Kurt
Heitmann and the good people at CP Communications have established a
memorial trust fund in honor of ESPN and sports industry audio
legend Ron Scalise that will be used for the college education of his
three children: Rosario, 16, RJ, 11, and his daughter Brenna, 10. At
the request of the family this will be the only fund established to
limit confusion. For more information on donating to the fund please
click on this story.
All donations should be made out to the fund and should be sent to:
Kurt G. Heitmann
CP Communications, Inc.
200 Clearbrook Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
Third Annual Sports & Technology Research Study
The Sports Video Group and the Consumer Electronics Association has released the
third-annual “Sports & Technology Research Survey, highlighting the power
that sports content has as both a driver of HD set sales as well as other new
technologies. The survey includes our exclusive 2008 Super Bowl Briefing as
well as new data about consumer online sports viewing behavior.
Cable operators are increasingly seeking to become destinations for online video, and the Wall Street Journal reports that Comcast Corp. has taken a big step in that direction. Comcast, an emerging player in Internet video, has cut a series of deals
to handle online video for three other major cable operators. The Seattle-based subsidiary of Comcast, thePlatform,
has reached deals to deliver video to Web sites aimed at subscribers to
the high-speed Internet services of Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems and Cox Communications. Read the full story here.
