0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2011
I’ll do a few thoughts on what’s transpired in sports media this week. As always, they come in bullet form. The NFL came out smelling like roses after the league’s owners approved the new 9 year agreements with CBS, Fox, and NBC. Not only does the league have stability with its players with a long-term […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2011
I was thinking at the beginning of Wednesday that this was going to be a boring day covering sports media and it certainly started that way. But then at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, it all changed when the NFL owners approved the new TV contracts with the network partners. So let’s take a look at […]
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Earlier today, the NFL and its three over the air network TV partners announced their new deals to air games over a 9 year period starting with the 2014 season. It keeps stability among the partners and it also provides the NFL with a steady cash flow during that span. NBC keeps Sunday Night Football, […]
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We have the press release from NBC regarding the renewal of its deal to air Sunday Night Football. This guarantees that NBC will keep the premier primetime package through the 2022 season. Under the new contract, NBC will air three Super Bowls starting with Super Bowl XLIX in 2015. It will give up its Wild […]
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We have the official press release from the National Football League. As mentioned in the previous post, this lasts nine years through the 2022 season. Here are some highlights of the deal, some announced, some not: CBS, Fox and NBC keep their respective packages, AFC, NFC and Sunday Night Football. Each will get a total […]
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Just coming in from the NFL Owners Meetings in Dallas, we learn that the owners have approved the deals between CBS, Fox & NBC, 9 year contracts that will run through the 2022 season. All of the networks will pay in excess of $1 billion per year. Add this to ESPN’s deal that pays almost […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2011
We’re getting the NFL overnight ratings in and they are good especially for NBC. Last night’s game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys received a 16.1 rating with a 25 share. It’s down slightly from the 16.5/25 received in Week 14 last year between the Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. However, NBC points […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2011
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Let’s conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with what was said on Football Night in America. Check it all out below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 14 “They should be concerned because that secondary is probably the worst secondary I’ve seen in the last decade.” – Rodney Harrison on Patriots “If […]
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Tonight on NBC, Sunday Night Football will air an NFC East rivalry matchup between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. We’ll have interviews with the Giants defense conducted by Bob Costas. And Michele Tafoya gets into the act with an interview of the Cowboys’ DeMarcus Ware. We have partial transcripts of the interviews […]
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And we’ll close out the Sunday NFL previews with what NBC is saying about tonight’s New York Football Giants-Dallas Cowboys game which will be a confrontation for first place in the NFC East. Should get a big number with two traditional NFC East rivals facing off. FIRST PLACE IN NFC EAST ON THE LINE AS […]
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It’s time for me to bring back the annual College Football TV Awards. I’ve been wanting to write this for a while. Because of my schedule over the last week, I have not been able to bring it to you until now. Thanks for your patience. Let’s get this started. The College GameDay Award for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2011
NFL Coverage Maps (courtesy of the506.com) NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon 1 p.m. CBS Houston at Cincinnati — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Indianapolis at Baltimore — Bill Macatee/Steve Tasker Kansas City at New York Jets — Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts (“The Bird” & “The Beard”) New England at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2011
Still waiting on word on whether there will be a primetime flex for NFL Week 15. As I chronicled yesterday, CBS and NBC are in a dispute over moving the New England-Denver game from 4:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. CBS wants to keep Pats-Broncos despite protecting the New York Jets-Philadelphia game. NBC wants it in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2011
After the haggling between CBS and NBC over the New England Patriots-Denver Broncos game could not be settled, league office sent this e-mail to its TV partners, media reporters and various bloggers including yours truly. Due to NFL Committee Meetings in New York today, the Week 15 flexible schedule announcement will be released tomorrow (Wednesday, […]
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In a battle over one game in Week 15 in the NFL, CBS and NBC are squaring off over a contest that both networks want desperately. CBS has even recruited a team owner to fight on its behalf. Both networks want to air the New England-Denver game next Sunday. CBS has protected New York Jets-Philadelphia […]
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This was made official by the NFL on Sunday Night Football on NBC. We all know this, but I have the press release so I might as well post it. Music superstar Madonna will be performing the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show on February 5, 2012. It’ll mark another musical act over 40 for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2011
Last night’s Detroit-New Orleans game on NBC garnered an 11.9 overnight rating with an 18 share. It was good enough to win the night over all network and cable competition. However, last night’s rating was down 18% from last year’s comparable game between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers. While the game was relatively close […]
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As reported by Daniel Kaplan and John Ourand in this week’s issue of Sports Business Journal, the NFL’s broadcast TV partners, CBS, Fox and NBC are about to finalize a deal to renew their contracts with the league. The deals would begin with the 2014 seasons. Each network would pay over $1 billion per season […]
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We’re hearing that the NFL is about to close renewals with its over the air TV partners, CBS, Fox and NBC. Sports Business Journal is reporting that all three networks will continue in their present packages, the AFC, NFC and Sunday Night Football, respectively for another 8 seasons starting in the 2014 season. All three […]
