0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2014
Here’s the listing of the 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They were handed out in New York tonight to an appreciative audience at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center. Overall, NBC led all networks with six Emmy Awards, Fox/HBO Sports/MLB Network won 5 and ESPN received four. In an upset, Bob […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2014
The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys. In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike Emrick are nominees. I guess the Academy decided to put Bob in this category in addition to his customary Studio Host nomination. For […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2013
Just announced today by NFL Media, veteran New York Times beat reporter Judy Battista will join NFL Network and NFL.com in August. She joins a very good stable of reporters including Albert Breer, Ian Rapoport and others. This has not the greatest of years for the Times as it has lost Nate Silver, college basketball […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2013
NFL Media comprising of NFL Network, NFL Films and NFL.com received what it says was 24 Sports Emmy nominations. While the official National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences lists 17, NFL Media is also counting collaborations with other networks like HBO, CBS/Showtime and the like. In the major categories, Rich Eisen, Inside the NFL, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2013
In just its second year of online streaming, the Super Bowl was able to increase the number of online steams from 2012. The National Football League says the stream of the Baltimore Ravens vs. the San Francisco 49ers attracted three million unique users up 46% from Super Bowl XLVI. In addition, those users generated 10 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/24/2012
As it has for the month of August since it began, NFL Network will air most or all of the NFL’s preseason games. All 65 games will be shown on the network, 11 of which will be live. This includes the annual Hall of Fame Game in Canton, OH which kicks off the preseason. Normally, […]
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Here’s something for you. The NFL has announced that fans who love their football will now have access to the coaches films on NFL.com. Once only available to the media and to the coaches and players themselves, fans will now be able to see the films through the NFL website and through two tablet apps, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/16/2012
Here’s something that was just announced by the National Football League. The entire 2012 regular season schedule will be made public at 7 p.m. Tuesday on NFL Network. The show is called aptly, “The 2012 Schedule Release Show” and it will last three hours. Rich Eisen hosts and he’ll be joined by NFL Network analysts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/12/2012
NFL Media has announced the hiring of four reporters who will appear on NFL Network and/or write for NFL.com. Kim Jones who was last of YES Network as a Yankees beat reporter and WFAN as a part-time host joins NFL Network as an on-air reporter. She will be the New York-based reporter for NFLN. Aditi […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2012
The NFL continues to evolve in the 21st Century. It changed its iconic shield back in 2008, reducing the number of stars in its original logo from 25 to 8. And starting in April during the draft, the NFL will unveil all new logos for NFL Network, NFL.com, NFL Mobile, NFL Films and NFL RedZone. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2012
NFL Media which consists of NFL Network, NFL Films and NFL.com received a total of 14 Sports Emmy Award nominations Tuesday. This includes Outstanding Game Analyst for Mike Mayock of NFL Network who did great work on Thursday Night Football in 2011 stabilizing a position that had been in flux since Cris Collinsworth left for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2012
NBC and the National Football League have announced that 2.1 million people watched the very first legal online stream of the Super Bowl this past Sunday. It marks the largest online audience for a sporting event. In 2011, the NFL announced it would allow NBC to stream Super Bowl XLVI. CBS had requested to stream […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/25/2011
This week, NFL Network will premiere a new series, “The Top 100: Players of 2011”. This is a follow-up to “The Top 100: The NFL’s Greatest Players” and the format will be similar. As with the Greatest Players series, each of the Top 100 will be presented by players, coaches and reporters who admire the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2011
The NFL’s official outlets received their share of Sports Emmy nominations today. A first time nomination for NFL GameDay Morning in the Outstanding Weekly Studio Show category goes to NFL Network. NFL Films received nominations for the co-produced “Lombardi” documentary with HBO Sports. And NFL Films received two nominations for its work on the Showtime/CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/10/2011
This just in from NFL Network, we find that 6.6 million people watched last week’s Scouting Combine which is way up from the 5.2 million that watched last year. I only watch for Rich Eisen running the 40 on the last day, but this is stunning how people just love to watch the prospects for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2011
Finally dug out, but not confident that I’ll be able to get to and from my driveway as the snow stuck quite a bit. We’ll see tomorrow. Anyway, throughout the night, I’ll be catching up on stuff that I could not get to while digging out of the big snowstorm today. Keep your feeds updated. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/13/2010
The announcements about the New York Giants-Minnesota Vikings game just don’t stop. I would like to stop posting about it, but there’s yet another press release, this one from the National Football League. NFL.com will have the game on its website for 24 hours for those would want to see it. New York Giants vs. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2010
We have the programming schedule from NFL Network starting from tonight and heading through next Tuesday. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (11/17-11/23) FIRST PLACE CHICAGO BEARS VISIT MIAMI DOLPHINS ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AT 8:00 PM ET Thursday Night Kickoff Pregame Feature on 25th Anniversary of the Classic Bears-Dolphins MNF Game and a Sneak […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/20/2010
You have the NFL Network’s programs plus various NFL.com chats for the upcoming seven days. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (10/20-10/26) CHAT WITH NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL THURSDAY AT 4:00 PM ET ON NFL.COM MARSHALL FAULK 1-ON-1 WITH VIKINGS RB ADRIAN PETERSON ON nfl gameday morning SUNDAY AT 9:00 AM ET The Top 100: […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2010
The combined forces of NFL Network, NFL Films and NFL.com are discussing the Sports Emmy Award Nominations. Quite impressive. Take a look at the list in this press release. NFL NETWORK, NFL FILMS & NFL.COM EARN RECORD 18 SPORTS EMMY NOMINATIONS ‘NFL REDZONE’ EARNS NOMINATION IN DEBUT SEASON ‘NFL FILMS PRODUCED HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP […]
