0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2014
This is what Canada has been waiting for. The men’s Olympic hockey tournament really gets underway with Team Canada taking on Norway at noon ET on CBC. Team USA will be playing at 7:30 a.m. and TSN will air its opening game vs. Slovakia while CBC will take Team Russia vs. Slovenia. In curling, the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2014
In Canada, the main event at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games will be hockey. At 7 a.m. ET, it’s the blood rivalry game between the USA and Canada in women’s hockey. Then the men’s hockey tournament begins on Wednesday as the Czech Republic takes on Sweden. Canada has medal hopes in men’s speed skating, luge, […]
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Our first Canadian ratings press release for the 2014 Olympics from CBC. Canada’s public broadcaster says 28 million viewers watched part of the network’s coverage of the Sochi Winter Games. CBC says its daytime program is rating 10% better than CTV’s daytime for Vancouver. For the Opening Ceremony, CBC says 19 million viewers live or […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/10/2014
The full compliment of networks will be utilized for Canada’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics. CBC will carry women’s luge while Sportsnet airs the pairs figure skating short program and TSN goes with speed skating and luge. It’s going to be busy during the 4th day of action during the Sochi Games. We have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2014
CBC will be all over curling on Tuesday beginning with the men’s team taking on Germany at midnight ET during its Olympic Overnight program co-hosted by Andi Petrillo and Andrew Chang. Then at 5 a.m. during the Olympic Morning coverage, the women will square off against China. And at 10 a.m., the men are back […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2014
CBC along with Sportsnet and TSN will have the complete coverage of the 2014 Winter Games for Canadians. CBC will air Team Canada vs. Switzerland in women’s hockey at 8 a.m. Sportsnet will take the Team USA game vs. Finland. Following hockey, CBC airs the Team Figure Skating event. During the overnight hours, CBC hits […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2014
As I did in 2010 and 2012 when the Canadian Olympic Broadcasting Consortium had the rights to the Vancouver and London Games, I will post the programming highlights in Canada each night for the Sochi Olympics. CBC’s day will begin on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET with Olympic Morning which will air the Men’s and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2014
The NHL’s newest reality series, NHL Revealed: A Season Like No Other, will premiere this week on three North American networks and on various platforms including iTunes. The show will look at nine teams as they prepare for various games including the NHL Stadium Series outdoor games, the Heritage Classic, the 2014 Sochi Olympics and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2014
This comes from our friends at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s public broadcaster. Starting in February and spanning 17 days, CBC and partners TSN/TSN2 and Sportsnet/Sportsnet One will combine to carry over 1,500 hours in both English and French of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is a warm weather city that averages […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2013
Canada’s public broadcaster, CBC, will be all over the festivities and the ceremonies surrounding the NHL Winter Classic in Ann Arbor, MI later today and on New Year’s Day. Today, CBC airs the Alumni Games involving some of the great stars of the past from both the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2013
This coming from Canada’s public broadcaster. CBC’s annual celebration of Canada’s game, the day-long Hockey Day in Canada will take place on January 18 from Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan in the Western part of the country. CBC will air four games involving all seven Canadian NHL teams plus it will carry programming and features showing how much […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/27/2013
Welcome to the premiere episode of the Fang’s Bites podcast. This is not to replace what I do with Keith Thibault on the Sports Media Weekly podcast, this podcast will post when there is breaking sports media news. The new Rogers-NHL media rights deal certainly classifies as breaking news. In the initial episode, I talk […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/26/2013
When we learned last night about the new Canadian media rights deal for the NHL, we had no idea how encompassing it would be and how much it would turn the sports media landscape in the Great White North on its ear. Now we know. In essence, Rogers Communications and its Sportsnet cable channels become […]
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This began developing around 11 p.m. ET on Monday. TSN NHL Insider Bob McKenzie tweeted that it appeared that two Canadian TV networks had made an agreement with the National Hockey League and reading between the lines, it appeared that TSN was out. Pains me to report this, but NHL closing in on landmark CDN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/19/2013
After a whirlwind in the sports media world, things have been slowing down and maybe that’s a good thing. So in lieu of constantly posting press releases, I provide some linkage on this Tuesday. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch looks at NBC’s approach for the Sunday night game between Denver and New England. In Sports Business […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2013
CBC is back in the Olympic business after being booted for 2010/2012 by the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Consortium which was led by CTV. Last year, CBC was awarded the contract to air the 2014 and 2016 Games for Canadian audiences. As CTV did with the Broadcast Consortium, CBC will utilize TSN, TSN2 and Sportsnet to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2013
Back with an overdue Week Ahead post. Lots of things happening in the Week Ahead so let’s not delay any further and get to what’s happening in the Sports Media over the next seven days. TELEVISION PBS Frontline The already controversial PBS Frontline documentary “League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis” airs in two parts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/11/2013
Once again, CBC will air the NHL Stanley Cup Final in its entirety for the Canadian audience. Jim Hughson will call the game along with Craig Simpson. Glenn Healey will be the on-ice analyst with Scott Oake as the rinkside analyst. Ron MacLean will once again be the host. He’ll be joined by P.J. Stock […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2013
This from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s public broadcaster. CBC’s coverage the NHL Conference Finals begins Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET, the traditional Hockey Night in Canada slot, with Game 1 of the Boston-Pittsburgh series. CBC will carry the Eastern Conference Final in its entirety. The main Hockey Night in Canada crew of Jim […]
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Ok, we have the schedules for both the NHL Eastern Conference and Western Conference Finals. The Eastern Conference Final schedule is set as it will begin on Saturday night, June 1 as the Boston Bruins take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on NBC, CBC and RDS. The Western Conference Final is a bit dicey as the […]
