0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/6/2013
So Fox Sports 1 has been officially announced? What’s next? The launch on Saturday, August 17 which will include a NASCAR Truck Series race and a UFC card. During the event that introduced US version of Fox Sports 1 to the world (let’s not forget the original Fox Sports 1 in Australia), we learned that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2013
The worst kept secret in sports media finally gets pushed from behind the curtain and will be officially unveiled to advertisers and the media on Tuesday. Fox Sports officials will be at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York to tell the world what the average fan will see on the new Fox Sports 1 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/28/2013
Last year, the NFL Scouting Combine attracted 6.51 million viewers. Now with all of the major cable and satellite providers on board, NFL Network saw a total viewership of 7.25 million, up 11% from last year. Does having Cablevision and Time Warner Cable in the fold this year help the numbers in 2013? Absolutely, but […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/23/2013
Let’s do a notebook tonight, shall we? If I can’t do linkage and it always seems something gets in the way these days, I might as well do a notebook. I’ll try to provide as many links and stories as possible here. Interesting story from The Big Lead. The daily 9 a.m.-3 p.m. ET SportsCenter […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/19/2013
This marks the 9th year that NFL Network will air wall-to-wall coverage of the NFL Scouting Combine from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. It has turned into ratings gold for NFL Network as over 6.5 million people watched the event last year. NFL Network begins its coverage of the Scouting Combine on Thursday into […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2013
When CBS opened its broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, the network used this produced package featuring past Super Bowl MVP’s including Joe Namath and Lynn Swann. This set a new standard for opens. This was a mashup of Queen’s We Will Rock You by Helmut VonLichten with the NFL on CBS theme by […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2013
I’ll do some linkage here. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says Dick Vitale finally gets to call the NCAA Final Four, but for an international audience. John Ourand at Sports Business Daily reports that Fox is in talks with Regis Philbin to host a show on Fox Sports 1. Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report wonders […]
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 2/4/2013
This from the National Football League and the Columbia Broadcasting System. Both are saying that Super Bowl XLVII set a record in total viewership. For the game which has been divided into two time periods, 6:32-8:41 p.m. ET and 9:11 p.m.-10:47 p.m. ET minus the Superdome power outage, the telecast saw a total viewership of […]
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We have a lot of reviews, recaps and critiques of CBS’ production of Super Bowl XLVII. Phil Simms is a common theme here. Keep that in mind as you read the stories from across the country. If there’s one thing that unites sports media observers, it’s bad announcing. Here’s my review that was written very […]
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We have the numbers from CBS. Super Bowl XLVII did not set a viewership record, ending a three year streak that ended with last year’s Super Bowl that averaged 111.3 million viewers. Still, the average viewership for this year’s Big Game resulted in an astounding 108.41 million people who watched the contest between the Baltimore […]
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One advantage of radio is that when power goes out, you go to telephones to make due until the electricity comes back. That is what happened to Dial Global Radio, the national audio NFL rightsholder and broadcaster of the Super Bowl. Kevin Harlan was at the mic when the blackout occurred. After some dead air, […]
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We have the official press release from CBS Sports in regards to the overnight ratings record for Super Bowl XLVII. The ratings breakdown tells us a slight downwards blip after the Ravens scored on the 2nd half kickoff and blackout, but then soared as the San Francisco 49ers made their comeback to make the game […]
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This in from CBS. We’re learning that despite a blackout and a studio crew vamping for 35 minutes, Super Bowl XLVII set an overnight ratings record. If this holds for the final rating, we may be on the way to a viewership record which would surprise your humble blogger. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves […]
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On Sunday, the Super Bowl was played in New Orleans for the tenth time, tying with Miami as the most times a city has hosted the Big Game. And in a city that is known for voodoo and the macabre, the tenth time in the Crescent City turned out to the most bizarre of any […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2013
In the midst of the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVII, the Louisiana Superdome got hit with an electrical blackout forcing a delay in the game of 35 minutes. CBS scrambled into delay mode with sideline reporters Steve Tasker and Solomon Wilcots before tossing it to the Super Bowl Today crew of James Brown, Bill […]
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Now we have the final part of the quotage for the Super Bowl XLVII edition of NFL GameDay Morning. This is part 3. NEWS & SOUND BITES FROM SUPER BOWL SUNDAY EDITION OF NFL GAMEDAY MORNING – PART 3 OF 3 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET Quotes from NFL GameDay Morning – “Ray Lewis […]
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Let’s look at Part 2 of today’s quotage from NFL GameDay Morning. NEWS & SOUND BITES FROM SUPER BOWL SUNDAY EDITION OF NFL GAMEDAY MORNING – PART 2 OF 3 12 Noon – 3:00 PM ET Quotes from NFL GameDay Morning – “Ray Lewis is the face, he’s the attitude – he’s everything – and […]
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NFL Network is sending out quotage from its 8½ hour NFL GameDay Morning marathon in three parts. This is Part I. NEWS & SOUND BITES FROM SUPER BOWL SUNDAY EDITION OF NFL GAMEDAY MORNING – PART 1 OF 3 9:00 AM – 12 Noon ET Quotes from NFL GameDay Morning – “The better team is […]
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I haven’t been able to post as much as I would like over the last week and it’s usually a busy week on the site. My apologies. I will be here throughout today to update things and I’ll provide my grades to the Super Bowl ads after each quarter. Some quick thoughts as we get […]
