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Golf journalist Tim Rosaforte got the type of tribute today from Jack Nicklaus that journalists usually heap on legends like Jack Nicklaus. Rosaforte, who was one of the top golf journalists in the world and one of the most popular announcers on Golf Channel and NBC Sports, died Tuesday of Alzheimer's disease. He was…

IATSE is accusing Golf Channel of not providing adequate COVID-19 protections for crew members working on broadcasts of PGA and LPGA tour events. "While players and caddies have received rapid COVID tests prior to events, Golf Channel's behind-the-scenes workforce is not afforded this same benefit," the union said…

Sports networks grappling with widespread cancellations and postponements of not just games but entire seasons used this past week to frenetically prep schedules leaning heavily on new or expanded studio talk shows, rebroadcasts of earlier matchups and library content, if they're lucky enough to have to have it…

IATSE has ended an 11-day strike against Golf Channel after more than 300 of its freelance broadcast technicians ratified a new two-year contract. The union said the strike started after the Golf Channel – which is owned by the NBC Sports Group – ended nine months of negotiations. The old contract expired June 13, and…

Technicians and camera operators represented by IATSE walked off the job before the Golf Channel’s coverage Sunday of the Sony Open in Hawaii, prompting a scramble by the NBC-owned network to preserve the dulcet feel of a golf broadcast. Elements such as ambient sound from the course or close-up shots of players went…

President Donald Trump, who last week called NBCU’s flagship broadcast network “despicable,” is burying the hatchet with his former bosses long enough to participate in Golf Channel’s Jack. The three-night special about Jack Nicklaus premieres at 9 PM Sunday, April 9, on NBCU’s Golf Channel, following the…

Friday’s first day of Ryder Cup coverage lined up Golf Channel’s most-watched day in the 21-year history of the Arnold Palmer-founded net. The biennial faceoff of pro golfers from the U.S. and Europe averaged 673,000 viewers for the day. Across all three days of competition from Hazeltine National Golf Club…

The new logo, which reflects the network’s evolving golf media businesses within the NBC Sports Group, will roll out on Golf Channel’s various platforms in May 2014, the network said today. The roll out will coincide with The Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament The new version will replace the…

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Ross Greenburg, who in July departed as president of HBO Sports, has been tapped to produce documentaries for the newly formed NBC Sports Group, which includes the NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel and NBC. He also will produce Costas Tonight, the new monthly interview show that will debut in spring 2012 on the NBC…

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has told a chief administrative law judge that Comcast should be forced to carry the Tennis Channel the same way the cabler carries its own Golf Channel and Versus networks, setting up a showdown Wednesday at the FCC in which both groups will argue their cases. Tennis Channel filed a…

CBS Sports analyst David Feherty, the pro golfer-turned-golf analyst who has written four books and is co-announcer on EA Sports’ popular Tiger Woods golf video games, is getting his own show on the Golf Channel. Feherty, a 12-part original series and the network’s first since becoming part of the NBC Sports Group…