0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/27/2012
I’ve been bottling up some sports media thoughts from the last time I wrote a similar post. You’re due for some more. Let’s provide you with some. They’re below in bullet form as always. We’re getting closer to seeing Fox Sports 1 coming to fruition. While Fox is not saying anything official, behind the scenes, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2012
Let’s do some linkage. I need to do this more than twice a week. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch looks at the potential replacements for Jon Gruden in the Monday Night Football booth should he decide to leave as rumored. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal has a plethora of subjects in his latest media column. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/16/2012
Let’s do some Friday megalinks. Haven’t done any in a couple of weeks. The Weekend Viewing Picks have all of your sports and entertainment TV needs. Time for the linkage. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes the rising rights fees for the college football postseason. Michael writes about Today show Executive Producer Jim Bell […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/15/2012
The final races of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series will take place in South Florida at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ESPN will air both races live on Saturday and Sunday respectively. Brad Keselowski hopes to remain on top of the standings and win his first Sprint Cup. ESPN will have the Nationwide Series race […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/27/2012
Time for some long overdue sports media thoughts. They’re all in bullet form. And the thoughts have to do with NBC Sports/NBC Sports Network. NBC Sports Network will finally get its man on Monday when it picks up the TV portion of the Dan Patrick Show and its accompanying show, The Box Score. Since the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/21/2012
I have some time on this NFL Sunday to provide some rare weekend linkage. Let’s get to it. Chris Chase at USA Today’s Game On blog notes that Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder has confirmed that he’s dating ESPN College GameDay’s Samantha Steele. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News talks about the Pac-12 Networks being made […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/15/2012
Fox Sports has officially announced a new deal with NASCAR that keeps the first half of the Sprint Cup Series on the Fox Sports Media Group. Overall, Fox will have the rights to 13 races including the Daytona 500 all the way into early June. According to Tripp Mickle and John Ourand at Sports Business […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2012
As we speed into the last quarter of 2012 and prepare for what’s ahead in 2013, there is one thing that is on the horizon for US sports fans and that is the expected appearance of a new all-sports cable channel. No, it’s not NBC Sports Network, although its trials and tribulations this fall will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/28/2012
Due to that stupid office move that prevented me from updating the site regularly over the last two two weeks, I wasn’t able to provide some regular features here. I’m slowly getting back on track. Thanks for your patience and continued readership during this period. I’ll make it up to you somehow. I’ll do some […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/21/2012
ESPN/ABC will combine to air the final 17 races of the Sprint Cup season. As it’s been for the last few years, ESPN will carry 14 races with ABC taking three races, all on Saturday nights. Allen Bestwick will be the lap-by-lap announcer and be joined by Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree in the booth. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/18/2012
Time for the links on this Wednesday. Let’s check out what we have. Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about the Olympics, Jerry Sandusky and being short. That’s right. Daniel Kaplan from the Sports Business Journal writes that the NFL will not sign a telecommunications partner this season and will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2012
According to Turner Sports, the ratings for TNT’s NASCAR Summer Series, a total of six races, averaged a 3.1 household rating. That’s up 3% from last year. Viewership averaged 5.1 million people which is even with 2011. Here’s the press release from our friends at Turner. Turner Sports’ Coverage of NASCAR Summer Series Averages 3.1 U.S. HH […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/9/2012
On Saturday, both TNT and truTV aired the Coke Zero 400 from the Daytona International Speedway. The combined rating scored a 3.8 household U.S. rating and averaged almost 6.2 million viewers making it the most watched Daytona 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race since 2008 which also generated a 3.8 rating, but more viewers. There’s no […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/6/2012
Time for Friday linkage. The Weekend Viewing Picks have your sports and entertainment suggestions. Let’s get cracking. National Michael Hiestand from USA Today looks at TNT’s plans to go mostly split-screen during breaks for Saturday’s NASCAR race. Tom Perrotta of the Wall Street Journal reports that the one Wimbledon souvenir the players want is the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/5/2012
So weird to have the 4th of July in the middle of the week. You get the holiday after two work days and then have two work days afterwards. Some of you have the entire week off which is good, but for me, there’s no such thing as a vacation. In fact, I haven’t had […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/3/2012
This from our friends at Turner Sports. This Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona, the Coke Zero 400 will have its annual “Wide Open” coverage. That means minimal commercials, double boxes showing race coverage in one box and ads in another. truTV will simulcast TNT’s coverage and HLN’s Morning Express anchor Robin Meade will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/29/2012
And can you believe I’ve been able to do linkage for most of the week? Hasn’t been like that in a long while. Glad I’ve been able to get it done. Time for your Friday megalinks. As usual, we provide the Weekend Viewing Picks which has plenty of MLB and U.S. Olympic Trials action. Let’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2012
Let’s do some links on a rainy Monday in Southern New England. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at NFL Network’s new morning show. Michael says ESPN has not confirmed whether Chris Berman will call a Monday Night Football game on the opening weekend of the season. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2012
TNT which is in the midst of its six week NASCAR Summer Season is out west today in Sonoma for the Toyota Save Mart 350. Unlike other tracks, Sonoma is more of a road course so three wide racing will not be seen as much as the oval courses. The race will air at 3 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/22/2012
Ok, as we’re all in denial over the Miami Heat winning the NBA Championship, it’s time for a few sports media thoughts. Too many things to go over, but I’ll do my best to cover as many things as I can. As always, we do them in bullet form. And to drown out the thoughts […]
