0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2013
Now with Fox Sports 1 set to premiere in August, Fox Sports has a lot of platforms to air college football. So combined with Fox Sports, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports Net and Fox College Sports, the Fox Sports Media Group will carry nearly 100 games across its platforms. Fox Sports 1 will kick off […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2013
You probably have seen these already. Here’s one of the Fox Sports 1 promos hyping the launch of the new network on August 17. This is pretty good. And as we get closer to the launch, look for some preview pieces on the network both here and at Awful Announcing. In the meantime, here’s a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2013
Ok, lots of things to get to. Let’s do some Friday links. From Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi of Adweek, a Disney executive downplays any threat from Fox Sports 1 to ESPN. From Variety, Rick Kissell says NBC Sports Network saw stellar ratings for the NHL Conference Semifinals. R. Thomas Umstead from Multichannel News says the next Floyd […]
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
This coming directly from the Pac-12 Conference. This is an aggregate TV schedule of the football games that will be carried on the CBS Sports Network, ESPN Family of Networks, Fox/Fox Sports 1, NBC and the Pac-12 Networks. NBC will air the USC at Notre Dame game live from South Bend, IN. ESPN and Fox […]
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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 5/22/2013
This in from Fox Sports. Former U.S. Open champion and tennis star Andy Roddick will be joining the upstart Fox Sports 1 and its signature studio program, Fox Sports Live when it launches in August. Roddick’s role on the program will be as a co-host with Charissa Thompson who is leaving ESPN2’s SportsNation as part […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2013
From the great Joe Flint from the Los Angeles Times, it appears that without much fanfare, the much-discussed, but barely-hyped Fox Sports 2 will launch at the same time of the highly anticipated Fox Sports 1 in August. In March, Fox with a lot of pomp and circumstance announced Fox Sports 1, the new national […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2013
Fox Sports has made three hires for its newsgathering operation. When Fox Sports 1 was officially introduced to the media earlier this year, there was mention that the network was going to be serious about its newsgathering. On Monday, Fox Sports announced the hiring of Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole from TSN to be its […]
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Fox Sports 1 is now 100 days from launching. Fox has released the programming schedule for Saturday, August 17. Fox Sports 1 gets its official kickoff at 8 a.m. Eastern with NASCAR Live and 7½ of NASCAR coverage culminating with the Camping World Truck Series race live from Michigan International Speedway at noon ET. Following […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2013
The story first surfaced over the weekend and now it’s been made official by Fox Sports. TSN’s late night SportsCentre team of Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole will become the main anchors for Fox Sports 1’s nightly “Fox Sports Live” that will air at 11 p.m. ET. Onrait and O’Toole have become so popular, Canada’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/5/2013
Broken Friday by Toronto Sports Media, and then confirmed by TSN, we find that coming in August, US viewers will get acquainted with the enormously popular SportsCentre team of Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole. According to TSN’s press release which is posted below, Onrait and O’Toole are headed “to Los Angeles for exciting new broadcast […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/13/2013
Announced tonight during The Ultimate Fighter 17 Season Finale on FX and now just made official by Fox Sports (a press release at 10:58 p.m. ET!!!), we learn that TUF will move to Fox Sports 1 in when its new season premieres in September. The show will air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET. TUF […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/24/2013
It’s been a while since I’ve written a College Basketball TV Awards post. It’s been so long, that I’ve lost the archive for it. That transition from Blogger to WordPress a few years back did it. This is mostly for the regular season. I’ll do a bonus TV Awards for the NCAA Tournament after the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2013
Fox Sports and the seven basketball breakaway schools from the old Big East Conference along with Butler, Xavier and Creighton have signed a new 12 year agreement. Over 100 conference games will be aired starting in the 2013-14 season. Fox will have control of all men’s basketball games, selected women’s basketball games and various Olympic […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2013
After a week off, the Sports Media Weekly podcast returns in a big way. We have coverage of the Fox Sports 1 announcement with three interviews from the network unveiling held earlier this week in New York. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I did our News of the Week segment and Ed Sherman […]
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 Fox Sports press event and upfronts have ended at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square in the heart of New York City (New Yorkers will probably say it’s not the heart, but anyway). We have the press release officially announcing the launch of Fox Sports 1. I will provide a lengthy article recapping […]
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I’m at the Fox Sports 1 press event. I took a picture of the new logo. Quite original I must say. Keep it here. I’ll have updates throughout the day.
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On my way to New York for the Fox Sports 1 unveiling and I’m going to try to do some links with the limited wifi that Amtrak has provided. It’s not the best, but it’ll do for what I need today. Let’s begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who along with Matt Yoder from Awful […]
