Dec 27
ESPN will launch its third HD service on March 30, 2008, when ESPNEWS begins telecasting in high definition. The shift to HD will enable ESPNEWS to make the most of the 16 x 9 high-definition television viewing area, offering fans an enhanced viewing experience. ESPNEWS HD will also afford new graphic sponsorship placement opportunities for advertisers.
ESPN’s innovative new HD Sideline graphic, which will debut on ESPNEWS HD, will wrap around the top, left and bottom of the HD screen. The HD Sideline will offer the display of textual information, headshots, news, and scores, while still delivering a window to accommodate all video highlights in 16×9 HD. It will also offer additional content not available on ESPNEWS SD, which will also contain a redesigned bottom line graphic. Both the high-definition and standard-definition services will have increased capacity to display breaking news and news of the day.
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written by erikhaddad \\ tags: ESPN, ESPNews, HD, Press Release, TV
Dec 23
Athletes sure have it good. Getting paid millions of dollars and earning worldwide admiration for playing with a ball or a stick or driving a car fast is a sweet deal. Something has to take these people down a peg, and when steroid trials and dating Jessica Simpson won’t do, constant mocking about their silly names will. Here’s the nine most unfortunately named athletes in the sporting world.
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written by erikhaddad \\ tags: athletes, Jessica Simpson, Sports
Dec 19
The lack of a television deal with ESPN is now the No. 1 gripe in hockey today. Players complain about it. General managers complain about it. Coaches complain about it, and fans truly complain about it in most vulgar terms.
ESPN has the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, college football, WNBA, soccer, golf, tennis, poker, hunting and fishing and some sport that requires big, burly men to pull a bus.
But there is no NHL on that channel. Can hockey be a sport if it isn’t on ESPN?
Bettman has to get the NHL on ESPN in 2008-09, or we do have to hold him accountable. This can’t be about the money. He doesn’t have to give ESPN exclusive rights. If Versus wants games, let the network have some. Let’s be like other sports, and spread the games around. But make sure the sport has ESPN’s stamp of approval.
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written by erikhaddad \\ tags: ESPN, hockey, NHL, Versus
