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CU Medallion [53625]
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Fox is about to give ESPN major competition
Mar 5, 2013, 12:02 PM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/sports/fox-planning-national-sports-network-it-hopes-can-challenge-espn.html
For Rupert Murdoch, creating a national cable sports network in the United States to compete with ESPN has been his white whale — a tantalizing television opportunity but one of the few fields that his media empire has not conquered.
But two decades after shaking up the sports broadcasting world for the first time by acquiring N.F.L. rights, Murdoch has plans to challenge ESPN head on and claim some of the lucrative revenue that the sports media giant has had largely to itself for more than three decades.
On Tuesday, Fox will announce its intention to start Fox Sports 1, an all-sports network, in August.
The channel will carry Nascar races, Major League Baseball games, college basketball and football, soccer and U.F.C. fights. It will also broadcast studio shows, including one that is to be hosted by Regis Philbin, a celebrated Notre Dame fan.
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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hope it works...
Mar 5, 2013, 12:05 PM
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This time...
Hint: don't make Olbermann your main guy on this go around.
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CU Medallion [53625]
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Re: hope it works...
Mar 5, 2013, 12:07 PM
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Please, no Olbermann...
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110%er [7913]
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anyone but that guy.....I hate that guy and Suzy Kolber
Mar 5, 2013, 12:10 PM
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and her hair helmet.
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110%er [5249]
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Finally
Mar 5, 2013, 12:06 PM
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Regis is back!
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110%er [7913]
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they are also signing up the new Big East bball conf***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:06 PM
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All-In [26968]
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Great. Someone else who can be biased against my
Mar 5, 2013, 12:07 PM
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favorite sports teams.
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110%er [7913]
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rumor has it they don't like the Braves at Fox.....***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:07 PM
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CU Medallion [53625]
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Bottom line: ESPN needs competition***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:11 PM
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110%er [7913]
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just to be able to hear some new voices call sports
Mar 5, 2013, 12:13 PM
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would be a God send
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Legend [19240]
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How is eSECpn biased against your favorite team? The Coots,
Mar 5, 2013, 12:10 PM
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right?
What you really mean is someone to counter the SEC propaganda spewed out by eSECpn. And you know that's a good thing.
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All-In [26968]
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All media are always biased against my favorite teams.
Mar 5, 2013, 12:14 PM
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No matter what they are.
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Legend [19240]
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Right . . .***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:14 PM
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All-In [26968]
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Go to any sports message board.
Mar 5, 2013, 12:16 PM
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Somehow the media manages to be biased against every team in the world.
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110%er [7913]
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how is the media biased against the GA Bulldogs?
Mar 5, 2013, 12:17 PM
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the ATL newspaper and tv stations are their lapdogs...
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All-In [26968]
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I dunno, ask them. But I can tell you with near certainty
Mar 5, 2013, 12:18 PM
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That they believe the media is out against them.
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All-In [26968]
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Case in point: Jadeveon Clowney...
Mar 5, 2013, 12:23 PM
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ESPN talks about Clowney being so good he should not even play next year.
TigerNet response: ESPN is trying to prop of Clowney and USC on purpose!
FGF response: ESPN is trying to destroy Clowney and USC on purpose!
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All-In [26968]
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*should say prop UP***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:23 PM
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Freshman [5]
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All-In [26968]
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Unless you're a fan of a school in the SEC...
Mar 5, 2013, 12:21 PM
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In which case you believe they are biased against the SEC.
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110%er [7913]
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he hears voices too....shocking right???***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:16 PM
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Orange Blooded [3788]
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Hopefully this or NBC Sports will take off***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:18 PM
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All-American [598]
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Formerly know as the Speed Network
Mar 5, 2013, 12:22 PM
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Nothing new just a change in direction. But I sure hope it can compete with the evil empire...
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110%er [7913]
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so Speed is going away?***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:23 PM
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110%er [5772]
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As you get older it does.
Mar 5, 2013, 12:53 PM
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nm
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Athomas
Mar 5, 2013, 12:23 PM
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I cant help but think that you woukd love the media bias if you were a member of the SEC. If the ACC had been dominating the nation for almost the last decade and espn talked about your conference all the time woukd you be complaining.
Espn is going to tslk about who they feel is worthy of talking about. In my opinions espn has always had great things to say about clemson and their anchors other than Lou have always given a vote of confidence. Espn is not as biased as you think, that is just what happens when you have some of the best teams in the country playing under one banner.....
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Legend [19240]
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soccer2103: Right . . .
Mar 5, 2013, 12:28 PM
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When everyone outside the SEC sees the bias and cheers openly against SEC bias (like letting Bama play for a championship with a loss to LSU already) you go on thinking what you thinking.
LOL.
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ESPN protects their investment.
Mar 5, 2013, 12:58 PM
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The shove the SEC 24/7 while keeping the other conferences in their place where they will think they can not get more $$$$. FOX will OUTBID ESPN for a conference to push, that conference will then get the breaks that the SEC has enjoyed with a 24/7 network pushing the conference agenda , telling young men where to go. Like I said, which ever conferences get on board with FOX will prosper far above what those that are left with the old network.
FOX has a track record of doing what it takes to be number one, whether it's their NFL,Baseball,Nascar or FOX News coverage. They WILL be number one.
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All-American [598]
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Does e$pn have long term binding contracts
Mar 5, 2013, 12:24 PM
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with all of the bc$ conferences? If so how can Fox break into College Ball?
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110%er [7913]
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I thought Fox has an agreement with the Big12 and Pac12
Mar 5, 2013, 12:26 PM
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could be a weird dream like the one I had last night of.......
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110%er [7913]
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and to answer myself...they do have a contract with the
Mar 5, 2013, 12:32 PM
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Big12 and Pac12
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All-American [598]
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Maybe Fox will buy raycom!!!***
Mar 5, 2013, 12:25 PM
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Legend [19650]
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NBC has started to try to create a similar network, they
Mar 5, 2013, 12:33 PM
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just don't have the content. They hired away Michelle Beadle and put her in a Sportsnation clone(The Crossover)on the NBCSports channel. It feels the same but there is a lot of hockey, which is weird.
Between NBC and FOX, hopefully they can break the ESECPN stranglehold on college sports.
I think if the Discovery networks decide to start a sports station, it'd be done well enough to steamroll ESPN.
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110%er [7913]
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flipped by that...that CAA basketball and hockey
Mar 5, 2013, 12:37 PM
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no where near enough content.
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Commissioner [908]
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It's just going to eventually be the same as our "news"
Mar 5, 2013, 12:39 PM
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networks. $ec folk will watch e$pn and cb$ and Big 12 and Pac 12 folk will watch fox because both will pander to their target audiences. The one positive is there is a chance that this will keep us from having three of the four teams in the playoff from the $ec since the media might divide a little more to sell their product. We're stuck being the stepchild presently in the ACC.
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110%er [5802]
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Regis Philbin is 81 years old.***
Mar 5, 2013, 2:03 PM
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All-TigerNet [11257]
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Re: Regis Philbin and Lou
Mar 5, 2013, 3:25 PM
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together...know everything in the world! What a coup that would be.
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All-American [598]
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The Speed Network HQ building in Charlotte
Mar 5, 2013, 3:01 PM
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is being renovated to become the Fox Sports 1 HQ...
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Orange Blooded [2518]
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Quick, someone get Swoffy's kid a job
Mar 5, 2013, 3:12 PM
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At Fox-1!!!!!
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