League pleased with TV ratings for debut week

The Alliance of American in its inaugural weekend, but - izes it is a small sample size.

“We feel really good about them and that our theory that Americans want more foot remain slow and steady in building things. We are going to be facing stiff competition as soon as next month (with the NCAA Tournament).”

The games Saturday on than ABC’s broadcast of the Houston Rockets against the Oklahoma City Thunder Nielsen. Most of the country could see San Diego at San Antonio while the rest could see Atlanta at Orlando.

- the broadcasts Saturday from San Antonio and Orlando will be the only games on CBS until the championship game

games on Saturday and Sunday nights while the CBS Sports Network has the Sunday afternoon game. TNT will be doing the game from Birmingham next Saturday afternoon, but the next eight weeks it will be

The broadcast Sunday - since the rest of the games will be on cable.

Most of the production is being done from Sneaky Big studios in Scottsdale, Arizona. Pregame, halftime and postgame shows will be done from the facility and some games are being announced remotely.

All the games the first week had the same graph- ics packages and production the broadcasts consistency.

“It was essential to us and like they were tuning in to one product. One thing that has been heartening is the quality of the production,”

than half an hour into the opening games when San Antonio’s Shaan Washington helmet off the San Diego quarterback.

rights fees from networks. relationships not as timebuys, but as “partnerships that extend beyond just broadcasts.”

At its core, the league is equal parts sports and technology startup. Its app, which is the second-most downloaded sports app on Apple’s App Store, features real-time with users trying to predict plays. As more states begin to legalize sports gambling, that technology could be marketed to other platforms.

“What we are looking to do is create a structure that is equitable for the network,” for media rights are losing money. In the modern tech world, you want to get people engaged in the product and CBS has been buying into technology companies and Turner bought Bleacher Report a couple years ago.”

to keep fans coming back is - disappointed his father — former NBC Sports president