By Mark Mix
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NBC Sports Group announced a 10-year contract extension to televise Notre Dame football games Thursday, doubling the length of its previous agreement.
NBC is all in with the English Premier League.
NBC officials said at a news conference Tuesday that the network will televise events the night of Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. That night's coverage will include slopestyle snowboarding, likely starring American boarder Shaun White.
Taylor Swift will co-host the Grammy nominations television special.
NBC's networks will televise the English Premier League under a $250 million, three-year deal that begins next season.
The London Olympics well may be remembered as the event that drove home the power of social media — partly to the chagrin but mostly to the benefit of NBC, which controlled images of the games in the United States.
A look at media coverage of the London Olympics:
Less than a year ago, Tom Brady, Logan Mankins, Osi Umenyiora and seven other players filed an antitrust suit against the NFL, a key moment in a convoluted and contentious labor dispute between the union and league that threatened to cut short _ or even wipe out _ the 2011 season.
Less than a year ago, Tom Brady, Logan Mankins, Osi Umenyiora and seven other players filed an antitrust suit against the NFL, a key moment in a convoluted and contentious labor dispute between the union and league that threatened to cut short _ or even wipe out _ the 2011 season.
With NFL games enjoying seemingly invincible ratings while most everything else on TV goes down, down, down, the league's traditional broadcast partners embraced a deal that sends their rights fees up, up, up.
The state of Connecticut is providing NBC Sports a $20 million low-interest loan in a deal announced Tuesday that is expected to create 450 jobs there as the sports entertainment company moves much of its production out of New York.
Even without Tiger Woods dominating golf, the PGA Tour announced its longest network television deal in history Thursday that secures broadcast rights for the next 10 years.
The news conference to announce NBC's victory over two rivals to broadcast Olympic games in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 was notable for the name left unsaid.
"Coming off one of Notre Dame's best and most dramatic seasons in decades, we could not be more proud to extend this historic partnership, which continues to be one of the most innovative in sports-media history," NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus said. "We are particularly excited that this extension offers enhanced rights that allow us to bring Notre Dame football to fans on more platforms than ever before."
"I can't wait for Aug. 17 to come and we get started," NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus said. "It's about making this one of the key pillars of our landscape."
