0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2012
Haven’t been able to provide the Friday megalinks in a while. Let’s do an edition today. Normally I include a link to the Weekend Viewing Picks, but I’ll be doing that tonight so you can find it on my site when it’s posted. If you follow me on Twitter or have an RSS feed, you’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/9/2012
Let’s do the Thursday linkage. We’re doing well so far this week, knock on wood. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports NBC’s overnight rating for Wednesday’s Olympic Primetime was up from Beijing. Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal says YouTube is looking to further strengthen its live sports portfolio after streaming Olympic content in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/6/2012
My apologies for not bringing you links over the last week. It’s been a crazy time for me. Some linkage now. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that NBC’s Rowdy Gaines doesn’t believe that Michael Phelps won’t be swimming competitively four years from now. And Hiestand reports that Matt Millen will ruin your college football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2012
CBS has officially announced the signing of Doug Gottlieb into the company. He’ll join the upstart CBS Sports Radio which will begin in January. He’ll host the 3-6 p.m. ET slot. In addition, he’ll join CBS Sports as a college basketball analyst on games and in the studio. He’ll have a role on the NCAA […]
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I owe you some linkage and I gathered so many over the last few days that I’m slowing down by browser with so many tabs. I have to clear them so my browser can run properly. So many things to go over. Let’s do this. First at SportsGrid, Jordan Rabinowitz at SportsGrid notes that NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/26/2012
This comes from NBC and its Olympics media guide for 2012. This is one interesting chart that the network made and it contains the rights fees for all of the Olympics televised in the United States dating back to 1960. CBS aired both set of Games, Winter and Summer in 1960. You can see for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2012
Olympics start today with women’s soccer and there’s more soccer action tomorrow on the men’s side. Let’s bring you some linkage before I get distracted by the live streaming. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand reports that Erin Andrews will get some high profile NFL assignments working with the Fox Sports “A” announcing team of Joe Buck, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/24/2012
The Olympics get started tomorrow with women’s soccer action and while the Games don’t officially begin until Friday with the Opening Ceremony (live in most countries except the United States), today is really the calm before the Olympic storm. Starting tomorrow and going through August 12, this site will be awash in Olympics sports media […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/16/2012
This comes from the SEC’s website via CBSSports.com. This is the TV schedule for the SEC football season to date. We know the games through September 15 and a few other selections after that. But as we go further into the season, CBS and ESPN will make their selections and then the rest of the […]
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CBS’ announcement is so short, I’ll let the blurb speak for itself. No need for me to write a wraparound. THIS JUST IN… …from CBS Sports CBS Sports has announced that it will kick-off its 2012 SEC on CBS season with Alabama at Arkansas on Saturday, Sept. 15 (3:30-7:00 PM, ET). Verne Lundquist and Gary […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2012
Lots of stuff to get to. Let’s not waste time. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch reports on ESPN’s signing of four of its NFL insiders to long-term contracts. SI’s Tom Verducci gives us some myths and truths about the MLB All-Star Game. Tim Kenneally of The Wrap says the All-Star Game won the night for Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/8/2012
Let’s provide a few sports media thoughts on this Sunday. You know they’ll be in bullet form. ESPN’s live coverage of Wimbledon has been a joy over the last two weeks. Most everything has been shown on the Family of Networks. And in the second week when both ESPN and ESPN2 were deployed for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/3/2012
Ok, maybe you’re not jonesing for the linkage, but at least you can read them at your leisure. Sometimes I think way too long about the title of the post and this is the case today. Anyway, let’s get to the links. Joel Schectman of the Wall Street Journal reports that NBC and Google are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/2/2012
Tiger Woods came through with a win this past weekend at the AT&T National outside Washington, DC. The win gave Woods his 75th career PGA Tour win passing Jack Nicklaus. The overnight rating for the Final Round Sunday on CBS was a 4.6 with a 10 share and that excludes the markets of Baltimore, Columbus, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/29/2012
The NFL is the league that can for the most part, schedule its games whenever and wherever it wants. Out of left field on Thursday came the news that the late Sunday afternoon doubleheader game would be pushed from the customary 4:15 p.m. ET slot to 4:25 p.m. This was done to avoid the overlaps […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/28/2012
During the whole Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare, we get this strange news tidbit from the National Football League that changes things around for everyone. The late Sunday afternoon national game which had been at 4:15 p.m. since 1998 will be moved ten minutes later to 4:25 p.m. This is being done to reduce the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/26/2012
Let’s do some Tuesday links. We’ll start with Matt Hayes of AOL Sporting News and he writes that the BCS is looking for a $5 billion TV deal over a decade for its new college football playoff. In the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Michael Bradley says the new college football playoff still can […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2012
Let’s do some links on a rainy Monday in Southern New England. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at NFL Network’s new morning show. Michael says ESPN has not confirmed whether Chris Berman will call a Monday Night Football game on the opening weekend of the season. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/22/2012
Ok, as we’re all in denial over the Miami Heat winning the NBA Championship, it’s time for a few sports media thoughts. Too many things to go over, but I’ll do my best to cover as many things as I can. As always, we do them in bullet form. And to drown out the thoughts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/21/2012
Breaking now, we learn that just a week and a half after NBC Sports had announced earlier this month that it would launch a radio network with Dial Global, CBS Radio has unveiled its plans to launch a sports radio network of its own partnering with Cumulus Media. And it’s quite interesting that CBS and […]
