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This week, Showtime will run the entire 5 part documentary series on the American Football League. I watched the first two parts and was very impressed with the footage, some of which had not been seen for a long time. Here’s the press release and a promotional clip. FULL COLOR FOOTBALL MARATHON SHOWTIME Sports® and […]
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Here’s the press release from Fox Sports regarding the ratings for the NFL for Week 15. Once again, the late afternoon game outpaces Sunday Night Football on NBC. EIGHT IS ENOUGH ALREADY NFL ON FOX NATIONAL IS WEEK’S HIGHEST-RATED, MOST-WATCHED PROGRAM … AGAIN Saturday night’s big snowstorm on the East Coast caused 1:00 PM games […]
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College FootballLas Vegas BowlOregon State vs. BYU – ESPN, 8 p.m. College Basketball Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI Northeastern vs. St. Mary’s – ESPNU, 3 p.m.Western Michigan vs. USC – ESPNU, 5:20 p.m.SMU vs. UNLV – ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.Charleston vs. Hawai’i – ESPNU, 12:50 a.m. Loyola (MD) at Indiana – Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.Maine […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2009
Let’s lump some ESPN releases together for you. I’ll start with some ratings news regarding the Heisman Trophy presentation on Saturday. ESPN Nets its Largest Heisman Audience Ever Largest for College Football Awards in More than a Decade ESPN continues to experience audience growth for its college football programming, posting its highest-rated and most-viewed Heisman […]
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I’m going to post some press releases, do some work, then do the links. Let’s get to the releases. Starting with ESPN, it says the ratings for Monday Night Football were good to win the night. Monday Night Football Wins the Night in Key Male Demos among All Networks Cardinals-49ers Game Earns 9.6 Rating and […]
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College BasketballCentral Florida at South Florida – Big East Network, 7 p.m.Oral Roberts at Louisville – Big East Network, 7 p.m.Presbyterian at Ohio State – Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.Cincinnati at UAB – CBS College Sports, 7 p.m.Wright State at Mississippi State – ESPN, 7 p.m.Wake Forest at North Carolina-Wilmington – ESPNU, 7 p.m.Cal-Poly at […]
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This week’s podcast, co-hosted by Southeastern New England media magnate Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and yours truly, had the great Maury Brown of the Business of Sports Network as our guest. For the entire podcast, we discussed a plethora of topics. Among the topics was Maury’s extensive web sites including the Biz of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2009
In the increasingly annoying habit of ESPN using mainstream music artists to introduce programming or be a theme throughout a season, we have yet another example of this for Christmas Day. ESPN will be utilizing a video from Mariah Carey that will be seen on both the Mothership and ABC. Not being an NBA or […]
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With the college football season officially over and we transition over to the bowl games, it’s time to hand out the 3rd Annual College Football TV Awards. My goodness. Three years on this blog have gone by rather quickly. To compare, you can look at the inaugural and 2nd annual awards. Let’s begin with the […]
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Let’s post some press releases for you while I have a free moment. Starting with MLB Network, it’ll air another edition of Studio 42 with Bob Costas tonight featuring former Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox first baseman Dick Allen. SEVEN-TIME ALL-STAR & 1972 AL MVP DICK ALLEN DISCUSSes his controversial mlb CAREER on MLB […]
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Let’s do the linkage for today. From the Sports Business Journal, John Ourand has some predictions for sports television in 2010. Monday’s Sports Business Daily explores whether Tiger Woods’ brand is completely damaged from the news of his various dalliances. Today’s Sports Business Daily has comments from former CBS Sports president Neil Pilson saying 2010 […]
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College BasketballGardner-Webb at Duke – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Wyoming at Tennessee – ESPNU, 7 p.m.Georgia State at Florida State – Fox Sports Florida/NESN, 7 p.m.Northern Illinois at Minnesota – Big Ten Network, 8 p.m. NBANew Jersey at Cleveland – NBA TV, 7 p.m.Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago – WGN America, 8 p.m. NHLPhiladelphia at Pittsburgh – […]
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0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2009
This week in a rare harmonic convergence, NFL Network has both unbeaten teams in games that will be watched quite intently. On Thursday, NFL Network has the 13-0 Indianapolis Colts taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Many observers feel the Colts will rest some players in that game. Then on Saturday, the 13-0 New Orleans Saints […]
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NBC has sent out a second release this time touting viewership for Sunday Night Football. Earlier today, NBC crowed about the overnight ratings which are the 4th highest this season. Here’s the release discussing the viewership numbers. 20.9 MILLION WATCH EAGLES-GIANTS ON “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL”Eagles Win Over Giants is 57% Higher Than Week 14 in […]
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And with good reason. Sunday’s doubleheader which included San Diego-Dallas in the late game brought CBS excellent numbers and its highest ratings for an NFL game since Week 14 in 2007. Plus, CBS says it’s NFL ratings are up 4% from last season through 14 weeks. Here’s the CBS press release. “THE NFL ON CBS” […]
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Thanks to NBA.com and its wonderful partners, I have a year’s subscription to the NBA League Pass Mobile app for the iPhone for a lucky reader. I’m going to give a question. The first correct answer will receive the subscription. You must have the iPhone. In addition, I have to post the following disclaimer: This […]
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Ok, let’s do the linkage without any further delay. Lots of stuff to get to. First, the Sports Business Journal has a special section today on the 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business and there are many familiar names on the list. You can check out those from 41- 50, 31 – 40, 21 […]
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Another NBC Sports press release is touting the ratings for Sunday Night Football. This week, SNF garnered at 13.8 rating/22 share. That’s up just barely over last week’s 13.7/21 overnight rating, but it’s also significantly higher than the Week 14 game from last year. Very good ratings for NBC and the NFL. “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” […]
