0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/2/2014
Yes, you’ve been seeing the promos during CBS’ portion of the NCAA Tournament and as we get closer, they’re only going to be in heavy rotation throughout the network. You know the CBS formula for televising The Masters®. You know the reverence for Augusta National. You know the music. You know the azaleas. You know […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/24/2014
This from the fine people at CBS Sports. With Super Bowl Week fast approaching, the various sports television networks have unveiled their plans to provide programming for the days leading up to the Big Game in New Jersey. I’ll post what you can expect to watch on CBS, ESPN and NBC’s Family of Networks today. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2013
Today begins CBS’ 33rd season of broadcasting college basketball to the American people. And in a nice coincidence for the state of Missouri, it’s a Tigers basketball-football doubleheader on CBS as Missouri hosts UCLA at 12:30 p.m. then the SEC Championship at 4 as the Tigers take on Auburn. For basketball, Kevin Harlan and Greg […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/5/2013
Reported by Awful Announcing last week and arguably the biggest hire in its history, the Bleacher Report and Turner Sports have announced that they have lured Mike Freeman away from CBSSports.com. He’ll officially join Bleacher Report next Monday as the lead national voice and the site’s NFL reporter and columnist. The press release is below: […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/8/2013
The Masters’ online presentation has been expanding over the years and for 2013, the tradition of presenting Amen Corner, Holes 15 & 16, and the featured group continues this year. In addition, the CBS Sports Network show, “Masters on the Range” will be shown online as well. We have the schedule for all of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2013
In just its second year of online streaming, the Super Bowl was able to increase the number of online steams from 2012. The National Football League says the stream of the Baltimore Ravens vs. the San Francisco 49ers attracted three million unique users up 46% from Super Bowl XLVI. In addition, those users generated 10 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2012
One of the most exciting events in the sports calendar is the NCAA Tournament. And this season will mark the 75th year that the tournament will be played. This year’s Final Four will take place at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Throughout the season, CBS will air various programming celebrating the NCAA Tournament’s 75 years […]
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 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2012
Thursday turned out to be quite the crazy day for those of us who follow the sports media beat. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. On any given day, you just don’t know when sports media news will break. We had two stories throw us for a loop. I’ll do the thoughts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2012
Received this from CBS Sports, NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora is leaving to take a similar position at the Tiffany Network. Since 2009, La Canfora has been the main insider on NFL Network taking the role that Adam Schefter held previously. Jason will join CBSSports.com in July. Then in September, he’ll be seen on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2012
I need to clear my brower of links I was hoping to get to sometime over the last few days. Since I couldn’t do the Friday megalinks or any Saturday morning linkage, I’ll do some Sunday evening leftover links. Consider this the Sunday entrée to the beginning of the workweek. I honestly don’t know what […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/29/2012
The streaming webcast, Masters Live returns next week as The Masters® comes back onto the sports scene. For the first time, “Masters on the Range” will be seen both online and on CBS Sports Network. This will be seen on the days leading up the First Round. When play begins, web “patrons” will be able […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2012
CBS Sports is that organization that just keeps chugging along. It was in a very bleak period from 1994-1998 when it lost the NFL, no NBA, was outbid for the NHL and seemed to heading in downward spiral. But since Sean McManus came on board as its President and now Chairman, the division not only […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
We have the nominations, all 170 in 33 different categories, for the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They just came out today. There are some surprises like massive hockey charlatan Pierre McGuire nominated in the Sports Reporter category and for some really strange reason, Skippy Bayless of ESPN2’s First Take was nominated for Best Studio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2012
There has been plenty of confusion over the $3.99 fee to watch the NCAA Tournament online, whether it be through NCAA.com or the March Madness Live app for Android, iPhone and the iPad. First, the original press release promoted the fee and did not clearly explain how you could avoid paying it. Well after fiddling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2012
Since late last night, I’ve been culling linkage for today. Let’s get to them. Terry Lefton and Daniel Kaplan at Sports Business Journal discuss how Indianapolis hotels are gouging customers for Super Bowl Week. Anick Jesdanun of the Associated Press reviews NBC’s online presentation of the Super Bowl for this Sunday. Sergio Non of USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2012
With a rainy day in Southern New England, it’s time to provide you with some media links. Lots of them on a Friday. You can check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and entertainment programming suggestions. Now to the links. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with NBC’s Al Michaels about calling his […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2011
This was reported first by The Big Lead on Friday. It was made official today. Baseball insider Jon Heyman who’s been with Sports Illustrated for the past five years will join the staff of CBSSports.com next week. It’s a big hire for CBSSports.com which has brought in Bruce Feldman from ESPN and Brett McMurphy for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2011
I’ll be away for most of the day as my Sunday has been planned behind my back once again. I’ll have the Sunday NFL pregame quotage later in the afternoon. Let’s provide some sports media thoughts. As always, they’ll go in bullet form. In its first college football conference championship weekend, Fox Sports had a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/13/2011
Yes, according to CBS, Gary Danielson will interacting with fans on a new mobile media bus that will be equipped with WiFi, Satellite TV and plenty of gadgets where he can engage people. Now I don’t know if this will be like the Maddencruiser that John Madden utilized to get to and from NFL games. […]
