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NHL May Have A Few Broadcast Options
by Paul on 08/21/07 at 12:22 AM ET
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from William Houston of the Globe and Mail,
There could be other compelling reasons for the league choosing ESPN and ESPN2 over NBC.
Although the NHL would lose carriage on a main broadcasting network by opting for ESPN over NBC, it would renew its relationship with the most powerful sports channel in North America.
Exposure on ESPN’s SportsCenter, which dropped 28 per cent after 2005, would increase. And the constant scrutiny of the NHL’s paltry U.S. ratings would largely disappear. Cable audience figures do not receive as much attention in the U.S. media as those of broadcasters.
Everything is speculative that this point.
ESPN may have interest. NBC isn’t planning an exit strategy quite yet.
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