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The Top Five Innovations in Sports Television

I haven’t done a post like this in a very long time. Viewers take watching sports for granted. We watch the games in high definition or some cases, 3-D, get instant replays, we can rewind plays instantly on our DVR’s, know how far a team has to go in order to get a first down, […]

MLB Network Announces Fran Charles Joins Staff As Host & Reporter

Just announced by MLB Network, former NFL Network host Fran Charles will be moving back east to join his second league-owned channel. Charles had been with NFL Network as host of GameDay Final, NFL Total Access and Around the League. In addition to his NFL Network resumé, Charles has been seen on USA Network as […]

World Baseball Classic To Air Exclusively on MLB Network

All 39 games of the World Baseball Classic, the sport’s answer to soccer’s World Cup, basketball’s FIBA World Championships and Hockey’s IIHF World Championships, will air on MLB Network. Four years ago, the games were split between MLB Network which was brand spanking new at the time and ESPN. Now MLB Network will air the […]

MLB Network To Air 150 Spring Training Games

Snow is on the ground here in New England, but one thing Northeasterners look forward to is the warmer weather and baseball. Pitchers and catchers have been reporting to camps in Arizona and Florida, getting ready for the 2013 season. MLB Network will be all over Spring Training in the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues with […]

Quick Mid-Week Links

I’ll do some linkage here. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says Dick Vitale finally gets to call the NCAA Final Four, but for an international audience. John Ourand at Sports Business Daily reports that Fox is in talks with Regis Philbin to host a show on Fox Sports 1. Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report wonders […]

MLB Network Has The World Series Umpires Mic'd Up

I wish this documentary had come out sooner. Tonight, MLB Network premieres a new behind-the-scenes film produced by MLB Productions. This has all six World Series umpires miked and the film shows what each man is saying either behind the plate, on the field or inside their clubhouse. This film is called “The Third Team: […]

Various Wednesday Links

I’ll do a few links for you this evening. I’ll start with a strange story that surfaced today from a University of Maryland journalism class during which ESPN Vice President and Executive Editor John Walsh made some rather strange statements about Deadspin’s John Koblin over the Lynn Hoppes plagiarism situation. Deadspin has raised issues of […]

Some Quick Wednesday Sports Media Thoughts

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 […]

Heidi Watney Joins MLB Network

Just announced now by MLB Network, former NESN sideline reporter Heidi Watney will be joining the MLB-owned TV network in January. Since leaving NESN in 2011, she went to Time Warner Cable SportsNet to work as a sideline reporter for the Los Angeles Lakers, however, she was dropped before the season began. Watney will work […]

MLB Network Unveils Offseason Lineup Including Hot Stove in the Mornings

Now that the 2012 baseball season is over, MLB Network will be transitioning to offseason mode. Most of the offseason shows will begin next Monday, November 5, but the big move is Hot Stove becoming a live morning show the following Monday, November 12 airing at 9 a.m. ET. Matt Vasgersian and Harold Reynolds will […]

MLB Network To Air MLB Tonight & Intentional Talk On Location

Throughout the World Series, MLB Network will produce two of its studio shows, MLB Tonight and The Abortion Known as Intentional Talk on location from San Francisco and Detroit. MLB Tonight: World Series Edition will have two pregame shows on gamedays, at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET, then immediately following each contest. Intentional Talk […]

Some Quick Wednesday Linkage

Let’s do some links now. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily says the MLB TV partners saw record low ratings this season. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch reviews ESPN2’s first foray into pro hockey since losing the NHL in 2005. Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that Bob Costas is back calling postseason baseball for the […]

MLB Network To Air Game 3 of Cards-Nats NLDS on Wednesday

We’ve been waiting for the start times of Wednesday games of the League Division Series since we learned the MLB Postseason participants. In addition, we wondered which game MLB Network would air. Now that the times have been updated for Wednesday, we know that MLB Network will get the first game of the day on […]

Bringing Out Your Monday Linkage

Ok, time for some links on this Columbus Day holiday for some of you. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has a bunch of news and notes in his Monday sports media column including a recap of the NFL Today interview with scab NFL referee Lance Easley. Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable says the first-ever […]

2012 MLB League Division Series Schedules With Networks & Announcers

Time to provide the American and National League Division Series. This will be updated often so you may want to bookmark this post. I’ll provide days, times, networks (don’t forget MLB Network is involved for the first time) and announcers. Let’s go. Oh yes, all times are Eastern. If you’re in a different time zone, […]

MLB Network To Air Texas-Oakland This Afternoon

Since the game took place on the West Coast, you may have missed that the Oakland A’s beat Texas last night to tie the Rangers for the lead in the American League West. With that, the A’s and Rangers will play for the West Division title with the loser heading to the new American League […]

Wrapping Up All of the New MLB TV Deals Into One

Now that we know what comprises the new TV deals for Major League Baseball starting in 2014, let’s summarize and go over them from ESPN to Turner Sports with Fox Sports and MLB Network in between. Wading through all of the features each partner receives, we know that MLB will increase its total take from […]

MLB Network Announces Its Broadcast Plans For the Future

While Fox and Turner are crowing about their new eight year deals, one thing that’s been quietly announced is that MLB Network will continue to air two League Division Series games as sublicensed from a rightsholder. Starting this year, MLB Network gains two LDS games from Turner Sports as part its two year deal to […]

A Look at The New MLB TV Deals

I’m a bit late in writing on the impending MLB deals. But with a little perspective, I can provide you with a look at the new TV contracts, plus give you the winners and losers that provides MLB with increased rights fees from its three partners. Last week, Richard Sandomir of the New York Times […]

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