0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2010
Let’s do some linkage. Didn’t do any yesterday so it’s time to do some today. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated has your Olympics Viewing Guide for Sunday. The Nielsen Wire blog notes that skiing is topping Olympic viewership (not figure skating?) while hockey is the most discussed Olympic sport online. Nielsen also states that 13% […]
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Ok, here is what is on tap for CTV and its sister networks in the Canadian Olympics Broadcast Consortium for today. Day 10 Highlights: Hockey Rivalry Continues: Team Canada Looks to Put Team USA On Ice, Sunday, Feb. 21 Daily Highlights – Vancouver 2010Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium DAY 10 – SCHEDULED SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS (SUBJECT […]
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I fell asleep last night refusing to stay up late after watching late night hockey and curling so I could be totally ready to watch tonight’s USA-Canada men’s hockey game. So let’s provide you with what normally would have been the regular late night features during the Olympics. First, here are highlights from Universal Sports’ […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2010
I don’t know what I was thinking. This is several days late, but still topical. Keith Thibault of the Sports Medal Journal and I talk about various subjects. There is no guest this time around, but there are always sports media topics to discuss. We talk about the early ratings success for the Olympics on […]
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The ratings for NBC for the Olympics continue to be steady. NBC won the primetime ratings once again on Friday and the only night it didn’t win was on Tuesday, but since then, it’s been no contest. Here’s the release from NBC. MORE THAN HALF OF ALL AMERICANS, 157 MILLION, WATCH FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF […]
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Coming later this year, MLB Network will air a new reality show. Last year, it was The Pen, on the Philadelphia Phillies. This year, it’s the White Sox front office. Take a look. CHICAGO WHITE SOX FRONT OFFICE TO BE FEATURED IN MLB NETWORK REALITY SERIES THE CLUB Original Series from MLB Productions to Follow […]
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It’s a tournament unlike any other. Yes, it’s The Masters and Westwood One Radio has renewed another one year agreement to air coverage. If you have Sirius XM, you’ll hear it on PGA Tour Radio, but also on terrestrial radio if your Westwood One affiliate chooses to carry it. Here are the details. WESTWOOD ONE […]
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CBS Sports is all over the WGC-Match Play Championships in Arizona this weekend. I admit, I really don’t pay attention to this tournament, but there are people who do so here is what CBS is saying about it. OGILVY, WESTWOOD, FURYK, McILROY, POULTER, GARCIA, ELS AMONG FIELDAT “WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP” THIS […]
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I have two CBS-related posts as I catch up with the weekend press releases. First, here’s what you’ll see today and tomorrow on CBS. CBS SPORTS’ WEEKEND OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTED BY *NO. 3 VILLANOVA VS. *NO. 19 PITTSBURGH AND *NO. 9 OHIO STATE VS. NO. 11 MICHIGAN STATE ON SUNDAY, FEB. 21 CBS Sports’ […]
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ESPN2 and ESPNU are running a slew of college basketball games today that will help in determining the mid-major spots for the NCAA Tournament. They’ve been doing the BracketBusters for eight years running. It started last night and is continuing today. Here’s the schedule so you can determine which games you want to watch. 2010 […]
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We’re now officially at the midway point of the Winter Olympics. CTV is riding momentum to the finish and here is what it and the other networks in the Olympic Broadcast Consortium are showing on Saturday. Day 9 Highlights: Saturday, Feb. 20 A Family Affair: Hamelin vs. Hamelin in Short Track Speed Skating DAY […]
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We have your quotage from NBC Universal for Day 8 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. As usual, we begin with Universal Sports and its notes and quotes from its studio shows. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2010 Friday, February 19, 2010 — On the eighth day […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/19/2010
Let’s give you some linkage this evening. I’m going to weed out the Tiger Woods previews so this may not be as extensive as past editions. Your Weekend Viewing Picks has your sports viewing including college basketball and Olympic viewing guide. Let’s get to the links. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand tells NBC it’s time […]
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NBC is having a very good week with the Olympics, only losing to Fox’s American Idol once on Tuesday, then coming back on Wednesday with a vengeance. With Thursday’s figure skating duel between Evan Lysaceck and Evgeni Plushenko, the audience return to NBC in droves. HALF OF ALL AMERICANS, 152 MILLION, WATCH FIRST SEVEN DAYS […]
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Saturday, February 20 College Basketball Viewing Picks English Premier LeagueEverton vs. Manchester United – ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.Arsenal vs. Sunderland – Setanta Sports, 9:30 a.m.Wolverhampton vs. Chelsea – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.Portsmouth vs. Stoke City – Fox Soccer Channel, 12:30 p.m.West Ham United vs. Hull City – Setanta Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage) Golf […]
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, February 20 College Gameday live from Seattle, WA – ESPN, 11 a.m. noonSt. John’s at South Florida – Big East Network CBS Coverage MapFlorida at Ole Miss – CBSNorth Carolina at Boston College – CBS Temple at St. Joseph’s – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast […]
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College Basketballmen’sOld Dominion at Northern Iowa – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Yale at Princeton – ESPNU, 7 p.m.William & Mary at Iona – ESPNU, 9 p.m. College HockeyColorado College at Minnesota – Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.Vermont at New Hampshire – NESN, 7 p.m.Nebraska-Omaha at Miami (OH) – NHL Network, 7:30 p.m.Army at Mercyhurst – CBS College […]
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We have quotage from the networks of NBC Universal for Day 7 or Thursday as it should be known. I tried to post this early this morning, but after staying up late for four days straight, I just couldn’t make it. So I’m posting this now and let’s do this now. First, from Universal Sports […]
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Several media columns are out in advance of the Tiger Woods announcement so as I’ll be doing the Megalinks later today, these will be out of date once Woods makes his announcement so I’ll give you these then do other stuff as the day progresses. The always lovely Christine Brennan of USA Today feels Tiger […]
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We’re about at the halfway point of the Winter Olympics. I’d have to say for the most part, they have been fun to watch, especially the feeds I have found from either the BBC or CTV. I won’t say how or where they are, but suffice to say I’ve been able to watch live coverage […]
