Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith

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  US Open tennis leaving CBS for ESPN in 2015

  The U.S. Open tennis tournament will leave CBS after nearly a half-century and move all TV coverage to cable starting in 2015 under an 11-year ... 

• TV stations feel 'squeezed' by airwave auction

  As the federal government tries to encourage companies like AT&T and Verizon to create bigger, faster mobile networks, TV broadcasters are feeling ... 

• Exec: Fox affiliates 'on board' with pay TV plan

  Television stations that relay Fox programming are "on board" with a threat to transition the over-the-air network to cable and satellite TV if ... 

• Exec threatens to pull Fox signal if Aereo goes on

  A top executive with the owner of the Fox broadcast network on Monday threatened to convert the network to a pay-TV-only channel if Internet startup ... 

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  US Open tennis prize money to reach $50M by 2017

  After a year of closed-door meetings with tennis players seeking a greater say in the sport and a larger slice of Grand Slam revenues, the U.S. 

• APNewsBreak: US Open tennis prizes to $50M by '17

  The U.S. Open tennis tournament will increase its annual prize money to $50 million by 2017 — nearly double what it was last year — and switch back ...