0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2011
On this Thanksgiving Week, I’ll provide a few thoughts on what has transpired so far this week. All in bullet form, of course. The announcement that ESPN Dictator George Bodenheimer will become ESPN Chairman, leaving day-to-day operations with Executive Vice President of Content John Skipper bears watching. While I have jokingly called Bodenheimer a dictator, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/21/2011
It’s the early evening on the East Coast, but I do have time to bring you some linkage. Lots of stuff to get to. We’ll begin with John Ourand of Sports Business Journal who reviews ESPN’s new NFL studio shows which came as a result of its new Monday Night Football $2 billion rights fee. […]
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Next weekend, Fox Sports will air the inaugural Pac-12 and Big Ten Football Championships and both games will be called by the same broadcast team on successive nights. The College Football on FX team Gus Johnson, Charles Johnson and sideline analyst Tim Brewster will first call the Pac-12 Championship on either the campus of Stanford […]
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I thank the people at Fox Sports public relations for the first video I’ve posted here. You may have seen this promo during the NFL on Fox or the various Fox Sports Net affiliates. This promo campaign has been featuring JB Smoove. You may know him as Leon from Curb Your Enthusiasm. This one has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2011
Let’s go to Fox NFL Sunday. No video for this week. Just the text. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 11/20/11 Bradshaw: Tebow Can Succeed Long Term in the NFL Csonka & Morris of ’72 Dolphins on Packers: We’re Not That Worried Johnson: Reid Might Not Be Around Next Year to Fix the Eagles Strahan: 2011 […]
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Let’s do some links on this Sunday. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says Golf Channel scored a couple of rating records for Day One of the Presidents Cup. Mike writes that Time Warner Cable has signed a long-term deal to air Los Angeles Galaxy games starting next season. Mike says Facebook is offering a live […]
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I’m hoping this will be a lazy Sunday, but you never know. I’ll put together some thoughts here again in bullet form. This weekend in college football was one of the best we’ve had in the last few years. Seeing BCS hopefuls Oklahoma State, Oregon and then Oklahoma go down from Friday through Saturday was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/18/2011
This week, the NFL on Fox has regional action with three games in the early window and two in the late window. Week 11 in the National Football League is the last for the dreaded byes so starting from Week 12 until the end of the season, there will be 13 games on Sunday afternoon. […]
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NFL Coverage Maps (the506.com) Blackouts: None Byes: Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon 1 p.m. CBS Buffalo at Miami — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Cincinnati at Baltimore — Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Jacksonville at Cleveland — Bill Macatee/Steve Tasker Oakland at Minnesota — Kevin […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2011
Let’s do some links. May not be a full set. Depends on how much I can get done here. We’ll start with Alexandra Bruell of Advertising Age who says Penn State University has hired a public relations firm to help with crisis management for the Jerry Sandusky story. John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable says […]
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I haven’t done a thoughts column in quite some time. And to boot, I’m doing this on the iPad. Not that you should care, but this will cause me to pause and think which is dangerous. Anyway, I’ll do this in bullet form. Thanks for your indulgence. The Penn State media coverage has not been […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/16/2011
It’s Wednesday. It’s mid-week and it’s time for some sports media links. Let’s get to them without further delay. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about the “get” of accused child molester Jerry Sandusky for “Rock Center with Brian Williams”. While NBC and Bob Costas are being praised for the Sandusky interview, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2011
After not being able to provide linkage for a few days, let’s get back to it. I probably won’t be able to do the links as I have to undergo a medical procedure. Nothing serious. I should be back on Wednesday. Let’s do your links. Sports Business Daily looks over the reviews of ESPN’s handling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/13/2011
Let’s go to the NFL on Fox for Week 10. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 11/13/11 Johnson: Stick a Fork in Philadelphia’s Chances of Making the Playoffs Glazer Reports Players Facing Disciplinary Action for Recreational Drug Use Bradshaw on Criticism of Rivers: This Guy Can Flat Out Play John Lynch on Reid Benching Jackson: It’s […]
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In its first ever network television broadcast, UFC on Fox scored 5.7 million viewers, the most ever for a UFC event. And it brought in a total rating of 3.1 with a 5 share. It apparently did not win the night though. Oregon-Stanford on ABC apparently won the overnight ratings overall and in 18-49. As […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/12/2011
And we move to the NFL on Fox. We also have the announcing assignments and regional splits for you. Check it out. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES Eli Manning Battles Alex Smith in San Fran Sunday on FOX DIVISION LEADERS HIGHLIGHT NFL ON FOX DOUBLEHEADER – Week 10 of the 2011 NFL on FOX […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/11/2011
NFL Coverage Maps Blackouts: Tampa-St. Petersburg Byes: None NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, noon 1 p.m. CBS Buffalo at Dallas — Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Denver at Kansas City — Bill Macatee/Steve Tasker Houston at Tampa Bay — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Jacksonville at Indiana — Spero Dedes/Steve Beuerlein […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/9/2011
I owe you some links having not been able to do them either Monday or Tuesday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about the ratings for LSU-Alabama not being as high as the previous #1 vs. #2 college football Game of the Century. The great Richard Deitsch at Sports Illustrated has his Media Power List for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/6/2011
The first UFC on Fox telecast comes up this Saturday as the network airs the UFC Heavyweight Championship between champion Cain Valasquez and challenger Junior dos Santos. This will not just involve the main Fox mothership, but the networks under the Fox Sports Media Group umbrella, Fuel TV, Fox Deportes and Fox Sports Radio. Fuel […]
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To wrap up the early Sunday NFL pregame quotage, we provide Fox NFL Sunday right now. Check it out. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 11/6/11 Johnson to Colts: Take Luck and Trade Manning in a Heartbeat Glazer Reports on P. Manning’s Prognosis and How the Colts Plan to Handle Roster Bonus Strahan: Packers Will Soon […]
