0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2013
Ok, lots of things to get to. Let’s do some Friday links. From Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi of Adweek, a Disney executive downplays any threat from Fox Sports 1 to ESPN. From Variety, Rick Kissell says NBC Sports Network saw stellar ratings for the NHL Conference Semifinals. R. Thomas Umstead from Multichannel News says the next Floyd […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2013
Trying to provide two consecutive days of linkage, something I haven’t done in quite some time. Here we go. Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press writes that Fox is still investigating the incident that caused a rope supporting its overhead camera to snap at the Coca-Cola 600. Tim Baysinger of Multichannel News writes that Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2013
This coming directly from the Pac-12 Conference. This is an aggregate TV schedule of the football games that will be carried on the CBS Sports Network, ESPN Family of Networks, Fox/Fox Sports 1, NBC and the Pac-12 Networks. NBC will air the USC at Notre Dame game live from South Bend, IN. ESPN and Fox […]
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I’ve been neglecting a couple of things that have been staples of this site, linkage and sports media thoughts. I’m taking care of linkage today. I hope to have a sports media thoughts post this week. It’s all about managing time. Let’s go. Richard Deitsch of Sports lllustrated has his usual weekly media column. He […]
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Ok, we have the schedules for both the NHL Eastern Conference and Western Conference Finals. The Eastern Conference Final schedule is set as it will begin on Saturday night, June 1 as the Boston Bruins take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on NBC, CBC and RDS. The Western Conference Final is a bit dicey as the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/23/2013
On Sunday, NBC begins coverage of the 2013 French Open in the first year of a long-term agreement that will run until 2024. NBC hits the air at noon with its tennis crew of Ted Robinson, John McEnroe and Mary Carillo. When the U.S. Open moves to ESPN in 2015, the French Open will be […]
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NBC has another reason to crow. Its ratings for Sunday Night Football has topped all network primetime programs for the 2012-13 season. This marks the second straight year that SNF has topped all primetime shows in overall viewers as well as all key adult and male demographics. As far as viewership, Sunday Night Football averaged […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/22/2013
NBC has been running a deceptive promo making it appear that this Sunday’s airing of the Grand Prix of Monaco is the first time ever it has been run on network television. Now if NBC had said, “Live for the first time on network television,” then it would be correct. However, the race has been […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2013
The middle jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, takes place this Saturday from the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Orb or as Larry Collus called in the Kentucky Derby, “OOOOORRRRRRBBBB!”, will be running for history as the only horse with a chance to win the Triple Crown. NBC Sports Network begins the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2013
Thanks to a Sergio Garcia/Tiger Woods duel down the stretch of The Players Championship, NBC saw its highest numbers for the final round in 20 years. The Peacock saw a 5.0 rating and 7.6 million viewers. For the third round, NBC garnered a 2.6 rating and 3.7 million viewers. Golf Channel saw an average of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2013
We have the NHL on NBC announcing teams for the Stanley Cup Conference Semifinal Round through next Thursday, May 23. Check it out in the grid below. Tues., May 14 7:30 p.m. Ottawa (7) @ Pittsburgh (1) NBCSN Dave Strader, Brian Engblom 10 p.m. San Jose (6) @ Los Angeles (5) NBCSN John Forslund, […]
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Tonight, the NBC Sports Group steps into the NHL Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals. It will have total exclusivity in the United States and no local regional sports network blackouts to worry about. So you’ll see the national broadcasts from now into the Stanley Cup Final. Coverage starts tonight with a doubleheader, Games 1 of Ottawa-Pittsburgh […]
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Ok, I’m still coming down from the Bruins comeback against Toronto. I thought it would a Round 1 exit for the B’s, but instead, they’ll take on the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. NBC Sports Network, NBC and CNBC will be airing the series in the US. TSN will air it across […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2013
Let’s post the announcing assignments for tonight’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games on the networks of NBC. There will be three Games 5, two of which are elimination games. NBC Sports Group will staff two of the three games, New York Islanders at Pittsburgh and Minnesota at Chicago, both of which are on NBC Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2013
Let’s go over the entire list of those who won hardware in the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The awards were handed out at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Overall, NBC Sports Group has reason to crow with 23 Emmys, the most of any sports media group. Turner Sports was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/7/2013
NBC was the network to garner the most Sports Emmy Awards with 11 taking home the bacon for the Olympics, Sunday Night Football, Super Bowl XLVI, Bob Costas, Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth. That’s a lot of hardware. The next highest award-winner was HBO with six. Here’s NBC’s press release. NBC SPORTS GROUP COLLECTS 11 […]
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The 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were handed out tonight in New York at Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center. Thanks to Josh Krulewitz, ESPN public relations maven, I can list the individual winners. I’ll have a full list from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences tomorrow and I’ll post […]
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After Faith Hill announced that she would no longer sing “(I’ve Been) Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” NBC Sports went searching for a replacement. Sunday Night Football producer Fred Gaudelli says he only had one person in mind and that was Carrie Underwood. And it has come to fruition. NBC has formally announced that […]
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NBC has to be pleased about the viewership for the Kentucky Derby. As Orb circled the Churchill Downs track to win the 139th edition of the Run for the Roses, an estimated 16.2 million people watched the race marking the third time in five years that the Kentucky Derby has reached over 16 million viewers. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2013
Paul M. Banks of Chicago Sports Media Watch and the Sports Bank appears to have broken the story of Carrie Underwood becoming the new singing voice of Sunday Night Football. Earlier this year, Faith Hill announced that the 2012-13 season would be her last to sing the Sunday Night Football theme of “I’ve Been Waiting […]
