0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/22/2011
Time for linkage now. Jun Yang at Bloomberg Businessweek reports that YouTube is in talks with the NBA and NHL to stream live games. Now that would be cool if it happens, but I’m skeptical that it will. At MediaPost, Barry Janoff looks at some of the particulars of CBS/Turner’s NCAA Tournament programming and marketing […]
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CNBC’s Darren Rovell had this earlier today, that the NBC Sports Group was re-obtaining the rights to the entire Triple Crown after airing 2/3 of the pie for the past five years. Now, the puzzle is complete once again. The NBC Sports Group has re-acquired the rights to the Belmont Stakes, piecing it together with […]
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This comes from CNBC’s Darren Rovell, the NBC Sports Group will announce today that it has secured the rights to all three races of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. In October of last year, NBC announced that it had reupped with the Kentucky Derby for five […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2011
Let’s provide some links on this holiday for some of you. For others like me, I’m at work. But instead of reading my complaints about working on a holiday, I’ll put my energy into finding links for you. Starting with the Sports Business Journal, Terry Lefton looks at how TNT’s Charles Barkley has become a […]
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There’s no press release from NBC Sports, but I thank their public relations department for e-mailing me the overnight ratings. Both the early and the late windows of the NHL doubleheader received a 1.2 rating. Equal 1.2 ratings. That’s with 3 games being televised regionally (Washington-Buffalo, Philadelphia-New York Rangers, Detroit-Minnesota) in the 12:30 p.m. Eastern […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2011
Both the NHL and NBC have announced the “flex” game for the 12:30 p.m. Eastern time slot for March 6. Next Sunday, NBC will not have an NHL game as it will air the Match Play Championships. The next NHL game will be aired on March 6. You probably saw the promos during Hockey Day […]
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Let’s provide you with links on this Sunday. As I’m watching Food Network’s Giada at Home and before that, CBS News Sunday Morning, I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday morning. While I try to avoid being distracted by Giada, I’ll do some links. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says MSG […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2011
Ok, I have some time to do some blogging this evening and I figure I’ll do the Friday megalinks, something which has been sorely lacking here. Let’s get cracking on the links. As always, you can check the Weekend Viewing Picks for all of your weekend in sports and primetime TV. Now let’s do your […]
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I wasn’t able to provide links during the day and I keep accumulating sports media stories and I don’t want to get into this pattern where I can provide links Monday through Wednesday, but not from Thursday through Sunday. That’s not good especially since you have come to expect linkage just about every day. So […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/17/2011
We have this video of NBC Sports/Versus Executive Producer Sam Flood talking about the NBC Sports Group’s (a.k.a. “The Group”) approach for this Sunday’s Hockey Day in America. NBC will have an NHL doubleheader with three games being aired in an early window starting at 12:35 p.m. East and then a national window at 3 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/16/2011
Ok, time for some links on this Wednesday. Let’s provide some for you while I can. Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that former CBS college basketball analyst Billy Packer is not enthused about the new TV arrangement for the NCAA Tournament. I’ve written a story for Dan Levy’s Press Coverage site on what the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/15/2011
Between Hockey Day in America on NBC and the Heritage Classic on Versus on Sunday, the newly-combined NBC Sports Group will have a total of 9 hours of coverage. This means that hockey fans will be in high heaven. And as NBC and Comcast combine, the synergy among the companies is in true effect. You’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/14/2011
On Sunday, NBC will have a hockey doubleheader as part of its Hockey Day in America coverage. The network will have a pregame show at noon Eastern time, then regional coverage in the first game starting at 12:35 p.m. At 3:30 p.m., there will be national coverage of Pittsburgh at Chicago. For the first game, […]
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At least I hope I’m back to a regular schedule. Saturday and Sunday were a lost weekend. I couldn’t finish your Friday megalinks after I started them. And due to having a weekend that was scheduled behind my back, I could not do any linkage. Silly family commitments on both Saturday and Sunday and by […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2011
This weekend is a big weekend for rugby fans. First, BBC America is airing the Seven Nations Rugby tournament on Saturday. And also on Saturday as well as Sunday, NBC and Universal Sports are teaming up to show the USA Sevens Rugby Tournament live from Las Vegas. NBC is airing this because rugby sevens will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/10/2011
Let’s do some links for you on this Thursday. I hope to be able to do a bit more in the later part of the week unlike previous weeks where the links stop on Wednesday. Plenty of stuff to go over. Michael Hiestand has a couple of articles on CBS/Turner changing the way we’ll watch […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2011
Ok, let’s bring you some linkage. Again, in the midst of a lot of stuff, but taking a break to do some now before work really prevents me from blogging. Mike McCarthy at USA Today recaps Phil Simms comments to Sirius XM regarding his Super Bowl incident with Desmond Howard. Michael Hiestand of USA Today […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2011
Ok, now that our lives are getting back to normal after the Super Bowl, it’s time to focus on other sports like college basketball, the NHL and even baseball which will begin Spring Training this weekend. Yes, it’s almost that time. Let’s go to the links. From the Sports Business Journal, John Ourand takes a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2011
I’ve been trying to do linkage today since I haven’t done any since Wednesday. Work is crazy. Dealing with family is crazy. But since 9 a.m., I’ve been trying to do links, but haven’t been able to get to it as I get phone calls asking to do errands and then I get bogged down. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2011
This has been a busy Saturday. Unfortunately, I’ve been dealing with a lot of family stuff today. Nothing major, but it’s kept me from blogging. Anyway, I have to discuss another story that’s been burning up Twitter and the blogosphere today, however, I want to discuss this first. It was first reported in the Montreal […]
