0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/28/2010
We’ve reached the final day of the Winter Olympics. This means the last Olympic press releases are rolling into the Fang’s Bites inbox. We have Saturday’ daytime quotage which included an interview with Team USA men’s hockey General Manger Brian Burke. DAY 16 DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS OF NBC WINTER OLYMPICS COVERAGE“It’s an inspiration to a whole […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2010
I don’t know how it’s been for you, but for me, it seems like the Winter Olympics have gone on longer than the 2008 Summer Games in Communist China. Perhaps it was the Winter and the longer hours of night or just the fact I’ve been totally focusing on these games, I don’t know, but […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2010
Just three more days for Olympic quotage. We have the stuff from NBC’s networks for the last Thursday of the 2010 Winter Olympics. As usual, we begin with Universal Sports. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 Thursday, February 25, 2010 — On the fifteenth day of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/25/2010
Let’s provide the notes and quotes from NBC’s networks from the last Wednesday of the Winter Olympics. Just glad to see this coming to an end. Here is Universal Sports’ quotage from yesterday. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 — On the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/24/2010
We have quotage from NBC’s networks for Day 12 of the Winter Olympics. As usual, we begin with the quotes and notes from Universal Sports. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 — On the twelfth day of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/23/2010
Here’s what was said on the NBC Universal networks on Monday. First, Universal Sports. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010 Monday, February 22, 2010 — On the eleventh day of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Universal Sports at the Vancouver Games continues its five-hour programming block, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/22/2010
I’ll do some linkage for you. Been busy all day, but I have a nice window here and I’ll get to links after I discuss last night’s hockey action. I’m still coming down from the USA win over Canada last night in men’s hockey. Now, there are many things that could be said about NBC […]
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I’m trying to get ratings numbers for USA-Canada on MSNBC. Here’s a press release from NBC recapping the numbers for the first 9 days of the Olympics not only for the main network, but for its other networks and various programming. Take a look. OLYMPIC HALO EFFECT: NBC’s VANCOUVER SUCCESS BOOSTS VIEWERSHIP ACROSS NBC UNIVERSAL […]
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Let’s catch up on the Olympic quotage from last night. First, Universal Sports’ studio notes and quotes. I post this even though many of you don’t have or may not know you have Universal Sports. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2010 Sunday, February 21, 2010 — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2010
I fell asleep last night refusing to stay up late after watching late night hockey and curling so I could be totally ready to watch tonight’s USA-Canada men’s hockey game. So let’s provide you with what normally would have been the regular late night features during the Olympics. First, here are highlights from Universal Sports’ […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2010
We have your quotage from NBC Universal for Day 8 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. As usual, we begin with Universal Sports and its notes and quotes from its studio shows. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2010 Friday, February 19, 2010 — On the eighth day […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2010
Be ready to scroll. This is the NBC Universal Olympics Schedule from Day 1, February 12 until Day 17 on February 28. I have omitted overnight programming on MSNBC which starts at 3 a.m. If you’re up at that time, you’re a better person than me. All times are Eastern. Here we go. DAY 1 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2010
Let’s do the links. Got a late start to the day and I’m still trying to catch up. We start with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who gives us his Media Power Rankings for December. The Sports Business Daily has the media roundup and reaction to the Bob Costas interview of Mark McGwire on MLB Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/28/2009
I have work to do so I’m going to go through the links as quickly as I can so I can free myself up for work throughout the day. And for some reason, I’m craving chicken salad for lunch. To the links. In case you didn’t see the totally bizarre press conference in which Mets […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/27/2009
I’ll provide some press releases while I can. Here’s the interview CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta conducted with Lance Armstrong. This interview aired on today’s edition of American Morning. In an interview that aired on today’s American Morning, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spoke exclusively with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2009
I just got a note from Jessica Camerato from WEEI.com telling me to get to sleep so I’m going to finish this quickly and go to bed. Funny how people just know my schedule thanks to Twitter. So as I listen to Sophie B. Hawkins on iTunes, let me finish this post up. NBC and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/8/2009
Let’s do some linkage today. Plenty of stuff to go over. First, Sports Business Daily’s Tripp Mickle and John Ourand have details of the all-new U.S. Olympic Network which begins operation in 2010 and gets a big boost launching on Comcast. Tim Lemke of the Washington Times says the new channel will provide Olympic Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/1/2009
I have a bunch of press releases to post. Since this is a holiday weekend, the networks’ sports PR departments want to get things out early and be on Cape Cod by Friday at 3 p.m. so the fine people at ESPN, CBS, CNBC and Fox churned stuff out today. It leaves you the Fang’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2009
This is going to be a long post. Get ready to scroll for a while. Let’s do this without further delay. Starting with NBCSports.com, it will be streaming Wimbledon live at its website, which is a good thing. “LIVE AT WIMBLEDON” STREAMING COVERAGE ANNOUNCED BY NBC SPORTS & ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB First-Ever Widely […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/20/2009
I’ll be around throughout the day. I have NBC’s coverage of the U.S. Open on. And this is the way things should be. Saturday morning golf. A rest day from work. What could be better? Don’t answer that. Anyway, a couple of releases that came in late Friday. Let’s give them to you. First, CNBC’s […]
