0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2012
Since late last night, I’ve been culling linkage for today. Let’s get to them. Terry Lefton and Daniel Kaplan at Sports Business Journal discuss how Indianapolis hotels are gouging customers for Super Bowl Week. Anick Jesdanun of the Associated Press reviews NBC’s online presentation of the Super Bowl for this Sunday. Sergio Non of USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2012
I don’t know why they’re mighty, but they’re here. Let’s get to them. USA Today’s Mike McCarthy looks at Super Bowl Media Day which will be covered from all angles on both ESPN and NFL Network. Preston Bounds from Sports Business Daily lists the top 11 most marketable NFL players. Your humble blogger is quoted […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2012
Fox had a brief one fight UFC premiere in November, but on Saturday, the partnership between the two parties begins. Three fights will be seen on Fox starting at 9 p.m. ET with the prelims on Fuel at 5. Chicago’s United Center will be the venue. Curt Menefee will be the host. Randy Couture and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2012
I haven’t provided links on schedule so let me try to do it now. We begin with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who talks about NBCUniversal’s big plans to blanket Super Bowl XLVI next week. Wow. The secret organization Anonymous plans to attack ESPN.com over its support of SOPA and PIPA. In case anyone from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2012
I’ll do some links that I’ve gathered over the day. You deserve some. Michael Hiestand of USA Today discusses the monster ratings for Championship Sunday in the NFL. Michael says with NBC reacquiring the rights to the Breeders Cup, ESPN has gotten out of the horse racing business. And Michael discusses Jim Rome’s CBS debut […]
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As mentioned in the previous post, the NFC Championship between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers on Fox was the 3rd most watched Conference Championship of all-time. Fox says an average of 57.6 million viewers watched part or all of the game. The fast national rating for the game was a 30.6 […]
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We’re beginning to get word on the overnight rating for the AFC and NFC Championship Games on CBS and Fox, respectively. CNBC’s Darren Rovell tweets that the AFC Championship had its best viewership in almost two decades. [blackbirdpie url=” And Managing Editor of Sports Business Daily, Austin Karp says the NFC Championship drew a monster […]
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Time for some sports media thoughts once again. I owe you some since I wasn’t able to do them after last Monday’s post. As always, they come in bullet form. Since I was out for most of the afternoon on Sunday, I missed the Pregame coverage and 3/4 of the AFC Championship Game, but I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/21/2012
After airing several taped English Premier League games during NFL season, Fox goes one better and airs Sunday’s Arsenal-Manchester United game live at 10:30 a.m. ET. And in two weeks, Fox will air Chelsea-Manchester United live as well. Rob Stone will make his Fox debut as the studio host. Eric Wynalda will be the main […]
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On Sunday, Fox Sports airs the NFC Championship live from Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The New York Giants which have never lost an NFC Championship take on the San Francisco 49ers. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET as the Fox NFL Sunday crew travel from their customary Los Angeles home to be live on-site […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2012
The last few Fridays, I haven’t been able to provide you with the megalinks. I have to do some today otherwise you’ll stop visiting me. We begin as always with the Weekend Viewing Picks and there are quite a few for this snowy weekend in Southern New England. Now to your links. National Michael Hiestand […]
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NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. NFL Championship Chase — CBS, 1 p.m. The NFL Today — CBS, 2 p.m. 3 p.m. AFC Championship, Foxboro, MA Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots — CBS, Jim Nantz/Phil Simms/Steve Tasker; Dial Global Radio, Dave Sims/James Lofton/Tony Boselli 6 p.m. Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, 6 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/19/2012
Fox has been experimenting with airing various taped English Premier League matches on NFL Sundays where they have regional coverage. And the network has been getting decent ratings for each match. Now, Fox goes one step further this Sunday by bringing a live EPL match between Arsenal and Manchester United. It will air Sunday at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/17/2012
Don’t have time to provide a full set of links today so I’ll give you what I’ve culled thus far. Some good stuff here. Some stories from this week’s Sports Business Journal. First, John Ourand reports that ESPN and MLB could butt heads over TV Everywhere streaming rights. ESPN has its model. MLB has its […]
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Just received this from Fox Sports. Sunday’s New York Football Giants-Green Bay Packers game was the most watched NFL Divisional Playoff game in history. That’s right. In. History. Overall, 45.1 million people watched the game. The rating was an amazing 25.3 fast national rating with a 42 share. It’s the highest rated game since the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/16/2012
Let’s do some linkage on this MLK Day, a holiday for some of you. We’ll begin with a story from an unusual source, Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Nick Summers of Newsweek writes about how ESPN’s subscriber fees could force cable providers to place the network on pay tiers. Michael Hiestand at USA Today reports that CBS […]
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The overnights are coming in for the Sunday NFL Divisional Playoff games. Fox is crowing about the New York Giants-Green Bay Packers game which was played in the 4:30 p.m. window, normally the highest rated and most watched timeslot for the NFL. And this has been proven once again. A stunning 27.4 rating with a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2012
Going into Saturday, some observers had been predicting that the Denver-New England game would set a ratings record. I was not one of those observers, although I thought that Broncos-Pats would get the higher viewership. Instead, the thriller of the two games was New Orleans-San Francisco on Fox and it registered an amazing 35.6 million […]
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Here are the schedules and times for Sunday to decide the teams for Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on February 5, 2012. The games are scheduled for 3:10 p.m. and 6:40 p.m. ET officially. AFC CHAMPIONSHIP, Foxboro, MA Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots — CBS, 3 p.m., Jim Nantz/Phil Simms/Steve Tasker NFC CHAMPIONSHIP, San […]
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We’re getting the viewership numbers for both NFL Divisional Playoff games. The surprising development was that the New Orleans-San Francisco game on Fox did better than the Denver-New England contest on CBS. Of course, Saints-49ers had four lead changes in the last four minutes of the game while Broncos-Pates was over at the opening kickoff. […]
