0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2015
We did the news segment in the first part. Let’s do the linkage and News You Can Use here. LINKAGE Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with Phil and Chris Simms about being television analysts after their playing careers. Deitsch has a preview of what NBC has in store for its Super Bowl XLIX production. Reuters […]
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Ok, you’re owed a notebook. It’s been too long so let’s provide a full set of features for you. We have to do it in two parts. NEWS With Super Bowl Sunday just mere days away, NBC has released its plans for pregame programming. NBC will provide a full six hours of pregame programming beginning […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/26/2015
You’re owed a notebook so let’s start the week of fresh with a new one. Lots of stuff to get to. NEWS It appears that Fox Sports Go will finally be made available to DirecTV subscribers very soon. Fang’s Bites was able to get confirmation from DirecTV that Fox and the satellite provider came to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2015
Let’s do a notebook for this Thursday. NEWS NBC held a big press conference on Wednesday at its World Headquarters in Rockefeller Plaza in New York. It announced a multi-year agreement with Haymon Boxing to air the Premier Boxing Champions series starting with 20 events this year, 14 of which will be in primetime on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2015
We’re back with the notebook after a few days absence. Got busy with a few things so happy to have this back. I’ve plenty of linkage for you. NEWS Ratings from the weekend were delayed due to some problem at the Nielsen headquarters. This happens every so often. NBC said its first Divisional Playoff game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2015
Let’s do a notebook on this Thursday morning. SHAMELESS PLUG Your humble blogger was interviewed by BBC Sportshour which is aired Saturdays on the BBC World Service. Host Caroline Barker talked with yours truly about ESPN’s Stuart Scott and his legacy. The program will be heard at 10 a.m. in the UK which means 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2015
Time for some predictions for 2015. Looking back through the archives, the last predictions post on this site was done in 2012 so it’s time to do one now. I’ll do it a little differently than in previous years. Here goes. January The first-ever College Football National Championship Game on ESPN draws a record cable […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/30/2014
It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these. You deserve better from me and I apologize for the lack of posts. Life has gotten in the way. I’ve become a caregiver for my parents as they’ve gotten older. If you follow me
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2014
She kind of let the cat slip out of the bag during ESPN’s College GameDay last month when she was the celebrity prognosticator in Mississippi. Katy Perry mentioned that she was in talks with the NFL to perform at Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona. Well, those talks were successful as the NFL made it official […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2014
Yup. After Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona in February, the NFL will eschew the Roman numerals and use regular numbers starting with Super Bowl 50. The local Super Bowl organizing committee had sought to have “50” showcased instead of “L” so the NFL agreed and thus instead of the league ordaining the 50th Super Bowl […]
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 2/4/2014
After recalculating the numbers, Fox has even more reason to crow about the Super Bowl XLVIII ratings and viewership. The viewership which was reported to be 111.5 million has now been adjusted upward. According to Fox and Nielsen, 112.2 million viewers watched Super Bowl XLVIII which is now the new record for any televised event […]
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This from Fox Sports, Super Bowl XLVIII was the most-viewed event online. Fox Sports Go’s stream was watched by an average 528,000 people per minute. The peak audience was 1.1 million at 9:11 p.m. ET. This broke the previous record of 508,000 views per minute for Super Bowl XLVII on CBSSports.com last year. Here’s the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2014
This wraps up the coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII with a podcast that reviews the game itself, looks at the ratings, how the ads did for their marketers and a review of the ads themselves. The guests are one veteran of the old Sports Media Weekly podcast and two newcomers. Our first guest is John […]
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Call me stunned. With a 43-8 blowout and a game over in the first half, I thought there was no chance that Super Bowl XLVIII would break Super Bowl XLVI’s viewership record of 111.3 million people. Instead, people stayed to watch and with some commercials running late in the game that had generated some social […]
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A network broadcasting the Super Bowl depends so heavily on the game being close. Unfortunately after a stretch of ten years of relatively close contests, we were bound to get a stinker and that’s what happened on Sunday when Super Bowl XLVIII started with a safety and went downhill from there, resulting in a dominant […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/2/2014
A++++++++++ 24 on Fox [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo4_r5RlBII&sns=em&rel=0&w=560&h=315] A+++ Budweiser: Puppy Love [youtube=http://youtu.be/uQB7QRyF4p4&rel=0&w=560&315] A Bank of America: U2 Invisible Cheerios: Gracie [youtube=http://youtu.be/LKuQrKeGe6g&rel=0&w=560&h=315] T-Mobile: Tim Tebow, No Contract Wonderful Pistachios: Colbert II Toyota Highlander: Muppets T-Mobile: Tim Tebow, No Contract Budweiser: A Hero’s Welcome [youtube=http://youtu.be/K7L5QByvXOQ&rel=0&w=560&315] NFL: Together We Make Football Microsoft: What is Technology? SodaStream: ScarJo B Ford Fusion […]
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Coca-Cola: Adrian — B Butterfinger: Cup Therapy — F Microsoft: What is Technology? — A Hyundai: Elantra — B Jaguar: Good to Be Bad — B Dannon Oikos: Full House — B NFL: NFL Now — C T-Mobile: No Contracts — B SodaStream: ScarJo — A 24 on Fox — A++++++++++ Budweiser: Best Buds– A+++ […]
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Audi: Compromise — B Quick Books: Goldie Blox — C T-Mobile: Tim Tebow, No Contract — A Axe Peace: Make Love, Not War — B Chobani: How Matters — B Kia: K900 — B Sprint: Framily Plan — C Heinz: If You’re Happy — B Honda: Hugfest — B Budweiser: Homecoming — A Chrysler: America’s […]
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Bud Light: Cool Twist — C T-Mobile: Tim Tebow, No Contract — A Weather Tech: Made in America — C Transformers — D Volkswagen: Wings — B Wonderful Pistachios: Colbert I — B H&M: Beckham Bodywear — C Wonderful Pistachios: Colbert II — A Marvel Studios: The Amazing Spiderman 2 — B Carmax: Slowclap — […]
