0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/2/2013
This from ESPN and the Southeastern Conference. The two entities have partnered to form the cable-based SEC Network which will begin operation in August 2014. The new SEC Network will air more than 1,000 conference events including 45 football games, 100 men’s and 60 women’s college basketball games, 75 baseball, as well as softball and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2013
ESPN has announced that six Big Ten football games will be played in primetime on Saturday nights either on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 this fall. Three games will have Ohio State, two games involve Michigan and Northwestern and Wisconsin get one each. Of course, independent Notre Dame is involved in two of those games, one […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2013
Reported in Richard Deitsch’s Monday morning media column at SI.com, NBC will replace long-time Notre Dame football voice Tom Hammond with Dan Hicks. An announcement will be formally made on Monday. Hammond has been calling Notre Dame football on NBC dating back to 1992. He’ll remain with the Peacock as the host of horse racing’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2013
CBS which includes CBS, CBS Sports Network and Showtime saw a total of 15 Sports Emmy nominations for 2012. Among the major nods include Jim Nantz for Play-by-Play, James Brown for Studio Host the NFL Today and Inside the NFL, Boomer Esiason in Studio Analyst, The Masters® Army-Navy for Live Sports Special, the NCAA Tournament […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2013
This was the conference that NBC wanted and lost. ESPN and what’s left of the old Big East have announced a new agreement spanning from 2013-14 to the 2019-20 season. The 2013-14 season will be a transition year as Louisville will play its final season in Whatever The Big East Will Be Named, then the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/6/2013
So Fox Sports 1 has been officially announced? What’s next? The launch on Saturday, August 17 which will include a NASCAR Truck Series race and a UFC card. During the event that introduced US version of Fox Sports 1 to the world (let’s not forget the original Fox Sports 1 in Australia), we learned that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2013
The worst kept secret in sports media finally gets pushed from behind the curtain and will be officially unveiled to advertisers and the media on Tuesday. Fox Sports officials will be at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York to tell the world what the average fan will see on the new Fox Sports 1 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/23/2013
When do you bury news? On the weekend! When do the networks put out terse statements on lost sports properties? Either late at night or on the weekends, like 3:19 p.m. ET on Saturday. NBC has conceded losing the Big East Conference to ESPN which matched the Peacock’s offer this week. There was a slight […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2013
From John Ourand in today’s Sports Business Daily, ESPN has matched NBC’s offer to air Big East football and basketball. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Big East came to an agreement with NBC Sports Network, a deal with more $20 million annually over six years. Today was the deadline for ESPN to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2013
In lieu of linkage which has been sorely lacking, my sincere apologies, I give a sports media notebook which includes some links for you. Life has gotten in the way and you’ve responded by not visiting the site. It tells me you want fresh content so I’ll do my best to provide that to you […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2013
I’ll do some linkage here. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says Dick Vitale finally gets to call the NCAA Final Four, but for an international audience. John Ourand at Sports Business Daily reports that Fox is in talks with Regis Philbin to host a show on Fox Sports 1. Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report wonders […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2013
It didn’t last long, but it certainly made an impression. It made so much of an impression that it led to a parody Brent Musburger twitter account,
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ESPN is crowing about the overnight numbers for the BCS National Championship Game, a 42-14 drubbing of Notre Dame at the hands of Alabama. The overnight was a 15.7 which is 14% higher than last year’s game between Alabama and LSU. The rating peaked in the 9 p.m.-9:15 p.m. quarter hour which was still in […]
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I’m on the train heading from Kingston, RI to New York City. I’ll be at a sports media event at the world-famous CBS Broadcast Center. If you follow me on Twitter or on my Facebook page, I’ll be live tweeting if possible from the event. In the meantime, Amtrak’s wifi service is as fast as […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2013
It’s been way too long since you’ve seen linkage on this site. This has been the main mission of Fang’s Bites since the beginning, but too often, I get roped into doing family stuff and it prevents me from getting on here until late. I hope to rectify that. So without further delay, here’s the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2013
Tonight, a non-BCS bowl takes center stage on the college football scene. The Cotton Bowl live from Arlington, TX will hit the air at 8 p.m. Gus Johnson and Charles Davis will have the call from high above Cowboys Stadium. Roaming the sidelines for the Fox Television Network will be Julie Alexandria and Petros Papadakis. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2013
The New Year’s Day combination of the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl on ESPN finished higher in the overnight ratings than last year. According to ESPN, the combined overnight rating was an 8.0 which is 11% higher than last year’s 7.2 combined overnight for the two games. Individually, the Rose Bowl featuring Wisconsin and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2012
As we approach the long-awaited college football playoff in 2015, the BCS is still in effect and ESPN will air the entire five game sequence which includes the National Championship Game on January 7. The BCS begins on Tuesday with the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl. It then proceeds to the Sugar Bowl on […]
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The 79th annual Sun Bowl will air on the CBS Television Network this afternoon. Georgia Tech will take on USC at 2 p.m. today. Uncle Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will call the game with Tracy Wolfson manning the sidelines. This marks the 45th consecutive year that CBS has aired the game in El Paso, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2012
Starting on January 1, ESPN’s College GameDay will be live from four of the five BCS games including the Big One, the BCS National Championship game in South Florida on January 7. College GameDay will begin its cross-country odyssey in Pasadena, CA by doing two shows on New Year’s Day live from the Rose Bowl. […]
