0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/6/2015
The buzzsaw that is the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has continued all the way through to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. Fox Sports officials in Vancouver and Los Angeles must be doing backflips, handstands and popping a lot of champagne corks. USA vs. Japan which ended in a convincing 5-2 win for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2015
To the notebook: NEWS The big sports media news from Wednesday came from a feature on HBO in this week’s Hollywood Reporter. In discussing the new era of HBO with its HBO Now over the top service was a line that the network is looking at luring soon-to-be ex-ESPN’er Bill Simmons. On June 21, HBO […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2015
USA-Nigeria on Fox drew a very respectable audience even with the second half of the match on opposite the first half of Game 6 of the NBA Finals. With Fox airing the game, USA-Nigeria averaged an audience of 5 million viewers making it the most-watched soccer game on the network eclipsing the record set last […]
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Ok, let’s do this. NEWS The 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final ended up being the second most-watched series on record just below the most-watched 2013 SCF between Boston and Chicago. This year’s series averaged 5.551 million viewers which is just off from 2013 which averaged 5.753 million. For Game 6 on Monday, the series-clincher for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2015
To the notebook now. Lots of things to get to. NEWS The Women’s World Cup is still scoring for Fox. After the U.S. Women’s team’s debut last week vs. Australia which drew 3.331 million viewers on Fox Sports 1, Friday’s game against Sweden and the US’ former coach Pia Sundhage averaged 4.5 million viewers. That […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/10/2015
Oh, bloody hell, it’s been a while since I’ve done a sports media notebook. We have quite a few things to provide so in lieu of me explaining why you haven’t seen one in months, let’s just get to the news, linkage and other stuff. NEWS A couple of things to lead with this morning. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/5/2015
The 36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were handed out in New York on Tuesday, May 5. NBC’s coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games was a big winner, but in several technical categories. We can’t say the usual suspects won because Bob Costas did not pick up the Outstanding Studio Host Award. Ernie Johnson won […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2015
After he was unceremoniously let go from NBC after a disastrous tenure at the Today show, Jamie Horowitz has been able to pick up the pieces and has a new position at another network on a different coast. The former ESPN wunderkind has been hired at Fox Sports as the newly-created President, Fox Sports National […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/21/2015
O.k. to Fox and a 101 regular season schedule that will be NFC-heavy. Fox begins with a five-game Week 1 regional schedule which will feature Green Bay at Chicago and Seattle at St. Louis early, then New Orleans at Arizona and Detroit at San Diego late. Fox will get its first opportunity to air Tim […]
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So the NFL schedule has been announced. It’s a 256-game schedule spread over 17 weeks. A few new things from last year. CBS gets the Week 1 doubleheader for the first time since 2000. From 2001 until last year, CBS had conceded the Week 1 late game to Fox due to its coverage of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2015
This is the second year of the MLB on Fox/Fox Sports 1 combo. Fox/Fox Sports 1 will air a total of 38 games this season, most of which will be televised on Saturdays. As for Fox, viewers will see 11 games, 7 of which will be in primetime. Fox Sports 1’s schedule begins on Saturday, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2015
All Times Eastern Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s schedule and announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 7 Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Chapel Hill, NC — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2015
A day after Major League Soccer announced a new collective bargaining agreement with its players association avoiding labor strife, Fox Sports has told us who will be calling the league’s games as part of a new TV contract that takes effect this season. Fox Sports 1 will have games on Sunday nights throughout the season […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/3/2015
Back to do a sports media notebook for you. Let’s get to it. NEWS NASCAR beat reporter Jim Utter of the Charlotte Observer notes that Sunday’s Sprint Cup race in Atlanta did well for Fox and was up from last year’s second race which was held in Phoenix. That along with increased viewership for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/1/2015
It’s been more than ten days since you had a notebook. Things have gone rather haywire and I’ve been quite busy dealing with issues at home, but you don’t have to be bogged down with what I’m going through. You want content so here it is. NEWS With Monday being the NHL Trade Deadline, fans […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2015
All Times Eastern Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 28 Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Wichita, KS — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Fox College […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/22/2015
From our Bloguin sister site, Awful Advertisements, we have this really good promo from Fox for this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup. Showing the aftermath following the enthusiasm for last year’s men’s World Cup, Fox shows scenes from the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany and tells us that our story is continuing. That it’s not […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2015
Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s Schedule and Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 21 Men’s 11 a.m. South Florida at East Carolina — ESPNU (Jason Benetti/Tim Welsh) noon Georgia Tech at North Carolina […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2015
Time for another edition of the notebook. Let’s do this. NEWS NBC Sports has announced it will pick up radio coverage of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Over the past few years, radio coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes has been piecemeal with various syndicators producing the races. Now, NBC which has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/17/2015
Fox Sports Go began streaming Fox Sports channels beginning in October 2013, two months after Fox Sports 1 and 2 launched. However, except for a free preview for Super Bowl XLVIII, DirecTV subscribers had been locked out from accessing the app. That has been the case, until now. Starting today, DirecTV subscribers can access Fox […]
