0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/27/2011
On this one year to the 2012 London Olympics, Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium has released the hosts for CTV/TSN/RDS/Rogers Sportsnet/V and some of the announcers/analysts for selected sports. Of course, the main host for CTV will be Brian Williams, of course, not be confused with NBC’s Brian Williams. Canada’s Brian Williams is that country’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/26/2011
Today was just too busy as I was in between two offices and had to run errands for most of the day. I apologize for not bringing these links earlier, but I do have time now so let’s get to them. Steve Wieberg of USA Today writes that the NCAA is now looking into the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2011
I keep getting interrupted at work. I wrote a post earlier today on Brent Musburger’s night in Las Vegas, but I kept being recruited to the leave the office and something that should have taken 20 minutes to write ended up being three hours. And now I’m trying to do some linkage and keep getting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/22/2011
Getting a late start on this installment as I’ve been doing some housekeeping on the blog for Friday. Tonight, I’ll do just one category here, Olympics. Over the weekend, expect college football and basketball, TV & Radio and finally, I’ll do what I’ll call the Best of the Rest. This is a bigger undertaking than […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/20/2011
Time for some Wednesday links. Let’s get to them. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his reaction to the ESPN Ombudsman column on the Bruce Feldman suspension or non-suspension depending on whom you choose to believe. Sports Business Daily looks at the media reaction to the death of Myra Kraft, the wife of New England Patriots […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/7/2011
Been a busy day at work once again. Doing these late and I’ll try to put forth as many links as I can before being told to leave the office. Sports Business Daily takes a look at the one year anniversary of the infamous “The Decision” that made LeBron James a pariah in Cleveland and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2011
Didn’t have time to do megalinks during the day as I was trying to get some end of the month/beginning of the month stuff done at the office. Time to get linkage in while I can. The Weekend Viewing Picks are chockful of sports action and some primetime programming. Now to the linkage. National Jessica […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/26/2011
Let’s do the Thursday linkage and there are a few stories to get to. First, this broke late last night, Joe Flint at the Los Angeles Times confirmed that the number two man at NBC Sports, Ken Schanzer is following his boss Dick Ebersol and leaving the company. John Ourand from Sports Business Journal also […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/25/2011
Time for the mid-week links. Lots of stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings from some of the events held this past weekend. Michael says networks may have to scramble to fill holes if the NFL lockout extends into October and November. Brian Lowry at Fox Sports wonders if […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2011
This comes to us from our friends at CTV in Canada. We have learned that Super Bowl XLV on CTV and French network, RDS set a viewership record in the Great White North. An average viewership of 7.3 million people watched part or all of the game on both networks. This is higher than the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2011
My plans to provide a full set of linkage got shot to hell when the car I was riding in got stuck in a snow bank during the ice storm in RI on Wednesday. So I spent three hours trying to get the vehicle out. Eventually, I got AAA to pull it out, but also […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2011
Let’s provide some linkage on another snowy day in the Northeast. Seriously, this isn’t funny any more. One or two snowstorms to remind us that it’s winter is fine. Not one every other day as it seems. It took me an hour to get into work when it normally takes 20-30 minutes. And sometimes on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2011
I owe you linkage since last Thursday so let’s do some. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has ESPN’s Brent Musburger saying he’ll talk less than normal during tonight’s BCS National Championship Game. Rupal Parekh of Advertising Age notes that social media giant Groupon has bought ads in Fox’s Super Bowl XLV pregame show. To Greg […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/17/2010
I owe you some megalinks from last week so let’s get this done. Don’t forget the Weekend Viewing Picks. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand and Mike McCarthy square off over whether viewers should care what announcers do off the air and away from the camera. USA Today’s Sean Leahy has NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2010
We have this release from the fine people at the Canadian TV combo of CTV and TSN/TSN2. They have half of the NFL contract for Canada which includes Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football. CTV gets to show early Sunday afternoon games from CBS and Fox, TSN has the primetime packages. We have the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2010
I’ll do as much linkage as I can. I was at a jobsite already and I have to go out later so while I can, I’ll provide some links. First, technology writer Edward C. Baig of USA Today writes that he enjoyed watching the World Cup in 3-D, but it will take more than that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/21/2010
After being busy for much of the day, time to do some linkage. Better late than never. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says both ESPN and NFL Network are pulling out the star power for their coverage of the NFL Draft in primetime on Thursday and Friday. Peter Barzilai of USA Today’s Daily Pitch blog says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/16/2010
Let’s do your linkage for you today. The USA Today Game On! blog has Tiger Woods’ statement on his return to golf at The Masters. Mike McCarthy of USA Today says Tiger’s return to The Masters is likely going to set ratings records. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at The Masters going 3-D this year […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2010
Let’s do the megalinks for you. Time to give them to you now. As always, you get the Weekend Viewing Picks which this weekend has the skinny on the college basketball conference tournaments and other sports. Now to your links. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at ESPN providing ABC with some sports programming starting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2010
Let’s provide some linkage today. Plenty of stuff to get to. We begin with Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk who writes that the NFL Network has been approached by the Atlantic Coast Conference on carrying a package of football games. Portfolio picks up a story from Eric Fisher of the Sports Business Journal regarding […]
