.
As people now watch television programs at their own convenience, zipping through ads in the process, sports programming still demands to be watched live.
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Dish is in a more precarious position than DirecTV as the latter has strategically built out premium sports programming, like the popular NFL Sunday Ticket.
Sports programming is an attractive asset for broadcasters and advertisers, thanks to a loyal base of male fans who listen or watch in real time.
Sports programming costs are rising and pay-TV companies are thinking of excluding expensive channels such as ESPN from certain pay-TV packages catered toward value-conscious customers.
We believe that Disney has the advantage of ESPN, which garners high pricing due to strong demand for its sports programming and thus higher margins.
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With Stitcher, for example, you can say the command, "Play station news" to listen to your favorite news radio or "Play station sports" to hear on-demand sports programming.
Much of the blame has been heaped on the escalating costs of sports programming, which now accounts for about half of the typical cable bill.
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For the last couple of quarters, the sports programming giant has faced pressure on its ratings, but has managed to offset it with higher ad pricing.
According to Nielsen, after staying stable for a while, the proportion of prime time audience watching sports programming has increased substantially in the past few years.
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The touchstone of that business model remains the monthly subscriber fee, one typically levied on every cable household in a vast metro area irrespective of interest in sports programming.
As we recounted back in April, MLB clubs are cashing in rich new cable deals as the era of the DVR sends more and more advertising dollars into live sports programming.
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The YPS-3050 fits neatly underneath a flat-panel television and gives consumers a space-efficient option to installing multiple speakers throughout a room for immersive audio for watching movies, television and sports programming.
So Rogers gets a doubleheader from its sports programming.
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The skinny, according to the report: The value of sports content will continue to increase as sports programming becoming increasingly competitive, and as a result sports programmers have most leverage in affiliate negotiations.
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