Re: [nas] important tv changes

[AbraRob@aol.com]

This just in on ABC:
 While ABC decided against airing Friday's 7:30am ET U.S.-Germany 
quarterfinal — which will remain on ESPN as originally planned — "Good 
Morning America" plans to carry "extensive reports from the game — many with 
shared-screen pictures as it progresses." ABC's Bob Woodruff flew to South 
Korea yesterday to report from the game (N.Y. TIMES, 6/19). 

In a message dated 6/19/02 11:22:47 AM, csallen@charter.net writes:

<< On 19 Jun 2002 at 7:32, Fauss, Jason D. wrote:

> Maybe it was the collective lack of sleep, but I'm sure that on Sportscenter
> this morning they showed the next 4 games and next to each one it said
> either ESPN or ESPN2.  Are they going to show the 1:30 game live and then
> again on tape delay or not?  Can anyone give me one good reason why they
> can't show it twice?  As we've pointed out, they're not showing anything
> better at 2:30 AM EST.  They're both on the ESPN schedule still but it's
> hard to tell what the mouse is going to do next.

I read somewhere that the reason for the uncertainty, as well as the 
reason for not showing a match live at 2:30 or 7:30 on a weekend is 
because the LOCAL ABC affiliates want to have the tape-delayed 
matches be the first time the matches are shown in English.

Like it or not, that's the deal that ESPN had to take to get in on ABC. 
The reason for this is they thought they'd get much better ratings for a 
match during daylight hours on an over-the-air channel. This, of 
course, predated the success of the Nats, which sort of makes the deal 
seem foolish. But apparently, the local affiliates are holding ABC/ESPN 
to it.

Anybody have anything else on this? Bob? (Oliver, if you are lurking?) >>


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