0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/29/2007
I was hoping to have an update Wednesday night, however, I got quite busy, but you get more links this morning which is better for you, the reader. We have a lot of links on the NFL Network vs. Cable dispute, but first, let’s start with the Thursday weekly media columns. Bill Doyle of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/27/2007
The links are up late as I had to be in another location this morning and someone came to my office. I hate when routines are thrown off, but I give you the links now. Neil Best of Newsday chronicles his time spent Sunday at NBC with the Football Night in America studio crew. In […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2007
I hope you haven’t been caught in those ridiculous shopping lines this week. I’ve been doing yard work so I don’t have to go. Anyway, let’s do some links. The Sports Media Watch blog gives the weekend TV ratings predictions. The New York Post’s Phil Mushnick is in a bad mood again calling the NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/24/2007
Time for some links today. Let’s get to them. First, David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch was supposed to be a guest on Entercom-owned WRKO Friday morning. He has been critical of sister station WEEI and Program Director Jason Wolfe. For some strange reason, WRKO officials put the kybosh on his guest spot at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/21/2007
I did the Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks early because I thought I didn’t have enough links to warrant an update, but apparently I do. First, Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News writes in his Farther Off the Wall blog the football viewing menu for this weekend, plus he has a tidbit […]
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The Day before Thanksgiving and I know many of you aren’t in work mode, but I’ll give you links for today. Most likely, I won’t have links tomorrow, but before I go to bed, I’ll have College Football Viewing Picks for Friday as well as NFL Picks for tomorrow. So we have lot of things […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2007
Let’s give you some more links today. More reason to hate ESPN. They plan a huge New Year’s Eve special complete with motorcycle jumps, truck flips, fiery explosions, musical acts and plenty of hype. This will run for three hours so ESPN can mark the New Year on both coasts. I can’t make this up. […]
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As we get closer to Thanksgiving, let’s get to the links. Neil Best of Newsday has a column today and he writes about WFAN beefing up its news organization. And in his blog, Neil says Yankees manager Joe Girardi signed a three year deal to appear on the FAN. Neil also reviews the first two […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/19/2007
With this being Thanksgiving Week, I don’t expect to be blogging much (we do have to get ready to see our families on Thursday), but I’ll do what I can. With that said, I still have to give you Videos of the Week (The Amazing Race episode recaps are taking more time than I expected) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/16/2007
College Gameday live at Ann Arbor, MI – ESPN, 10 a.m.Ohio State at Michigan – ABC, noonNorthwestern at Illinois – ESPN, noonSyracuse at Connecticut – ESPN2, noonTulsa at Army – ESPN Classic, noonUMass at Hofstra – ESPNU, noonThe Citadel at VMI – CSTV, noon Missouri at Kansas State – FSN, 12:30 p.m.Harvard at Yale – […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/15/2007
I was going to make a rain reference in the title as it’s been raining in Eastern Massachusetts, but then I realized it may not be raining where you are so I decided against it. Anyway, I do hope you have decent weather where you’re reading this. We’ve had sporadic downpours this morning. Anyway, let’s […]
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Time for some links now. Let’s start with some weekly Thursday media columns. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s Bill Doyle writes that Charter in Central Massachusetts has added NHL Network, but not the NFL Network. Joanne C. Gerstner of the Detroit News says the lineup of sports radio station WDFN is in a state of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2007
I’ve checked around and we have enough links for an update. From the TV Predictions website, we find that DirecTV has added 23 HD channels including several Regional Sports Networks. Tim Lemke of the Washington Times reports in his Sports Business blog about ESPN hiring two newspaper reporters who will join its investigative unit. Ben […]
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Time for some linkage today. Let’s get to them. The USA Today’s Michael Hiestand is back today and he writes about the lower ratings for NASCAR this year. From Neil Best of Newsday, we get some blog entries. The first one has Best commenting on Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci who has a business relationship with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/13/2007
We have some links for you on this Tuesday. First, from Awful Announcing via Sports by Brooks, we get the call from Bob Lamey of the Colts Radio Network totally blowing the call of the missed FG attempt by Adam Vinitieri during Sunday night’s Colts-Chargers game. Oops. Thanks to Boston Sports Media Watch for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/12/2007
For those of you taking the day off for the holiday, hoping you are remembering the fine servicemen and servicewomen who served their country for us. I’m watching ESPN’s First Take for the first time in earnest today. I like Dana Jacobsen. She’s a good interviewer and has the personality to be a good co-host. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/10/2007
I’ve been out and about today so I’ve been away from a computer for much of the day. Time to give you some linkage now. From the Dallas Morning News, Barry Horn says Fox is not happy only having 8 Dallas Cowboys games to broadcast this season. CBS got the Pats-Cowboys game, plus the NFL […]
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I’ve been having too much fun with Hulu. I’ve been watching Arrested Development, Season 1 all over again. That’s another candidate for Videos of the Week. Anyway, let me give you some links tonight before I decide to watch some late night TV. The Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth reports in his Farther Off […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/9/2007
College Gameday Live from Williams College, Williamstown, MA – ESPN, 10 a.m. Big Ten Coverage Map – Channel assignments for cable and satellite TV providers on the mapMichigan State at Purdue – Big Ten Network, noonMinnesota at Iowa – Big Ten Network, noon Michigan at Wisconsin – ESPN, noonWake Forest at Clemson – ESPN2, noonIndiana […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Some links on this Friday afternoon for you. First, the Sports Media Watch blog points out that in a season in which most of the NFL TV partners are seeing lower ratings, CBS is the lone shining star and in addition, not only is CBS seeing significantly higher ratings for the NFL, it’s received higher […]
