NY TIMES - Keith Olbermann Will Return To ESPN

[Sammi Brie]

Fox Sports 1 is already ahead of NBC and especially CBS' sports channels by default. But I think it's still gonna take a lot for them to overcome ESPN.

That's because Fox Sports One will be on the same channel which (I believe) Fuel TV currently sits on. In not like they're starting from scratch ya know.....

They're replacing Speed, not Fuel, but contracts do need to be re-negotiated.

In some situations on certain systems Speed may exist as a watered-down automotive channel past August 17 (not unlike Nick GaS on Dish Network, a situation that persisted for some time).

 

[Fenway1912]

Fuel will become Fox Sports II

Fox Sports 1 is already ahead of NBC and especially CBS' sports channels by default. But I think it's still gonna take a lot for them to overcome ESPN.

That's because Fox Sports One will be on the same channel which (I believe) Fuel TV currently sits on. In not like they're starting from scratch ya know.....

They're replacing Speed, not Fuel, but contracts do need to be re-negotiated.

In some situations on certain systems Speed may exist as a watered-down automotive channel past August 17 (not unlike Nick GaS on Dish Network, a situation that persisted for some time).

 

[brian4]

Today (8 Aug) ESPN showed their first video made by Olbermann. He gave his take on Alex Rodriguez returning to the Bronx and how he might be received by Yankees fans.