0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/8/2012
Ok, let’s take a look at what The Group will give us for the first round of the NHL Playoffs. Every game will be aired nationally on an NBC platform. NBC Sports Network, CNBC and NHL Network will air games on weeknights. NBC will have games on the weekend. And for the first time, we […]
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TSN has four series including the blood rivalry between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Let’s take a look at what we have for TSN. NHL Playoffs on TSN and TSN2: First Round Coverage Features Four Key Series TSN and TSN2 deliver First Round coverage of Pittsburgh-Philadelphia, St. Louis-San Jose, Florida-New Jersey and Phoenix-Chicago series Sidney Crosby and […]
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Let’s take a look at CBC’s Stanley Cup Playoff schedule. CBC will have both Canadian teams in the postseason, the #1 seed in the Western Conference, the Vancouver Canucks, and the eight seed in the Eastern Conference, the Ottawa Senators. Overall, CBC airs four series while TSN carries the other four. We have the press […]
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Ok, with the 2011-12 regular season finished, it’s now time to focus on one of the most exciting postseasons, the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the first time in the United States, every single postseason game will aired nationally through NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC or NHL Network. On most weeknights, NBC Sports Network will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/7/2012
ESPN had a record audience watch The Masters® on Friday, over four million. Actually, 4.1 million watched to be exact. It was the largest audience ever to watch the tournament on a Friday and the third largest ever for a golf event. ESPN had a 3.3 household rating for the late Friday afternoon coverage matching […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2012
Thursday’s First Round coverage of The Masters on ESPN saw increased ratings from the year before. ESPN says the fast national rating rose to 2.3 from 2011’s 2.1, a 10% increase. And the average viewership saw a 4% jump from last year, going from 2.55 million to this year’s estimated 2.66 million. Here’s the press […]
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Saturday, April 7 Australian Rules Football West Coast Eagles vs. Melbourne — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m. College Baseball Boston College at Virginia Tech — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports South/NESN, noon Kansas at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net, 3:30 p.m. Auburn at Alabama — CSS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago (JIP)/Comcast SportsNet […]
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Our first press release sent to us by SNY, the cable home of the New York Mets, tells us that Thursday’s home opener against the Atlanta Braves set a ratings record. According to SNY, the game had a 3.95 household rating averaging 321,000 viewers in the New York market. In addition, the ratings were the […]
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Arena Football Tampa Bay at New Orleans — NFL Network, 8 p.m. College Softball LSU vs. Alabama — ESPNU, 8 p.m. Golf The Masters, 2nd Round — ESPN, 3 p.m. Live From The Masters — Golf Channel, 8 a.m. Live From The Masters — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m. 2012 Masters Highlights — CBS, 11:35 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2012
The Sports Media Weekly Podcast is just one away from a major milestone, but that doesn’t make this edition any less special. We have a very good podcast in store for you. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I go over the news of the week and that included the ratings for the NCAA […]
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This being reported by John Ourand of Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily. The Mountain West’s cable network, the mtn. will cease operation and go dark on May 31. According to John’s story, the rights to the Mountain West appear to be heading to CBS Sports Network. With the conference’s future in doubt, and three of […]
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On Wednesday, Turner Sports held a media conference call with its MLB Coordinating Producer and two of its analysts. The highlights are below. Notes from the Sunday MLB on TBS Conference Call April 4, 2012 TBS opens its 26-game Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season schedule on Sunday, April 8, with the Tampa Bay Rays […]
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Fox Sports will open the 2012 MLB season with a whole new on-air lineup beginning with one hour of MLB-produced programming. At 3 p.m., Fox has MLB Player Poll and at 3:30 p.m., it will be the MLB Network-produced Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show hosted by Matt Vasgersian. This Saturday, Fox will divide the country […]
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NBC will have two preseason games on Sunday Night Football and they’ll air in consecutive weeks, August 19 and August 26. Due to its Olympic commitments, NBC will not air the annual AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game in Canton, OH and with the cancellation of last year’s game due to the lockout (remember the lockout?), […]
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CBS gets in the NFL preseason with two games in as many days in August. The Tiffany Network will air both in primetime on Friday, August 24 and Saturday, August 25. CBS’ first game will be between the New York Football Giants and the Chicago Bears and I can safely predict that Jim Nantz and […]
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Fox Sports will have three NFL preseason games in August and it will carry them in a span of ten days between August 16 through August 26. Two games will be in primetime and the other will be aired on Sunday afternoon, August 26 at 4 p.m. ET. With the first two airing on consecutive […]
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ESPN will air four preseason games in August, two on Thursdays and the other two on its natural Monday Night. As we know, Ron Jaworski will no longer be in the Monday Night Football booth. It’ll be a two man affair starting on August 9 when the Green Bay Packers take on the San Diego […]
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Later this month, the National Football League will take center stage with its annual Draft. It has an official name, but we all know it as the NFL Draft. ESPN will cover all three days from April 26-28 on the Mothership. Both Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27 will be in primetime and cover […]
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How about that? After being in the dark ages for years, the NHL finally came to its senses and will have all of its postseason games aired nationally in the United States. They do this in Canada through CBC and TSN. But for some reason, the NHL never maximized its television in the US to […]
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Before I start posting the NFL preseason TV schedules, we have some ratings news for ESPN’s Opening Night game between the defending World Series Champions St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins at the new Marlins Park in South Florida. ESPN2 received a 1.8 overnight rating which was flat with last year’s game which pitted […]
