At 04:58 PM 3/28/00 +0200, John Whelan wrote:
>ESPN, as a matter of policy, will stay with a live event until its
>conclusion, even if it means pre-empting another live event.  So at
>least one sports network does not "have to" switch to the more
>lucrative sport as soon as it begins.
 
ESPN has this advantage over regional networks (such as FSNE) for four reasons:
 
1. They have no higher authority to answer to -- they are the national HQ.
 
2. There is only one major sport broadcast on ESPN at the time of the
Frozen Four -- hockey -- that might conflict with the broadcast. Baseball's
opening day comes after the Frozen Four.
 
3. The majority of NHL broadcasts on ESPN draw lower ratings than the
Frozen Four.
 
4. ESPN2
 
 
 
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