ABC Says It Won't Attempt to Retain All B.C.S. Games
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ABC Sports, which has carried the entire Bowl Championship Series since 1998, withdrew from talks to retain the full package of games.
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Under the heading &quot;strange bedfellows,&quot; a staunch critic of the networks yesterday came to the defense of ABC, whose airing of last night&#39;s &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; was boycotted by a handful of affiliates.
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Many ABC affiliates around the country have announced that they won't take part in the network's Veterans Day airing of "Saving Private Ryan," saying the acclaimed film's violence and language could draw sanctions from the Federal Communications Commission.
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NEW YORK -- While CBS Corp. is doubling the amount of bandwidth available for viewing NCAA tournament games this year, it will still restrict the number of viewers to keep the system running smoothly.
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Boston College forward Jared Dudley has repeatedly stated that the Eagles need to get to 10 wins in the Atlantic Coast Conference to secure an NCAA Tournament berth. That didn't happen last night, as BC fell, 77-72, to North Carolina at Conte Forum.
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It is all a matter of perspective. For Boston College, a trip to Disney World and Friday's Champs Sports Bowl against Michigan State had to be sold a different way. The Eagles, who have won seven straight bowl games - but none of them New Year's Day quality - had their sights set on the ACC title and an Orange ...
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LOS ANGELES  - It's game over for  Jennifer Love Hewitt at ABC.
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HDTV sports fans are disappointed that there's a limited menu of Olympic sports that can be seen on high definition and that many of these events are shown 24 hours or later than they are on NBC.
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The Big East can't impose a &#36;5 million fine on Boston College for defecting to the Atlantic Coast Conference, and it can't force BC to remain in the conference for an extra 15 months, a Superior Court judge has ruled.
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Sure, Boston College may have improved its chances for a Big East title, a berth in the Bowl Championship Series, and a $2.5 million payout with its 36-17 victory over No. 13 West Virginia Saturday at Mountaineer Field. But BC coach Tom O'Brien cautioned his team yesterday that there remained much work to do before the Eagles could begin planning ...
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News Corp. (NWSa.N) will not pull its  television shows from Apple Inc&#39;s  iTunes as rival  media group NBC Universal has done over a pricing dispute,  President Peter Chernin said in an interview on Tuesday.
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Olympic chiefs have ruled out cutting ticket prices despite poor attendances.
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Olympians can do media interviews but they'd better not blog. The International Olympic Committee, interested in protecting lucrative broadcasting contracts, forbids any activity that might upset the networks.
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American gymnast Paul Hamm will keep his Olympic all-round gold medal after the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Thursday an appeal from South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young.
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NEW YORK  - ABC has pulled out of  negotiations to continue airing college football's Bowl  Championship Series (BCS).
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Nearly a third of ABC&#39;s TV affiliates, citing concerns over profanity, graphic violence and a government crackdown on indecency, refused to show the network&#39;s Veterans
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ABC has pulled out of negotiations to continue airing college football's Bowl Championship Series (BCS).