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	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Is Dr. in the house? NBA dunk contest barely has a pulse
		Erving also was featured in the first NBA contest in '84, when the field included Nance, Dominique Wilkins, Darrell Griffith and Clyde Drexler.
		The dunk contest and other All-Star Saturday events are tomorrow (5:30, TNT) with the game Sunday (5:30, TNT).
		The weekend begins tonight with the Celebrity Game (4, ESPN) and Rookie Challenge (6, TNT).
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050218-9999-1s18media.html (996 words)

	NBA Unveils 2006 NBA All-Star Basketball
		NBA All-Star 2006 in Houston will feature a week of activities that will showcase the greatest athletes in the world playing basketball at the highest level on an international stage and will display the league’s deep commitment to its community through the NBA Cares initiative.
		During the week, the NBA will conduct various interactive fan events such as the NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by Nokia, an interactive basketball theme park for fans of all ages taking place at the George R. Brown Convention Center, which features a 12,000 sq.
		The Limited Edition Spalding NBA All-Star ball will be used during the McDonald’s All-Star Celebrity Game presented by NBA 2K Sports, which takes place Friday, Feb.17 at 6 p.m.
	www.nba.com /allstar2006/news/ball_060201.html (744 words)

	NBA2003-04MediaStats.doc
		NBA marketing partners executed a variety of innovative programs to reach NBA fans this year including the American Express Tribute to Magic Johnson event and TNT TV special at NBA All-Star 2004, Finals 1 -The Finals-branded airplane by Southwest Airlines and creative new TV spots from Reebok, Nike, adidas, Sprite and Gatorade.
		Ratings -- TNT concluded its' 52 game NBA regular season package by posting a 1.4 national cable rating, up 17% from the network's 1.2 average for 54 games in 2002-2003.
		NBA regular season games and programming were seen in more than 212 countries around the world with broadcasts in 42 different languages via a record 151 different television partners, reaching a global audience of 3.1 billion people.
	www.exsci.rutgers.edu /courses/311/NBA2003-04MediaStats.doc (982 words)

	SUNS: Sir Charles & TNT, an Explosive, Entertaining Match
		Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson (left to right) comprise TNT's Inside the NBA, a look at everything that's going on in the league.
		Four years ago, a retired Sir Charles traded in his proverbial rocking chair and remote control for a seat and a microphone on TNT�s Inside the NBA set, where he�s been entertaining and informing TV viewers as a color analyst ever since.
		But just as the former All-Star forward did during his playing days, he�s once again proved a lot of people wrong.
	www.nba.com /suns/news/barkley_tnt_040319.html (982 words)

	ON THE AIR ABC makes Walton
		The star of TNT's NBA studio show just signed a new deal with TNT where besides his gig doing basketball he'll be a co-host with Arthel Neville once a week on CNN's daily show "Talk Back Live" at 3 p.m.
		The Sixers will be on ABC, the new broadcast network home of the NBA, for four of their 15 games this season.
		Walton moves over from the top team on NBC, which televised the NBA games the last 12 seasons.
	www.bradyresidence.com /abcnba.html (908 words)

	Destiny's Child, Country Music Stars Leann Rimes and Big & Rich to Headline Entertainment During the 2005 NBA All-Star Game @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
		The All-Star Game from Denver will be televised on February 20 at 8:00 PM (ET) on TNT, Rogers Sportsnet in Canada and heard on ESPN Radio and in several languages on NBA.com.
		NBA All-Star 2005 in Denver will present a week of activities that will showcase the greatest athletes in the world playing basketball at the highest level on an international stage, and will display the league's deep commitment to its community.
		All-Star Saturday Night will be televised on February 19 at 8:30 PM (ET) on TNT and will feature in order: the RadioShack Shooting Stars, PlayStation Skills Challenge, Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout and Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk competitions.
	top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=13686 (908 words)

	NBA playoff in non-HD on ABC - AVS Forum
		Every NBA playoff games on TNT and most on ESPN are in HD.
		The PQ for basketball on TNT is far superior to the local ABC affiliate.
		Yeeeehaw another NBA on ABC playoff game this evening- in SD!
	www.avsforum.com /avs-vb/showthread.php?p=5648658 (745 words)

	Adelphia Media Services :: TNT Cable TV Advertising
		TNT Original films offer advertisers the association with high-quality, feature-length, made-for-TNT films starring some of today's biggest stars.
		TNT had 3 shows in the Top 25 for the Week Ending 4/30/2006.
		TNT engages minds and hearts by delivering 100% dramatic entertainment with critically acclaimed original productions, sports, movies, series and more.
	www.adelphiamediaservices.com /pages/nets?cp=nets&sp=info&net=tnt (264 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Words of TNT's Barkley are explosive
		TNT also is airing the Rookie Challenge game tonight at 9, with Dick Stockton, Steve Kerr, and John Thompson at courtside.
		TNT is broadcasting Sunday's NBA All-Star Game (8:30 p.m.) in high definition.
		Tomorrow's "All-Star Saturday" festivities run from 6-11 p.m., starting with a Magic Johnson party/show at 6, followed by a 20-year retrospective of TNT's All-Star coverage at 7, an introduction show at 8, and the shooting, dunking, skills, and 3-point competitions at 8:30.
	www.boston.com /sports/articles/2004/02/13/words_of_tnts_barkley_are_explosive (264 words)

	ESPN.com: NBA - NBA TV deal moves to ABC, ESPN; TNT still involved
		The NBA Finals will be on ABC during prime time, the conference finals will be split between TNT and ESPN, and the All-Star Game will be on TNT.
		The NBA has confirmed that it has had discussions about increasing the length of the first round of the playoffs from a best-of-five- to a best-of-seven-game series.
		The NBA has a new home and some new wrinkles in its television contract for at least the next six seasons.
	espn.go.com /nba/news/2002/0122/1315389.html (834 words)

	Got a basketball jones? NBA TV is the network for you
		As NBA TV approaches its fifth anniversary, and its second full season of televising games, the league finds itself in the interesting position of building up its own network and drawing viewers to the channel while still offering it as a supplement to its broadcast partners at ABC, ESPN and Turner Sports.
		The NBA is certainly not the only league facing this challenge -- or opportunity, depending on how the situation is viewed.
		TNT airs 52 games, ESPN and ESPN2 combine to air 75 and ABC has 23 games and the NBA Finals.
	www.suntimes.com /output/basketball/spx-news-nbatv02.html (545 words)

	2000 Nba Mvp
		NBA commissioner David Stern remains upbeat about the league's future on TV, despite regular-season ratings that fell 7 percent on ESPN and TNT and 4 percent on ABC, and NBA Finals ratings that sank by more than 30 percent on ABC.
		As the NBA reaches the midseason point most of the talk is of the MVP race, with many tabbing Steve Nash as the early favorite.
		The NBA MVP trophy is named in honor...
	www.nba-playoffs.info /nba/2000-nba-mvp.html (545 words)

	NBA.com: NBA Legends to Parade Down Fifth Avenue
		The 2005 NBA Playoffs tip off Saturday, April 23 with games on ABC (3pm ET), ESPN (5:30pm ET, 8pm ET & 10:30pm ET) and a triple header on Sunday April 24 on TNT (beginning at 5:30pm ET).
		NBA Destination Finals Parade On Fifth Avenue with Toyota “Trophy-Mobile”: 12 noon ET: The NBA legends will celebrate the launch of the Destination Finals Tour by joining in a parade down Fifth Avenue from Tiffany’s to the NBA Store in the Toyota Trophy-Mobile, a Toyota Tundra designed specifically for the Destination Finals Tour.
		The parade will conclude at the NBA Store where the NBA legends will participate in a round table discussion about the 2005 NBA Playoffs.
	netscape.nba.com /news/parade_050417.html (545 words)

	Lakers Sweep Leaves NBC Dunked - Jun 13, 2002 - E! Online News
		It's also plenty short of the average 29 million viewers who tuned in for the 1998 NBA finals--which was the all-time high for the '90s and, incidentally, the last time Michael Jordan competed for the trophy with the Chicago Bulls.
		All told, it was a downer of a finish for NBC, whose contract with the NBA ended this season after 12 years.
		The Lakers' overtime victory against the Kings in game seven pulled in a whopping 46 million viewers--the biggest audience for an NBA game in two years and highest ever for a Western Conference final.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,10098,00.html?newsrellink (426 words)

	JS Online: NBA draft show takes a kidding
		Watching the NBA draft on TNT Wednesday night was like attending a play in which you can't identify the main actors.
		The NBA draft has always been crowded at the top with players we have seen as collegians, even if they were collegians who came out early: Kenyon Martin, Elton Brand, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Glenn Robinson.
		In those drafts, nobody knows who the players are, either, because many of them haven't been long into puberty, either.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/gen/jun01/sptwave29062801a.asp?format=print (426 words)

	NBA.com
		Verizon Wireless & TNT: Enter to Win a Trip to the NBA Finals
		The NBA's official 3-on-3 basketball tour will go to 48 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada.
		NBA Unwired: Game highlights streamed to your Nokia 6600 video phone!
	www.chicagobulls.com (426 words)

	The NBA on NBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NBC made a four-year, $1.3 billion bid in the spring of 2002 to renew its NBA coverage, but the league instead made six-year deals worth $4.6 billion with ESPN, ABC, and TNT.
		He is the one who announced things like "This is The NBA on NBC." and "Welcome to NetZero at the Half." during the Roundball Rock, and was the main voice-over announcer on the Madison Square Garden Network, the New York regional television channel, between 2002 and 2005.
		When NBC Sports' contract with the NBA expired in 2002, the corresponding rights were passed to The NBA on ABC, a program which came back to TV after 28 years, on Christmas Day 2002, with a doubleheader.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_NBA_on_NBC (1402 words)

	Sportvision - Sportvision first with live vertical leap measures in NBA Slam Dunk Contest
		NBA fans watching TNT’s telecast (8:00 PM EST) will be able to settle the question of which player flies highest while slam dunking.
		Participants in the NBA.com Slam Dunk contest are Vince Carter (Toronto), Steve Francis (Houston), Antawn Jamison (Golden State), Larry Hughes (Philadelphia), Tracy McGrady (Toronto) and Jerry Stackhouse (Detroit).
		Sportvision, Inc., the leader in Sports media technology, today announced a deal with NBA Entertainment to use its AIRf/x vertical leap measurement system on-air and online during Saturday’s (February 12) NBA.com Slam Dunk from The Arena at Oakland.
	www.sportvision.com /index.cfm?section=news&cont_id=143234 (318 words)

	Time Warner: Turner Broadcasting
		TNT televised three of the year’s top five original films on ad-supported cable and the most-watched NBA playoff game in cable history, while TBS owned the top four television comedy slots on advertising-supported cable with a prime-time lineup that includes Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Friends and Everybody Loves Raymond.
		TNT, “the destination for drama,” and TBS, with its new “very funny” brand positioning and programming, together led all ad-supported cable networks in total-day delivery of adult viewers 18–34, 18–49 and 25–54.
		Turner Classic Movies celebrated its 10th anniversary by passing the 70- million-subscriber milestone and continued to earn acclaim for its presentation of film favorites from the world’s largest movie library.
	www.timewarner.com /corp/businesses/detail/turner_broadcasting (318 words)

	RAPTORS: Raptors NBA TV Program Summaries
		The cornerstone Raptors NBA TV's national coverage is a 158-game package, highlighted by 46 Thursday night Turner Network (TNT) games, 20 national Toronto Raptors simulcasts and another 92 NBA match-ups produced by NBA TV.
		From high school to college to the NBA, Heaney on the Hardwood is a bi-weekly, 30-minute program that compares the Association’s current stars to those of the past.
		New this season to Raptors NBA TV, Hoops is a live, weekly basketball talk show which debuts November 4 at 7 pm.
	www.nba.com /raptors/raptorstv/rtv_show_summaries_04.html (965 words)

	USATODAY.com - Albert follows bouncing NBA from NBC to TNT
		After Sunday's 10.2 national rating for Game 3 of the NBA Finals, down 20% from last year's comparable game, this year's Finals is tied for fourth lowest all time with the 1978 Seattle SuperSonics-Washington Bullets series at 10.0% of TV sets in the USA.
		So even though Wednesday's Game 4 of the Los Angeles Lakers-New Jersey Nets series on NBC might be the last time Albert is on the NBA Finals, his new, lucrative six-year contract with Turner guarantees that he will remain involved with the NBA.
		Though his NBC career began a quarter century ago, Marv Albert has long been accepted by viewers across the USA as the voice of boxing, NBA and, of course, NFL games.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/comment/martzke/2002-06-12-martzke.htm (698 words)

	The NBA on NBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NBC made a four-year, $1.3 billion bid in the spring of 2002 to renew its NBA coverage, but the league instead made six-year deals worth $4.6 billion with ESPN, ABC, and TNT.
		He is the one who announced things like "This is The NBA on NBC." and "Welcome to NetZero at the Half." during the Roundball Rock, and was the main voice-over announcer on the Madison Square Garden Network, the New York regional television channel, between 2002 and 2005.
		When NBC Sports' contract with the NBA expired in 2002, the corresponding rights were passed to The NBA on ABC, a program which came back to TV after 28 years, on Christmas Day 2002, with a doubleheader.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_NBA_on_NBC (1409 words)

	The NBA Source: 2005 NBA Schedule Official Press Release
		TNT will also carry NBA All-Star 2006 festivities in Houston from February 17-19 culminating with the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, February 19.
		NBA programming currently is seen in 214 countries around the world in 43 languages reaching a global audience of more than 750 million households outside of North America.
		The ABC national television schedule expands this season to 20 regular-season game windows – up from 18 last season and 14 in 2003-04– and features the most consistent regular-season broadcast schedule ever as the NBA on ABC appears on 12 consecutive Sundays from January 22 through April 16.
	nbasource.blogspot.com /2005/08/2005-nba-schedule-official-press.html (1577 words)

	SI.com - Writers - Kelly Dwyer: Grizz, Jazz winning beyond their means - Monday January 16, 2006 9:57PM
		For those bored to tears with the 2005-06 NBA season, I humbly direct you toward a riveting NFC final between Carolina and Seattle.
		They're telling us that outside of three guys averaging over 30 points per game, this is the dullest NBA season on record.
		• Hardly the two coolest crews in the NBA, the Jazz and Grizzlies would nevertheless start the playoffs with the third and fifth seeds if David Stern got cranky and ended the season today.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/writers/kelly_dwyer/01/16/champs.chumps (554 words)

	NASCAR.com - Jeff Burton to carry TNT logo in Daytona 500 - January 14, 2004
		This is the 19th year Turner Sports has featured NBA All-Star coverage and the second consecutive year the NBA All-Star Game will be televised in prime time on TNT.
		I'm excited to carry TNT and the NBA All Star Game on the No. 99 Ford Sunday, February 15.
		For the Twin 125s, the Daytona 500 Qualifying race, the entire car will be wrapped in the NBA All-Star on TNT message.
	www.nascar.com /2004/news/headlines/cup/01/13/jburton_tnt/index.html (567 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hickman not alone on Iverson
		Packer said that of 40 NBA players who still had college eligibility this season, only Baron Davis of Charlotte has a chance to reach the conference finals and contribute.
		With the NBA deciding the order of the lottery draft Sunday on NBC, draft expert Chris Monter projects that four of the first five picks will be high school players, increasing calls by CBS' Billy Packer and ESPN's Dick Vitale for order out of the current chaos.
		NBC's two late NBA playoff games Saturday and Sunday averaged 4.9 in national ratings, up 2% from last year; TNT's playoffs are down 12% to 2.2.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/comment/martzke/2001-05-16-martzke.htm (779 words)

	InsideHoops.com - NBA Basketball News, Rumors - Pro, College Basketball, High School Hoops, Streetball
		NBA Analysis: TNT analysts on many current league issues [Mar 17]
		NBA Interviews: Zach Randolph ultra mini-interview [Mar 16]
		High School: 2006 Roundball Classic date, location, players [Feb 23]
	www.insidehoops.com (817 words)

	USATODAY.com - Shaq brushes off Yao's statistical edge
		The two most dominant centers in the NBA meet for the fourth and final time during the regular season Thursday in Los Angeles (10:30 ET, TNT).
		It is one of the best individual rivalries in the NBA, and so far this season Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets holds the edge over Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers.
		Yao has outscored and outrebounded O'Neal in the three previous meetings, and the Rockets lead the series 2-1.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/nba/2004-03-31-shaq-yao_x.htm (292 words)

	NBA LEAGUE PASS
		The basketball games included in NBA LEAGUE PASS are in addition to those available on ABC, TNT, NBA TV, ESPN and ESPN2 and your in-market networks (such as a regional sports network and/or over-the-air station).
		A. Blackout restrictions exist to protect the local television telecasters of each NBA game in the local markets of the teams.
		A. NBA LEAGUE PASS is a digital subscription basketball programming package of NBA regular season games that are played outside your local viewing area.
	www.indemand.com /sports/nba2004/faq/faq.jsp (478 words)

	NBA Finals' Ratings Sink on ABC
		While the NBA ratings have struggled on the broadcast network, TNT produced solid ratings in the recently completed NBA Eastern Conference Finals [Detroit Pistons vs. Miami Heat].
		The household ratings' average for the first two games of the finals on ABC are averaging a 7.0, down 32 percent from last year, when the Pistons played the Los Angeles Lakers in the finals.
		Household ratings for Game Two of the NBA Finals on ABC on Sunday night in which the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Detroit Pistons, were down 36 percent from last year's Game Two, reaching only a 6.9.
	www.mediaweek.com /mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000956870 (381 words)

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