FÜr die NBA Platz machen.... SKANDAL ! Wer braucht Basketball ?
Naja, egal. Die haben ihren Plan jetzt aber so eingeteilt, dass sie nach dem All-Star-Break - also wenn es in die heisse Phase der Saison geht - mehr zeigen al vorher, das ist immerhin etwas. In diesem Rest der Saison zeigen sie durchschnittlich 4 Spiele pro Woche, und das ist doch nicht schlecht. Hoffe, das premiere dann auch flexibel reagiert...
TV schedule for 2002-03 season released
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ESPN.com news services
NEW YORK -- The NHL, ESPN and ABC released the league's 2002-03 television schedule, which will feature more coverage after the All-Star break, split national games on Thursday nights and a new Sunday afternoon franchise.
From the All-Star break through the end of the season, ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will average four games per week in an effort to provide fans more meaningful telecasts with playoff implications than ever before.
ESPN will televise 62 percent of its games -- 13 of 21 dates -- as the playoff race heats up. ESPN is shifting NHL games from Wednesday to Thursday to make room for NBA games.
"We really ramp up when the games count," said Mark Shapiro, ESPN's senior vice president of programming.
In all ,ESPN is reducing the number of games on its schedule by 30 percent. Regular season games on ESPN and ESPN2 drops from 102 to 71 next season. The network showed 128 NHL games in 2000-01.
Shapiro said Wednesday the decision to reduce NHL coverage has nothing to do with his network's six-year NBA package that begins this season.
"In the middle of last season, we determined we'd reduce the number of games," Shapiro said. "That was our plan because at some point, ESPN is guilty of putting too many games of one sport on our network, which ultimately devalues the importance of the games."
Hockey ratings slipped 17 percent on ESPN and 8 percent on ESPN2 last season.
NHL chief operating officer Jon Litner defended the decision.
"The approach ESPN wanted to take was 'less is more,' " Litner said. "You have to be very careful not to overexpose your product."
For the first time, 10 of ESPN's 14 Thursday primetime windows, all at 8 p.m. ET, will include two games split nationally throughout the country. Many of the talented, emerging teams will have a greater platform.
ESPN also will present four consecutive, exclusive Sunday afternoon contests in February and March at 3 p.m, and ESPN2 immediately will follow three of them with a 6 p.m. game.
With NBA, college basketball and football, and NHL games sprinkled throughout the week, ESPN has created an "unprecedented combination" that "increases the strength of each individual sport," Shapiro said.
"It should make for a pretty powerful lineup for ESPN," he added.
In addition to 21 NHL dates on ESPN, there will be 50 on ESPN2 and five Saturday telecasts on ABC, which also will broadcast the All-Star Game. ESPN2's "NHL 2Night," the network's highlight and news program since 1996, will air Wednesday through Sunday.
"Our commitment to the NHL remains strong and I believe is still unprecedented," Shapiro said.
ESPN's NHL broadcast schedule gets under way opening night with the Dallas Stars against Colorado Avalanche, and the New York Rangers against the Carolina Hurricanes.
from: http://www.espn.com
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GEGEN:Ausländerbegrenzung, Helmregel, Visierpflicht, Spielerlizenzbegrenzung, autom. Spieldauer nach 5, autom. Sperre nach Spieldauer, Abschaffung des 2-Linien-Abseits...
Kurz: gegen die DEL !
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