NBC Sports Network's "The Lights"

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by mooby

Damnit. I try to be in the car by 6:45 at the latest. Still though, I hope it goes well. There was a time where I would try to catch ESPNews for the highlights when I was getting ready, but I couldn't stand sifting through the commentary and/or waiting almost the entire half hour to see if the highlights of what I wanted to see (i.e. Caps/Naps/etc.) made it onto the broadcast. If this new show turns into a straight "strictly highlights" deal I would be much more interested in that.

I see from your post that they don't have many league rights though, so I do hope they can at least get the rights for footage from the big 4 sports leagues in America, as those are the ones I'm most interested in.

They have highlight rights, just not game rights. Right now, the show works because there isn't much going on in the sports world. But fast forward to early September-pennant races, NFL, college football, US Open tennis. Will be interesting to see how they create just a 20 minute show out of that

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

They have highlight rights, just not game rights. Right now, the show works because there isn't much going on in the sports world. But fast forward to early September-pennant races, NFL, college football, US Open tennis. Will be interesting to see how they create just a 20 minute show out of that

They will probably have to do like my local country station:

This is there sports report for real:

"Last night Phillie's win; O's lose, Ravens won, Redskins lost and Eagles lost. That is sports now on to the weather."

My work buddy and me laugh about it all the time. Even when the Phillie's won the world series it was still Phillie's won last night nothing more.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

They have highlight rights, just not game rights. Right now, the show works because there isn't much going on in the sports world. But fast forward to early September-pennant races, NFL, college football, US Open tennis. Will be interesting to see how they create just a 20 minute show out of that

I assume they'd probably end up giving the most coverage based on the popularity of the sport/whatever gets the highest ratings. In which case it'd probably end up more like ESPN than I think.