0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2011
Lots of things to get to today. I hope to get everything in during one long linkfest, but if I can’t, I’ll try to do it in multiple parts. We begin with USA Today’s Mike McCarthy who says despite the ratings being down for the Rose and Fiesta Bowls as ESPN takes over the games […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2011
The numbers for the Rose and Fiesta Bowl are in and they are good for ESPN. Overall, they’re down considerably from when they were on broadcast TV last year, but ESPN doesn’t care. They still beat the ratings on both broadcast and cable on Saturday. Both beat the Winter Classic by wide margins. ESPN’s Rose […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/23/2010
Starting next Wednesday, Big Ten Network will air live studio shows from Pasadena, CA, site of the Rose Bowl. Host Dave Revsine along with analysts Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith will be on the West Coast to preview Wisconsin taking on TCU in the The Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. Should be fun to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2010
Ok, let’s continue to provide the links on this Tuesday. Alex Weprin at SportsNewser notes that Steven A. “A is for Allegory” Smith announced that he’s leaving his morning show on Fox Sports Radio effective Thursday. Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News writes that ESPN2 airs the best-of-three exhibition series of matches between tennis giants Roger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/18/2010
Let’s give you some linkage since I wasn’t able to do that last night. Jon Lafayette of Broadcasting & Cable reports that NBC has sold out its ad inventory for the NHL Winter Classic. George Winslow of B&C says the Portland Trail Blazers have upgraded their broadcast control facilities to full 5.1 sound surround. Mike […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2010
I’ll provide some linkage for you today. This has nothing to do with sports media, just a very well written article by Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski who shares his thoughts on Bob Feller who passed away Wednesday night at the age of 92. At the Wall Street Journal, Jason Gay facetiously writes that ESPN will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2010
Ok, been a crazy morning. Now that everything with New York Giants-Minnesota has been worked out, I can move on to other things. Let’s do your linkage. At ESPN.com, Greg Garber looks back at NBC’s experiment of an announcerless NFL game 30 years ago. Tim Graham at ESPN.com also has a story on the experiment. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2010
This release came yesterday and I couldn’t get to post it. I’ll do so now. The New Year’s Day bowl games, the Capital One and Rose Bowls rated well for ABC. ABC’s New Year’s Bowl Games Both See Increased Ratings Strong Local Overnight Ratings for ESPN Bowl Games Include Many Records BCS National […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2009
Let’s give you a few more links before shutting things down for the night. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy says the BCS’ transition to cable is complete with the Rose Bowl going to ESPN in 2011. My new best friend, Neil Best of Newsday writes that Brett Favre will be one of the first guests on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/13/2009
As I have the Red Sox-Phils on NESN on my TV and Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 from CBC on my computer, I’m finishing up the Megalinks so I can go to bed early and head for NYC tomorrow for the Blogs With Balls conference. Let’s update some of our earlier links. National CNBC’s Darren […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2009
Let’s get to the Friday megalinks. I want to get this done and leave my Friday free so I can rest up for the drive to NYC for the Blogs With Balls conference tomorrow. Don’t expect any blog posts, but I will be Tweeting from there so if you
0 comments by Ken Fang
Working on this story. Coming from the Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, ESPN has announced that the Rose Bowl will be cable-only in 2011. Working on the story. More to follow. UPDATE, 12:11 p.m.: This would put the entire Bowl Championship Series on cable. ESPN made a deal with the other BCS games back in […]
