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Rogers buys Score’s TV biz for $167 million


TORONTO – Score Media will be a digital/new media company only going forward as the company has decided to sell its television business to Rogers Communications for $167 million. The two companies announced the deal early Saturday morning. Score Media’s television business is comprised of theScore Television Network, closed captioning service provider Voice2Visual, and theScore Fighting Series (SFS). Score Media’s digital business includes theScore.com and its mobile applications ScoreMobile, ScoreMobileFC and Sportstap. John Levy, founder, chairman and CEO of Score Media will lead the digital media business following the spin-out. Score Media’s digital properties are well-known and well received by...