0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2013
We’re continuing to get announcements from NBCUniversal about its coverage plans for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is a warm water port city in Russia which averages 50 degrees in the month of February. This announcement involves the amount of hours that will be devoted to the Winter Games both on television […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/17/2013
For years, NBC and Yahoo have been fighting it out over how many people have been visiting their respective websites for Olympic news. Yahoo usually crows about the traffic hitting its site in huge numbers over NBCOlympics.com. This has made NBC execs see red over the Yahoo proclamations. But on Monday, the two companies which […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2013
This from earlier in the week, NBCUniversal has announced over 120 hours of curling and ice hockey during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi, which is a warm water port city and averages a temperature of 50°F in February, will be the site of the Games of the XXII Winter Olympic Games. NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/21/2013
Starting on Tuesday, October 29, the networks of NBCUniversal will really get into the promotion for the 2014 Winter Olympics in the warm water port city of Sochi, Russia. And in the 8 p.m. ET/PT hour on October 29, the 20 networks and 65 websites of NBCUniversal will run what NBCUniversal is calling a promotional […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/22/2013
Ok, let’s break out some links for the beginning of the workweek. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch in his Monday column talks with outgoing, but not retiring Fox MLB analyst Tim McCarver and looks at ESPN tinkering with Outside the Lines’ timeslot. Peter King’s MMQB microsite has officially launched today. And Richard Deitsch has a column […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/1/2013
Once again, NBCUniversal will utilize its “Big Event” strategy to promote Saturday’s Kentucky Derby on NBC. The Today Show’s Al Roker will be live from Churchill Downs on Friday. Weekend Today meteorologist Dylan Dreyer will be there on Saturday reporting from the Derby. Weather Channel will also originate from the Kentucky Derby on Friday and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2013
Normally, NBC provides 17 consecutive nights of primetime coverage during the Olympics beginning with the Opening Ceremony and ending with the Closing Ceremony. For the new Olympic contract that will begin with the 2014 Games in Sochi, NBC will now begin its coverage the night before the Opening Ceremony, on Thursday, February 6 with new […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2013
Time for the look back at the Year in Sports Media in 2012. Lots of great stuff. The year has been very interesting and we have seen a lot of things. Just doing a Top Ten is never enough for the Year in Review. It’s always an even dozen with some honorable mentions mixed in. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2012
After we learned Friday that ESPN and Fox had dropped out of the bidding for the US rights to the English Premier League, NBC makes it official tonight that it will become the new home of the world’s most popular football league. Overall, NBCUniversal’s properties, NBC, NBC Sports Network, Telemundo, Mun2 and NBCSports.com will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2012
On Monday, we had Part I of our medals for the 2012 London Games. We now wrap up coverage of the 2012 Olympics today before going into football mode. Like in Part I, there will be gold, silver and bronze medals distributed to NBC’s commentators. And as in Part I, those undeserving of reaching the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/13/2012
We have a very long press release, 3,877 words, from NBC talking about the 2012 London Olympics. Not only were they successful on the networks of NBCUniversal, but they spread their wings to other parts of the NBCUniversal family that had Olympic-related programming. First things first. The Closing Ceremony turned out to be the most […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/12/2012
Ok, Day 16 has become a bit of a mess on NBC. If I put this up earlier in the day, I would have to edit the hell out of the post, but luckily, I was watching NBC’s primetime coverage and in came an announcement that affects Sunday’s daytime programming. First, NBC will hit the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2012
Let’s see what the networks of NBCUniversal have in store for us on Saturday. NBC’s daytime coverage which will include the women’s basketball gold medal game between the United States and France will be live in all time zones starting at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT. Primetime on NBC will include the final day in […]
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The networks of NBC will be ready to wind down as we approach the final weekend of the Olympics. On Friday, there will be the women’s 4×100 meters relay and men’s 4×400 meters relay. The USA men’s basketball team will be in the semifinals on Friday taking on Argentina, a team it already defeated earlier […]
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 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2012
Ok, lots of stuff on the agenda for Thursday. There’s the women’s soccer gold medal match between the USA and Japan which as we know is the rematch from the 2011 Women’s World Cup Final. It airs live on NBC Sports Network at 2:45 p.m. with a special pregame show at 2 p.m. The USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/6/2012
After a day’s absence, let’s provide the programming for the networks of NBCUniversal as the 2012 London Games are in the home stretch. Plenty of track & field including the women’s 100 meter hurdles featuring Lolo Jones. The final day of gymnastics provides more individual event finals. The US women’s water polo team hopes for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/4/2012
Day 9 means that we head into the last week of the Olympics and the home stretch. All daytime coverage on NBC will be live in all time zones and that includes the men’s tennis final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray. Daytime coverage on NBC begins at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT. In addition […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/2/2012
Can you believe we’ve reached Day 7 of the London Games? Doesn’t it seem it’s been going on for years? But to be honest, I can’t get enough of the Olympics. I’m a big fan. So we start transitioning from swimming and gymnastics to track & field and volleyball in primetime on NBC. On NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/1/2012
NBC is shooting for even more good numbers for Thursday with more women’s gymnastics featuring the USA’s Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas in the All-Around competition. In addition, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte go head-to-head in the pool and Missy Franklin will go for her third gold medal. On the other NBCUniversal networks, Bravo airs […]
