0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2007
Doing some links for you now as I had work issues late this afternoon. Let me first thank the people from Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily for their visits to this blog. Also I thank them for linking to my video at YouTube of the first 4:40 of the Big Ten Network in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2007
Hello. Every day, I briefly check WEEI to hear who’s hosting the morning show for Dennis & Callahan. Today, it was Bob Lobel and Steve Burton from Channel 4 in Boston along with Jon Meterperel. Unless something happens quickly, it appears that Entercom is willing to continue without its signature show for as long as […]
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Time to give you a few links tonight before heading to bed. It appears that the NFL’s TV partners will not have to deal with the silly 45 seconds of online video rule for their websites. The Sports Business Journal’s Eric Fisher, Dan Kaplan and John Ourand report that the 45 second rule does not […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2007
Let’s give you a few more links today. Joseph Whip blogs about HDTV and he criticizes NBC for taking bandwidth away from its picture and thus, causing pixelation. Whip blames the Weather Plus subchannel for this. The LA Times’ Larry Stewart talks with country star Faith Hill about recording “I’ve Been Waiting All Day for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2007
As I watch the latest episode of the greatly underrated (if that’s possible) South of Nowhere on The N and still buzzing over Clay Buchholz’s no-hitter for the Red Sox, let me give you a few links on this Sunday. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says Saturday’s gigantic upset of Michigan by Appalachian […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/1/2007
This being the holiday weekend, I will be on sporadically. I will provide you with Saturday links right now, but may not be in Sunday and I’ll be in Monday afternoon for Primetime Viewing Picks only. But if something breaks, I’ll post it here as soon as I can. Let’s give you a few links […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2007
Let’s see what the Midwest newspapers are saying about the Big Ten Network’s debut last night. ILLINOIS REACTIONTed Cox of the Chicago Daily Herald says he chose not to watch the debut even though he could have on DirecTV. Fans in Springfield can watch BTN thanks to Consolidated Communications. INDIANA REACTIONMike Carmini of the Lafayette […]
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Good morning. Quick report on the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. The US won two more golds with Jeremy Wariner leading an American sweep of the men’s 400 Meters and Allyson Felix easily beat 100 Meter gold medalist Veronica Campbell of Jamaica and the rest of the field in the women’s 200 Meters. Great […]
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This is the first five minutes (4:40, to be exact) of the launch of the Big Ten Network tonight. Viewers of DirecTV and about 75 cable companies in the Midwest saw Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith as the first faces on the network. I converted the avi file with an unregistered version of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2007
Before the links, let me comment on a couple of things. First, the United States got another gold medal in the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan when Tyson Gay made history with the rare 100-200 double today. He won the 200 Meters today in a time of 19.76 seconds and really it was no […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2007
Here’s the official press release from the Big Ten Network. I know many of you are coming over from Illinois and Iowa message boards to check, but this is the latest on which Insight customers can view BTN and where. August 29, 2007 Insight Communications Delivers Big Ten Network to College Sports Fans NEW YORK […]
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Well, we’ll keep an eye on the Big Ten Network which looks like it is working late today to pick up carriage on cable systems across the Midwest. No word if Mediacom, Time Warner or Bright House have signed up, but if they do, we’ll let you know. Insight is a big win for BTN. […]
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From Sports Business Daily: Big Ten Network Finalizing Deal With Insight By John Ourand, Staff Writer The Big Ten Network is finalizing details with Insight Communications to have the network up at tomorrow’s launch, sources say. The network will be on the expanded basic tier in Ohio, but it is unknown where it will reside […]
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The IAAF Athletics World Championships have been a joy to watch. A bunch of finals this morning, two won by Americans, Michelle Perry in the 100 Meter hurdles and Bernard Lagat in the 1,500 Meters. Tyson Gay has advanced to the finals of the 200 Meters. And Great Britain won its first gold medal of […]
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I know some of you are visiting the blog to check if DirecTV has made channel assignments for the Big Ten Network and its overflow games in case it has broadcasts at the same time. I sent an e-mail to its Public Relations Department and I received a response telling me that BTN will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/28/2007
Kind of slow on this Tuesday afternoon, but I still try to find links for you because you’re a loyal visitor. Well, CNBC’s Darren Rovell is officially smitten with Ana Ivanovic. He has another post on her, this one on her sponsor on the WTA Tour. And in case you’re skeptical about Ana’s beauty (you […]
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After watching the finish of the evening session of the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, it’s time to give you some links. Let’s head over to Boston Sports Media Watch where Bruce Allen transcribed some rather idiotic comments made by former Boston Globe writer Ron Borges. He appeared on WEEI yesterday as substitute […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/27/2007
I have to start out by saying the US Open has got to work with rightsholders CBS and whomever will hold the cable contract next year (USA Network, Tennis Channel, ESPN) to allow live streaming of its matches. Right now, trying to find streams from other rightsholders has been quite difficult. EuroSport from Spain and […]
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It’s tough to be back to work on a Monday after having a nice weekend, but it’s back to the grind, but it’s also nice knowing that there’s a 3 day weekend just ahead. I’m certainly looking forward to that. But in the meantime, let’s get to our links. First, I’ll monitor the Michael Vick […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/26/2007
Time to give some links today from the morning papers. Starting with Jim Williams in his Examiner blog, he writes about Keith Olbermann’s return to sports TV broadcasting with his Countdown show and subsequent appearance on Football Night in America. In the New York Times, Richard Sandomir writes about a New Era Yankees cap that […]
