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...Mr Skipper will be replaced by his predecessor as ESPN president, George Bodenheimer, until a permanent replacement is found....
...His predecessor, George Bodenheimer, will serve as acting chairman for 90 days as Disney searches for a permanent replacement....
...George Bodenheimer is stepping down as president of ESPN after 13 years at the top of the sports cable network, which is owned by Walt Disney. He will be replaced by John Skipper, his deputy....
...“This agreement is unprecedented in our industry,” said George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN. “It reinforces the value of the multichannel subscription and takes full advantage of new technologies.”...
...“We’ve secured cable’s most valuable television franchise, along with an enhanced international package of year-round multimedia rights,” said George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports....
...If George Bodenheimer had not taken the career path that led him to the top of ESPN, the world’s biggest sports television network, it would be quite easy to imagine him doing well in the diplomatic service...
...“Over the next 12 years, we’ll work closely together to move coverage of this great event forward with live coverage on television and using all the latest technologies and screens,” said George Bodenheimer...
...“When we launched in 1979, nobody envisioned a day when people would carry ESPN in their pockets,” said George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports. “But here we are.”...
...When I recently told George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN, that I had cut the cord, he looked genuinely distressed. He has reason to be worried....
...With ESPN’s ratings up 40 per cent over the past year, George Bodenheimer, president, says: “We’re in-terested in everything. We’ll be active in all these negotiations.”...
...They’ve left George Bodenheimer to run his own show at ESPN and been very adept at handling John Lasseter at Pixar.” This should stand Mr Perlmutter in good stead....
...If George Bodenheimer ever grows tired of running ESPN, he could probably carve out a decent living as a quarterback....
...George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN, which broadcasts the NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball in the US, told the Financial Times that the Premier League was a “fabulous property . . . we are absolutely...
...George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN, which broadcasts the NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball in the US, told the FT that the Premier League was a “fabulous property…we are absolutely interested in it”....
...In a nation of armchair sports fans, George Bodenheimer regards himself as a regular guy....
...said George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports. ?Who would have thought 25 years ago we would have Monday Night Football on ESPN??...
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