Today apparently was a big day for TV announcements so here are the big ones:
Versus has re-upped with the NHL through 2010-11 season. The network which currently pays $72.5 million for the right to broadcast games, will increase their payments over the next three seasons. Versus has sustained a 50% increase in NHL viewers over this time last year and has increased subscribership by 10 million viewers since it acquired rigths to air the NHL following the 2004-05 lock out season.
As mentioned in our daily crawl, Rusty Wallace will be replaced by Dale Jarrett in the ESPN booth during races. Wallace will be moved over to the pre-race show where he'll serve as lead analyst. ESPN also announced Allen Bestwick will become the new studio host replacing Brent Musburger and Suzy Kolber, while Shannon Spake will replace Bestwick on pit road. Let's hope ESPN is also willing to part with their wind technology during this year's broadcasts.
We're a little late on this, but David Justice will not continue as a studio analyst for the YES network this season. Instead, Justice will write columns and participate in online chats on YES' website. Justice, who's home burned during the San Diego fire in 2007, cited family, not the Mitchell Report, as his reason for changing his role with the network.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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