Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NewsCorp close to deal with Yankees' TV channel

2012-12-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Joe Hass, to moi, in part: > > Deadspin suggests that part of this may be the Yankees cashing out their > profits from Yes and minimizing their risk for the obvious sports rights > bubble popping that's coming. > > Can we consider them as the sports equivalent of rightie big-mouths like Beck an

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NewsCorp close to deal with Yankees' TV channel

2012-11-30 Thread Joe Hass
Deadspin suggests that part of this may be the Yankees cashing out their profits from Yes and minimizing their risk for the obvious sports rights bubble popping that's coming. John Malone's no dummy. He sees what everyone else sees right now. That said, I don't see the Feds intervening for the sim

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NewsCorp close to deal with Yankees' TV channel

2012-11-23 Thread televisiongirl
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:11 PM, M-D November wrote: > If I read the original post correctly, the Yankees organization still has > the majority share of the network - and in the Boss's domain, NOTHING gets > branded over the Yankees. > > NO-THING. > And that's why they play at Yankee Stadium a

[TV orNotTV] Re: NewsCorp close to deal with Yankees' TV channel

2012-11-20 Thread M-D November
If I read the original post correctly, the Yankees organization still has the majority share of the network - and in the Boss's domain, NOTHING gets branded over the Yankees. NO-THING. On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:02:57 PM UTC-5, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > The deal is done, the > *Times*

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NewsCorp close to deal with Yankees' TV channel

2012-11-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mark Jeffries, to moi: > > Not necessarily--Big Ten Network has no Fox branding, and neither do Sun > Network in the southeast or Prime Ticket in LA, which News Corp. owns with > Comcast. > BTN is owned 51% by the conference and 49% by Fox. When did CMCSA buy into PT and SUN? -- BOB -- TV o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NewsCorp close to deal with Yankees' TV channel

2012-11-20 Thread Mark Jeffries
Not necessarily--Big Ten Network has no Fox branding, and neither do Sun Network in the southeast or Prime Ticket in LA, which News Corp. owns with Comcast. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > The deal is done, the

[TV orNotTV] Re: NewsCorp close to deal with Yankees' TV channel

2012-11-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
The deal is done, the *Times*quotes sources, and even the Yanks will end up with a smaller stake... you can start envisioning that Fox Sports bug over that of YES in the corner... -- BOB