0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2010
NFL Network is ramping up for the Super Bowl and its programming reflects that. Let’s take a look at its programming schedule through next Tuesday. NFL NETWORK PROGRAMMING NOTES (1/13-1/19) MORE THAN 13 HOURS OF NFL GAMEDAY PROGRAMMING ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY Saturday on NFL GameDay Morning: Deion Sanders 1-on-1 Interview with Ravens LB Ray […]
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A new edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast with Southeastern New England media mogul Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal. This was a very good edition if I do so myself. In the first segment, Keith and I talk about MLB Network getting the big interview of Mark McGwire as he admitted using steroids […]
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These are events that used to be on network TV and have been or will be placed on ESPN: Monday Night Football – ABC from 1970 – 2005. Since 2006, cable exclusive. The Open Championship – Weekend coverage formerly on ABC for over 50 years. All four rounds on ESPN starting in 2010. NASCAR’s Chase […]
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As part of its continuing strategy to take sports away from network television, ESPN is shifting most of the Sprint Cup races from ABC and placing them on ESPN. When I wondered last year if ESPN was hoarding sports for itself and away from ABC, people scoffed at me, but the evidence is there and […]
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CBC has released its schedule for one of my favorite days in the hockey season and for me, it’s better than the NHL Winter Classic because instead of having one game, you get three games in one day and all from Canada. Plus, CBC celebrates the game like no one can. This year, the host […]
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You knew this was coming. With ratings records being set by the five NFL TV partners, CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC and NFL Network, it was only a matter of time when the NFL would send out a release touting the ratings for the regular season. And it says the NFL’s TV ratings are the best […]
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I had to leave the office today and head into Boston, but now that I’m back, I’ll do some links for you. CNBC’s Darren Rovell doesn’t think the American Needle v. NFL Supreme Court case is all that is cracked up to be. The Sports Business Journal’s Michael Smith writing in sister publication the Sporting […]
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I have three more releases and they’re all going in one post. This will end the press releases for this morning. I’m sure many of you will watch the World Series of Poker when it returns at the end of this month. World Series of Poker Europe Returns to ESPN2 on January 31 with Caesars […]
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Two more press release posts before I finish for now. This one is Versus-centric. I have a couple of announcements regarding upcoming programming on Versus. Cycling returns to Versus with coverage of the Tour Down Under featuring Lance Armstrong. VERSUS OPENS 2010 CYCLING SEASON WITH DAILY COVERAGE OF TOUR DOWN UNDER Team Makes ProTour Debut […]
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I have even more press releases to post today. I have two ESPN announcements. The first one deals with the ratings for the 2009-10 college bowl season on ESPN. Bowl Game Audiences Grow on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 ABC, ESPN & ESPN2 Post Most-Viewed Bowl Seasons ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 college football bowl games posted […]
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I have a couple of announcements from NBC Sports. First, NBC and USA will air six prep races leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May. CHURCHILL DOWNS & NBC SPORTS PARTNER FOR “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY” SERIES Three Broadcasts Encompassing Six Derby Prep Races Airing on NBC Sports & USA Network This Spring […]
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NBC has announced its first choice of games for the NHL Game of the Week which debuts this Sunday. The network will have its choice of multiple games each week. RED HOT BLACKHAWKS TAKE ON RED WINGS IN HOCKEYTOWN USA IN 2010 DEBUT OF NHL GAME OF THE WEEK, SUNDAY ON NBC SPORTS “There isn’t […]
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Let’s post some releases that are time sensitive so I can do linkage later. First, NFL Network will air all four Wild Card playoff games today. NFL NETWORK TO “ENCORE” WILD CARD WEEKEND NFL REPLAY PRESENTS ALL FOUR GAMES ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13 On Wednesday, January 13 beginning at 1:30 PM ET, all four Wild […]
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College Basketballmen’sMinnesota at Michigan State – Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.West Virginia at South Florida – Big East Network, 7 p.m.St. Joseph’s at URI – Cox Sports RI, 7 p.m.Boston College at Duke – ESPN, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at UConn – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Cincinnati at St. John’s – ESPNU, 7 p.m.Syracuse at Rutgers – Big East […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2010
CTV announced some of the coverage that will be seen on the networks that comprise the Olympic Broadcasting Consortium. Part of the networks that will air the Winter Olympics from Vancouver will be CTV, TSN, RDS, Rogers Sportsnet among others. I posted two releases earlier today. Here’s CTV’s partial schedule of event coverage. The full […]
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If you were with me last year, you’ll know I started to post the Lost Untangled web series that ABC released usually on the day following each Lost episode. It recapped the episode with action figures and a guy doing very funny impressions of each character. Well, Lost Untangled returns in a big way with […]
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Let’s do the links. Got a late start to the day and I’m still trying to catch up. We start with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who gives us his Media Power Rankings for December. The Sports Business Daily has the media roundup and reaction to the Bob Costas interview of Mark McGwire on MLB Network […]
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NBC really loves the ratings it received for the primetime NFL Wild Card playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys. Not only were the ratings high, but they were the highest for NBC since the Super Bowl (thank you, Jay Leno) and the highest for a Saturday primetime program on the network in […]
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The final ratings for Wild Card Weekend are coming out and Fox is really, really happy about the epic Green Bay-Arizona game which was a track meet for the second half and overtime. Fox says it’s the highest ratings for a Wild Card Playoff game since 2000 when CBS scored for Miami-Seattle. Check out the […]
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Back in 2005, CTV outbid CBC for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics, breaking the stranglehold by Canada’s public broadcaster that went from 1996 to 2008. For the last five years, CTV has been gearing up for the games. By bringing together CTV, TSN, RDS and Rogers Sportsnet into the fold, Canadians will see blanket coverage […]
