> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:58:07 +0200
> From: John Whelan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Heidi Revisited
>
> Jeff Kennedy writes:
>
> > I was as disappointed as anyone that FSNE had to cut the coverage of BU/SLU
> > but I understand the economics and legal situation that FSNE is in. That
> > had to go to the Celtics game no matter how meaningless. One, their
> > contract says they have to and two they probably made more money doing it.
>
> 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.
this, of course, is a two edged sword. let's hope that ESPN does not
have anything leading into the hockey run over its allotted time.
charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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