0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2013
Thursday, September 12 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff — NFL Network, 6 p.m. NFL Total Access Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m. 8:25 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2013
You’re back! Yes, I’m back. And the primers are back too? Anything new on NFL TV this season? Yes. Where do you want to begin? How about pregames. No changes right? Au contraire! Many changes. First, there are two more Sunday pregame shows on your television this season. First, CBS Sports Network launches “That Other […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2013
Sunday, September 8 NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame and Studio Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show (series premiere) — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fox NFL Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m. (this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2013
Lots of things happening in sports media this week. The NFL returns in the next seven days. College Football goes into its second week. Baseball heads into its final month of the regular season. Soccer goes into World Cup qualifying. The PGA Tour takes the week off and we bid adieu to Fox Soccer. TELEVISION […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2013
Once again, it’s another busy week. Lots of premieres of various studio programs begin this week as Fox Sports 1’s launch continues. In addition, there are plenty of live games as we speed towards the beginning of college football next week and the NFL in September. Let’s get started. TELEVISION We have a lot of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/16/2013
With Fox Sports 1 signing onto DirecTV, this is a piece of news that comes from CBS Sports Network. The 24 hour cable extension of CBS Sports moves from the 600’s on DirecTV to channel 221. CBS Sports Network had been part of DirecTV’s Sports Pack and Choice Extra packages. DirecTV now moves to a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2013
Trying to provide two consecutive days of linkage, something I haven’t done in quite some time. Here we go. Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press writes that Fox is still investigating the incident that caused a rope supporting its overhead camera to snap at the Coca-Cola 600. Tim Baysinger of Multichannel News writes that Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2013
I’ve been neglecting a couple of things that have been staples of this site, linkage and sports media thoughts. I’m taking care of linkage today. I hope to have a sports media thoughts post this week. It’s all about managing time. Let’s go. Richard Deitsch of Sports lllustrated has his usual weekly media column. He […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/28/2013
Just announced today, the PGA Tour and DirecTV have announced a new rights agreement that allows the satellite provider to air extensive in-depth coverage of several tournaments. This is similar to the expanded coverage DirecTV provides for the Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship where extra channels are provided in addition to the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2013
Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43 and Turner in third with 27. Bob Costas was nominated yet again for Outstanding Studio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2013
Haven’t done a sports media thoughts post in a while. Figured you’re owed one. Let’s do this in bullet form, of course. ESPN’s 30 for 30 series has been good since it started, but Sunday’s “Survive and Advance” documentary on the 1983 North Carolina State NCAA Championship team elevated it to something very special. Directed […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/2/2013
Saw this on the Fox Sports San Diego website this week. Some good news for DirecTV subscribers in San Diego, starting on April 1, Fox Sports San Diego will begin airing full-time. It means that no more of Padres games and then DirecTV pulls the signal, everything that FS San Diego airs will be on […]
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 12/25/2012
Merry Christmas! Happy to provide you with the nominees for this year’s NFL TV Awards. Last year’s nominees ended up this way. And later, this was the result for the 2011 season. Let’s take a look at the nominees in each category. Best Play-by-Play: Ian Eagle (CBS), Kevin Harlan (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the 506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2012
Tuesday was an early Christmas for your humble blogger. Thanks to some Black Friday sales, I’ve been setting up a new iPad and a new laptop computer, so the posts were rather slim on Tuesday. To make up for that minimal posting, I’ll write some sports media thoughts and unlike the last sports media thoughts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2012
All Times Eastern Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/16/2012
Let’s do some Friday megalinks. Haven’t done any in a couple of weeks. The Weekend Viewing Picks have all of your sports and entertainment TV needs. Time for the linkage. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes the rising rights fees for the college football postseason. Michael writes about Today show Executive Producer Jim Bell […]
