0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. ET Men’s Track & Field – Marathon (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET Rhythmic Gymnastics – Group Gold Medal Final 12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. ET Men’s Volleyball Gold Medal Final – Italy vs. Brazil (LIVE) 2:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET Men’s Basketball Gold […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/20/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Women’s Triathlon – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Women’s Volleyball Bronze Medal – United States. vs. Netherlands (LIVE) Canoeing – Sprint Gold Medal Finals 2:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Women’s Basketball Gold Medal Final – United States vs. Spain (LIVE) 4:45 p.m. – […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Equestrian – Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final, Round 1 (LIVE) Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Semifinals Synchronized Swimming – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 12:10 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – United States vs. Italy (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Cycling – BMX Gold Medal Finals […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/18/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s 400m Hurdles – Gold Medal Final Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Medal Finals Noon – 2 p.m. Women’s Volleyball –United States vs. Serbia (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Women’s Diving – Platform Semifinal Men’s Cycling – BMX Quarterfinals 3:15 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/17/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final Decathlon Shot Put Canoeing – Sprint Qualifying Heats and Semifinals Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – United States vs. Poland (LIVE) 3 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/16/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s Triple Jump – Gold Medal Final Women’s Discus – Gold Medal Final Noon – 1 p.m. Equestrian – Team Jumping Qualifying (LIVE) Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Volleyball – United States vs. Japan (LIVE) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/15/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Track & Field (LIVE) Women’s 200m – Round 1 Women’s Hammer Throw – Gold Medal Final Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final Men’s 400m Hurdles – Round 1 Men’s Volleyball – United States vs. Mexico (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Women’s Water Polo – United […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/13/2016
All Times Eastern Schedule subject to change Saturday, August 13 NBC 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s Discus – Gold Medal Final Rowing — Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – United States vs. Hungary (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Forrer/Verge-Depre (Switzerland) vs. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/12/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Women’s 10,000m – Gold Medal Final Men’s Water Polo – United States vs. Montenegro (LIVE) Noon – 2 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Rowing – Gold Medal Finals Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Swimming […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/11/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Rowing – Semifinals and Gold Medal Finals Women’s Water Polo – United States vs. Communist China (LIVE) Noon – 2:30 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Fendrick/Sweat (United States) vs. Uklova/Birlova (Russia) (LIVE) Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (United […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/9/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (United States) vs. Herrera/Gavira (Spain) (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – United States vs. France (LIVE) Noon – 2 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE) 3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Cycling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (United States) vs. Virgen/Ontiveros (Mexico) (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – United States. vs. Spain (LIVE) Noon – 2 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Rowing – Semifinals and Quarterfinals 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – United States. vs. Italy (LIVE) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2016
All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE) Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Qualifying (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Netherlands (LIVE) 3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/5/2016
The announcement is out. With a month to go until the Opening Ceremony, NBC has released the list of the record 170 combined play-by-play and color commentators for the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some of the usual suspects are back, Bob Costas as NBC Primetime host, Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/16/2015
Last month, Sports Business Journal reported about the demise of Universal Sports, the Olympic sports channel that had difficulty gaining traction in the cable/satellite universe. While it was on DirecTV’s sports tier, it was aired in old school standard definition. It was a channel that was hardly a destination for sports fans despite having a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/5/2015
Today marks one year to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And while there’s controversy over unfinished venues, water pollution and the possibility of white elephants after the Games, there’s still anticipation to the 17 days of competition that will begin on August 5, 2015. Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, NBC will run […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2015
Yesterday, we listed the bottom half of the Big Dozen Sports Media Stories of 2014. Now on this New Year’s Day 2015, we list the top half of the Big Dozen. If you need a reminder, Part I of the Big Dozen went as follows: 7. CBS Gets Thursday Night Football 8. ESPN, Fox and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/13/2014
As part of the current deal that has NBCUniversal airing the Olympics through 2020, the NBC Sports Group and Universal Sports will cover the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Communist China this month. NBC, NBCSN and Universal will combine for 54.5 hours of coverage. And to show it’s committed to this set of games, Josh […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2014
As NBC Sports Group has finished its first season as the U.S. television home of the English Premier League, it has a few milestones to celebrate. First, having aired and streamed all 380 fixtures live to the American people in 2013-14, audiences responded to the offerings. NBCUniversal says 31.5 million people watched this season’s coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2014
Let’s continue our soccer theme today. NBC Sports has announced that English Premier League Championship Sunday during which all 10 fixtures were aired simultaneously across the networks of NBCUniversal received a 1.56 overnight rating. Fox and ESPN went all balls-to-the-wall in 2011-12 and received a 0.87 over five Nielsen-rated networks when it began this type […]
