Get ready for a new TV network - Total Honesty Sports
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No more post game blather on-air talent like 'Anchordude' and 'Sideline Blondie'
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TORONTO  - In a first for the National Hockey League, sportscasters for the Sports Network, Canada's cable sports channel, will call the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres game at ice level.
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I was wondering, did the Mountain West Conference do any research before they made The mtn. channel deal?  Why would anyone in their right mind make a deal with CSTV/The mtn.
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(InfoWorld) - On Feb. 5, at about 7 a.m. local time, I'll be watching the Super Bowl. For those of us living in foreign lands where football means a round ball, the NFL doesn't get primetime coverage. Despite growing up as an NFL fan, when I say "football" now to anyone except my mother, I'm talking about soccer. When I watch football on any given weekend, it's the glorious exploits of my beloved Arsenal Football Club I'm enjoying, not those of the New York Giants. During almost 11 years in China, I have slowly seen those vestiges of the U.S. unavailable here in Beijing disappear. The Internet changed the way we live overseas. Letters became e-mails. Amazon.com became the Berlin Airlift to the book-deprived, with CDs and DVDs following soon after. But regular National Football League coverage was one of just two remaining treats that eluded me. That changed on Sept. 13, 2006. On that day, I discovered Ben & Jerry's ice cream at my supermarket, for about $9 per pint. That morning, I watched an NFL game, live via the Internet, in my home. NFL Enterprises embraced the Internet for the 2006-07 season. Previously the NFL did not allow webcasting of its games, except for text and graphic-based commentary such as GameCast. But this year, international fans could buy a GamePass from YahooÂ to view games live and streamed, at either $249.99 for the season, or $24.99 per week. Apple's iTunes Music Store sold season passes for fans to watch their favorite teams, uploading each game after its completion. I took a different route. I downloaded TVUplayer , which seems to be a mass re-broadcast from a Slingbox MediaÂ device in San Jose, California. There was the NFL, complete with American sportscasters and commercials ("This is our country..."). I ignored that it was 8:30 a.m. and made popcorn. I don't understand how TVUplayer is legal, but if they ever become a paid service, they can have my money. ESPN and ABC disappeared midway through the season, so I lost the Sunday and Monday night games that I used to watch on Monday and Tuesday mornings, respectively, but Sunday night remained sleepless as I watched the day games. If living overseas teaches us anything, it's that in the Internet world, content distribution and licensing methods are grossly obsolete. I would have paid to watch the NFL live years ago -- but they wouldn't take my money. Cinema and DVD release dates seem equally ludicrous when you live in a market where they're meaningless. Piracy makes a lot more sense when you realize that the guy down the street can offer you "Casino Royale" on DVD today, but Hollywood thinks you should wait eight months. Next season promises to be even better for football fans here. On Aug. 8 -- exactly one year prior to the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing -- China will host to its first-ever NFL exhibition game, with the New England Patriots playing the Seattle Seahawks. But when the regular season begins about three weeks later, it will be first down and 10 on the Internet.
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The networkâs affiliate stations will carry the full first hour of the two-hour âEarly Showâ for the first time.
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NBC is messing with the unwritten rules that the &quot;official&quot; start of the new TV season isn&#39;t until Sept 20. That&#39;s when the other traditional networks -- ABC and CBS -- will debut new and returning series.
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Sports programming is helping high-definition television become a mainstream phenomenon and a big moneymaker.
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In a first for the National  Hockey League, sportscasters for the Sports Network, Canada's  cable sports channel, will call the New York Rangers-Buffalo  Sabres game at ice level.
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LOS ANGELES  College football&#39;s national championship, such as it is, will have a new TV home in a couple of years.
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Two deals to be announced Tuesday are indicative of the ways TV is headed in new directions to meet the new needs of marketers.
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The practicalities of next generation services "There's nothing decent on TV," is a common refrain in our house. Even though we have heeded the BBC adverts and invested in some Freeview boxes, it seems that even increasing the available channels from five to roughly 50 does not guarantee a cosy evening in front of the box. It wasn't much different when we lived in America, except that baseball was on most evenings; however, I am in a minority in my family being a fan of the sport.â¦
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By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Mar. 7--A new federal rule is meant to put competition into cable TV, but don't look for a new system in your neighborhood anytime soon.
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Eleven years ago, a new station joined the cable scene. It was called the Outdoor Life Network and featured sports ranging from bull riding and hunting to mountain climbing and fishing.
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By Rick Bird  There is an ugly duckling story, a new top-five network battle, a pompous new attorney and the suffering six. Those are some of the storylines to play out Thursdays on the tube this fall.  This week The Post is handicapping each night of the new TV season.
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Television networks face an increasingly competitive landscape to attract new viewers, so channels are seeking innovative new ways to promote their primetime series.
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If an athlete's true test is improving each time on the field, television network NBC is due for laurels when the Athens Olympics end on Sunday, but its greater challenge will be launching new shows like "Joey" in coming weeks.
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Don't be too dazzled by the new-and-improved model of the Bowl Championship Series coming to a newspaper or TV outlet near you. It will have to go back to the dealer soon enough.