0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/13/2014
On Friday, there are a few glamor sports at the Sochi Olympics with medals on the line on Friday. That includes men’s figure skating, the men’s super combined in alpine skiing, women’s skeleton, men’s ski jumping at the large hill as well as curling and hockey. Once again, NBCSN will air 12 hours of coverage […]
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In a move that Americans are trying to wrap their proverbial heads arounds, news broke Wednesday night that the largest U.S. cable provider, Comcast, has entered into an agreement to purchase the second largest, Time Warner Cable. According to CNBC (owned by Comcast), this megadeal is worth $159 per share or somewhere in the neighborhood […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2014
NBC has to be excited about its Tuesday ratings. Not only did they surpass Turin’s numbers to which NBC has been mostly comparing the Sochi Games, but they also outdistanced the numbers from Vancouver for the same opening Tuesday of the Olympics by a wide margin. In addition, NBCSN set a daytime viewing record between […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2014
Here’s the quotage for Tuesday night’s primetime coverage of the 2014 Sochi Games. Matt Lauer hosted in place of the ailing Bob Costas. Tonight had pairs figure skating, women’s luge, snowboarding halfpipe and a lot more. Check out what was said by NBC’s Olympic crew in Sochi. 2014 SOCHI WINTER GAMES – FEB. 11 NBC […]
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On Wednesday, several sports will hand out medals in Sochi. The women’s downhill at Rosa Khutor will take place early and the U.S.A.’s most decorated female skier, Julia Mancuso will be on the slopes in hopes of winning another medal. She won bronze in the Super Combined on Monday. Speed skater Shani Davis hopes to […]
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NBC has provided the ratings for Monday’s Olympic primetime program. The Peacock saw a 10 percent decline from Vancouver on the first Monday of the Olympics. Last night’s ratings saw a 12.8 number and a 20 share for the tape delayed coverage compared to Vancouver’s 14.2/22 for mostly live programming. Compared to Turin in 2006, […]
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Since the beginning of NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics, one of the stories has been the pink eye condition of host Bob Costas. It was so noticeable that it became distracting to viewers. Not only are there
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/10/2014
Medals will be handed out in cross country skiing, women’s ski jumping, women’s luge, plus curling and women’s hockey continues. And let us not forget that the halfpipe will be taking place on Tuesday and that means that American Shaun White will go for an unprecedented third gold medal in that sport. Also the pairs […]
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In what has to be an encouraging sign for NBC, Sunday’s primetime broadcast which featured the men’s downhill, the end of the team figure skating and women’s moguls beat Vancouver’s ratings for the comparable Sunday. NBC registered a 14.4 rating with a 22 share. It’s just over Vancouver’s 14.3/22 for the first Sunday of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2014
On the first official day of competition for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, NBC racked up good numbers, but like the night before for the Opening Ceremony, the Peacock saw ratings that were below Vancouver in 2010 for the first night, but way up from Turin in 2006. For its tape delayed coverage […]
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The 2014 Sochi Games really kick in on Monday as the curling competition begins in earnest. Both the USA men’s and women’s teams will be in action. In addition, CNBC and USA Network begin their coverage of the Olympics with their daily shows. USA Network airs the U.S. women taking on Switzerland live at 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2014
On Sunday, NBCUniversal will have coverage of several glamor events on Sunday including the men’s downhill, team figure skating, luge as well as hockey. MSNBC, NBC and NBCSN will all air events on Sunday. There will also be speed skating as well as cross-country. And in the Team Figure Skating, US ladies champion Gracie Gold […]
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In its press release, NBC calls Friday night’s telecast of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony “non-live” which it was, but funny that it doesn’t use “delayed.” People watched in huge numbers. The rating was a 17.0/28 which is down slightly from Vancouver’s 17.3/30 which was live. Quite good to maintain those numbers. NBC is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2014
Saturday is when the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi begin in earnest. Women’s hockey begins when Team USA goes for the gold medal that has eluded it since 1998 against Finland at 3 a.m. ET on NBCSN. The defending gold medalist in women’s hockey, Canada begins its defense of its gold medal vs. Switzerland also […]
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NBC is off to a good start on the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. With Bob Costas explaining that there would be no live coverage due to the nine-hour time difference between the U.S. Eastern time zone and Sochi, Russia and having qualifying in Slopestyle and Freestyle skiing plus the beginning of the new […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2014
Looks like NBC will provide quotage for its primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Some of the highlights, Bob Costas discussing his eye infection, a compelling discussion of what the Olympics mean to Russia and President Vladimir Putin, and Costas saying “Pussy Riot.” Here’s the quotage. 2014 SOCHI WINTER GAMES – […]
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During NBC’s coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony in Sochi, the network will air an interview between host Bob Costas and President Barack Obama. The interview taped on Thursday will go over several topics including the reason why the President sent a group of gay athletes to represent the United States delegation […]
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Friday marks the official start of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games with the Opening Ceremony at the Lazarevskoye Site. NBC will air the festivities on tape delay beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET. Bob Costas will skip his first Opening Ceremony since becoming official host of NBC Olympics in 1992. He’ll be anchoring from the International […]
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Now that the XXII Olympic Winter Games are here, it’s time to provide you a quick viewing primer on which the networks that will carry the events. You know that NBC will carry Olympic programming over a span of 18 nights beginning on Thursday, February 6 and lasting until Sunday, February 23. But what about […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2014
NBC begins its coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday and it starts with the new team figure skating event as well as slopestyle and freestyle skiing. The coverage will start at 8 p.m. ET and go until 11 p.m. It will all be on tape. All of this can be seen live online […]
