Cablevision Considers MSG Spin-Off

Cablevision is the 5th largest cable provider in the USA. The majority of customers are in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
They have a subsidiary called Madison Square Garden, L.P. This subsidiary owns the Madison Square Garden arena as well as majority stakes in the professional sports teams that play there—the New York Knicks, New [...]

Read Full Post »

Last Night For NFL Network On Comcast

Tonight will be the last day for Comcast subscribers to view the NFL Network. If it wasn’t hard enough to find this thing–this might do it in.
If the two sides cannot come to an agreement today the NFL Network will lose a great deal of viewership. Comcast is the largest cable company in the nation [...]

Read Full Post »

MLB Teams, Dollars Spent Per Win

As many people saw this week the AP and other outlets had features regarding the cutting of payrolls by 16 of the 30 major league teams. I was working on a similar feature but they beat me to it. For that reason I decided to look into another aspect of clubs’ payrolls.
I wanted to know [...]

Read Full Post »

NFL Owners Slummin’ it at the St. Regis

Numerous outlets have stories about the upcoming NFL Owner’s meetings and their choice of venue. That choice is the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, CA.
AIG stayed at the St. Regis in Dana Point last September/October (after receiving bailout money) at a reported cost of more than a half million. Now it’s the NFL’s [...]

Read Full Post »

Analysis of the CBS-NCAA March Madness TV Deal

The Wall Street Journal had a little piece yesterday looking back on CBS’s NCAA Basketball partnership from about 10 years ago. The article appeared in the print edition. Yes, that still exists.
CBS paid $6 billion for the 11-year deal. At the time the deal was considered to be highly over-bid on CBS’ part. However, CBS [...]

Read Full Post »