0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2012
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 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2012
Turner Sports is gearing up for a busy day on Wednesday. Depending on what happens on Tuesday, TBS and TNT could combine to air three League Division Series games. As we know, MLB Network will be airing Game 3 of the St. Louis-Washington series at 1 p.m. ET. Then 4:07 p.m., TBS will come in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2012
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 […]
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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 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2012
TBS tells us that it’s averaging just under four million viewers for the first two days of the 2012 MLB Postseason, mainly for the new Wild Card Games on Friday and Games 1 for two League Division Division Series on Saturday. That’s up 26% from last year when TBS had no Wild Card Games. Also […]
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Ok, let’s go over the Viewing Guide for Week 5 in The League Where They Play For Pay. So where were you last week? Um, I forgot? Will you take that excuse? I simply forgot. Eating chicken wings and General Tso’s Chicken will do that to you. Lame excuse, but I’ll take it. So are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2012
Sorry about not updating the site until now. My entire Saturday was planned for me and the same for Sunday so you probably won’t see NFL pregame quotage until late. The MLB Wild Card Games on TBS on Friday did well. Overnight ratings showed that the Channel Formerly Known As The Superstation registered an average […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/5/2012
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, […]
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Now that we have the schedule for the first three days of the League Division Series, TBS has provided the announcing assignments for the games. We already knew that Don Orsillo, Buck Martinez and Jaime Maggio would be calling the Oakland-Detroit series and Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Joe Simpson and Tom Verducci would be on […]
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I’m doing a Twitter hashtag to see if I can get into the search for Blogs with Balls 5 which I was supposed to attend, but could not. Anyway, you don’t need to know what happened. On Sunday, MLB Network airs its first-ever postseason game with Game 2 of the Oakland-Detroit series live at noon […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2012
ESPN Radio which has the rights to the entire MLB Postseason has provided its announcing crews for the Wild Card games all the way to the World Series. The main crew will be Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser. They’ll begin with the AL Wild Card Game, call the American League Division Series involving the New […]
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Turner Sports has sent the announcing assignments for the Wild Card games on Friday and Games 1 of two League Division Series on Saturday. The crew featuring Brian Anderson, Ron Darling and Joe Simpson will be working back-to-back games in two different time zones on Friday and Saturday. They’ll call the National League Wild Card […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2012
We’ve been waiting for the start times for the start times for the first-ever MLB Wild Card Playoff Games which will be played Friday. TBS will air both contests. Don’t have announcing assignments yet, but I’m sure they will be coming soon. Here’s how they shape up. NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD GAME St. Louis at […]
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Time for some linkage in this mid-week and last day of the 2012 MLB regular season. Lots of things to get to. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand analyzes the new MLB TV deals with Fox and Turner. Nate Davis of USA Today’s Game On blog previews tonight’s NFL Network “A Football Life” documentary. John Ourand and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2012
With the rights to the two Wild Card Playoff games, along with rights to the entire League Division Series (albeit for two games that go to MLB Network) and the American League Championship Series, Turner Sports has made public the announcing assignments for the 2012 MLB Postseason. One change from the studio crew. Cal Ripken, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2012
I hope you enjoyed your Labor Day Weekend. Let’s do a few sports media thoughts for you on this back to work Tuesday. They’re in bullet form as always. In this week’s Sports Business Journal, John Ourand reports that both Fox and CBS/Turner are looking to combine packages to force the other out of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2012
Since it began airing the MLB Postseason, TBS has used various musical acts for the theme of the playoffs. It’s a practice that Turner Sports has conducted with the NBA as well. New Jersey’s Bon Jovi was used twice, Kid Rock once and last year was Tinie Tempah. For 2012, TBS goes back to the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/28/2012
Earlier today, I had the opportunity to monitor the ESPN/MLB conference call announcing the new deal that lengthens the relationship between the two entities to 30 years when the contract expires in 2021. In this new eight year deal, ESPN will return to the MLB Postseason with one Wild Card Playoff game starting in 2014. […]
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Wr have the official joint press release between ESPN and Major League Baseball announcing the new agreement that keeps baseball games on the Alleged Worldwide Leader until 2021. Under the new contract, ESPN will receive the following perks: An increase in the number of telecasts to 90 regular season games One Wild Card Playoff Game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/9/2012
Let’s do the Thursday linkage. We’re doing well so far this week, knock on wood. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports NBC’s overnight rating for Wednesday’s Olympic Primetime was up from Beijing. Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal says YouTube is looking to further strengthen its live sports portfolio after streaming Olympic content in […]
