0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/1/2012
Just in from NBC, in the midst of its USA Swimming Olympic Trials coverage on Monday, the last night of its primetime coverage before the Olympics later this month, the network will have the women’s 100 meter runoff from the Track & Field Trials that will determine the final spot on the team. Last week, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2012
From NBC, this announcement that cable and satellite TV subscribers can now verify to gain access to the 3,500 hours of live streaming at NBCOlympics.com. Unlike the difficult process for March Madness, this process is much simpler. All you have to do is click on your cable or satellite provider, use your existing online credentials […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/23/2012
Ok, maybe that’s being facetious, but NBCUniversal between its cable, over the air and online platforms will offer over 5,500 hours of coverage of the 2012 London Olympics, or known to the International Olympic Committee as the XXX Olympic Summer Games. For NBC, it’s the seventh consecutive Summer Olympics dating back to 1988 in Seoul, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/21/2012
Let’s do some sports media thoughts for you on this back to work Monday. As usual, they’re in bullet form. Last week’s news that TBS would pick up the new single elimination MLB Wild Card Playoff games for this year and next was not a surprise. TBS has pleased MLB with its postseason coverage since […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2012
Time for some linkage again. Starting with Sports Business Daily which gauges media reaction to last night’s extravagant NFL regular season schedule release on both ESPN and NFL Network. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News reviews both the Monday Night and expanded Thursday Night Football schedules. Ed Sherman at the Sherman Report has your potential hits […]
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NBC Sports Group has announced that the NBCOlympics.com website has relaunched today, this being the 100 day mark to the XXX Olympic Summer Games in London. Not only will the site be updated with the latest results and news, but it will also stream live video of all Olympic events. NBC says all 32 Olympic […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2012
Let’s do our Monday linkage today. Michael Hiestand from USA Today writes that CBS/Turner’s Clark Kellogg will have a big “get” during halftime of Tuesday’s NCAA Tournament First Four game. Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News says MSG Network has a new show dedicated to the best and worst baseball trades and deals. Mike says YES […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2011
Continuing our Sports Emmy Awards posts, NBC Sports is beating its proverbial chest on the seven trophies the division carried away from the ceremonies in New York on Monday. Included are some heavy hitters including Bob Costas (with MLB Network) as Outstanding Studio Host, Sunday Night Football as Outstanding Live Sports Series, Cris Collinsworth for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/2/2011
Ok, I’ve listed the winners in the Sports Emmy Awards. Now time to list the people who were part of the productions that won. First, the breakdown of the networks that won awards tonight. HBO and NBC won the most awards tied with 7 as 2010 was an Olympic year. Turner Sports was shut out. […]
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I’ll be posting the Sports Emmy Awards as they’re being handed out. I’m not there, but thanks to live tweets from ESPN public relations maven Josh Krulewitz and Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, I’ll be posting the awards as I get them. As I begin this post, some awards have already been handed out including […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2011
Combined with NBC Sports, NBCSports.com, NBCOlympics.com and Versus, the Group can say it received 25 total nominations from the Sports Emmys. By itself, NBC Sports received 20 nominations including those for Bob Costas and Dan Patrick (Outstanding Studio Host), Al Michaels ( Outstanding Play-by-Play), Cris Collinsworth (Outstanding Game Analyst), Football Night in America (Outstanding Weekly […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/26/2010
During the 31st Annual Sports Emmy Awards, NBC Sports took five including Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host (Bob Costas, who else?), Outstanding Sports Personality, Event Analyst (Cris Collinsworth) and Outstanding Live Sports Sports Series as well as Outstanding Live Sports Special. Quite an achievement. Here’s the press release, our first from one of the networks. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2010
Here is NBC’s announcement of its Emmy nominations which include Bob Costas, Mike Emrick, Al Michaels, Sunday Night Football, the 2010 NHL Winter Classic and the Stanley Cup Finals. NBC CAPTURES 17 SPORTS EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS Costas, Michaels, Collinsworth, Dungy & Emrick Nominated Madden to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award Super Bowl XLIII and 2009 Stanley […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/2/2010
Ok, let’s do some linkage for Tuesday. We’re in transition as we are in between big sporting events. We’re finished with the Olympics. That’s being put in the memory banks. The next blips on the radar screen are the college basketball conference tournaments and the NCAA Tournament over the next few weeks, then MLB Opening […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2010
Just three more days for Olympic quotage. We have the stuff from NBC’s networks for the last Thursday of the 2010 Winter Olympics. As usual, we begin with Universal Sports. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 Thursday, February 25, 2010 — On the fifteenth day of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/24/2010
The latest press release from NBC Sports on its ratings for the Olympics says the Vancouver Olympics continue to outrate Turin’s from four years ago and despite losing Tuesday night in the ratings to American Idol , NBC will spin it by saying the average viewership is even. Whatever helps corporate to sleep at night. […]
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Just received word from NBC Sports public relations that while today’s USA-Switzerland men’s hockey quarterfinal game will be on NBC and thus, delayed on the West Coast, but it will be live online at NBCOlympics.com. Gametime is 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT. Just wanted to let you know. UPDATE, 1:15 p.m.: NBC has also told […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/19/2009
We keep getting the releases at Fang’s Bites and that’s a good thing for you. I enjoy posting them. Let’s begin with ESPN and its coverage of the college basketball holiday tournaments and something the network likes to call “Feast Week” during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Men’s College Basketball: Extensive Coverage of Tournaments & Start […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2009
I’m rushing to finish a project before noon, 11, actually, so I really can’t provide extensive links. I’ll start with myself today. I have a column at Digital Sports Daily on what else? The NCAA Tournament. Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun wants to know what’s the big deal about Suzy Kolber’s hair in HD? […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2008
Well, I just finished watching Sarah Palin speak at the Republican National Convention. Since this is not a political blog, I won’t give my opinion here, but it was quite fascinating to hear her speak. That’s all I’ll say. Just to let you know, I gave Barack Obama my undivided attention as well so don’t […]
