0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2014
On February 2, the Fox Sports Go app which currently is available to select authenticated cable subscribers including Cablevision’s Optimum and Comcast’s Xfinifty, will open up to everyone so people can see Super Bowl XLVIII online. Fox is calling this a “Special Preview” and the app will open to all starting at noon ET and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2014
This is the last of four posts regarding Fox and Super Bowl XLVIII. While Fox Sports 1 made a big splash when it launched on August 19 of last year, it hasn’t been making ripples in the sports media pond since. It will during Super Bowl Week when it goes all out to air shoulder […]
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With Super Bowl XLVIII being played in the New York-New Jersey area, Fox is definitely using the New York City backdrop as a theme for its Fox Super Bowl Sunday pregame show which hits the air on Sunday, February 2 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. The show will begin in New York’s Times Square […]
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On Saturday, February 1 and Sunday, February 2, Fox is going to air three NFL-related specials. The 3rd Annual NFL Honors will air on Saturday in a two-hour primetime special that will recognize the annual Associated Press honors for the best players and various performances. Alec Baldwin will host the show which will take place […]
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Ok. This is the first of four Fox/Fox Sports/Fox Sports 1 Super Bowl XLVIII-centric posts. Yesterday, the Fang’s Bites inbox received the Fox Super Bowl press bundle and four announcements were attached. Those for announcements will be posted here. The first announcement deals with the promotional campaign the Fox TV networks on both broadcast and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2014
Here are a couple of notes that you may have missed from the last couple of weeks: Right at the start of the new year, the Philadelphia Phillies and Comcast SportsNet announced a new 25-year agreement that keeps the team on the RSN well past the current agreement that expires in 2015. Sports Business Daily […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2013
It’s time to look back at the Year in Sports Media. Once again, it was a rather busy year in covering sports media. Since beginning this site in 2007, covering sports media has grown to a 24/7 beat. It’s never enough to cull stories to 10. That’s why I have “The Big Dozen.” Why is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2013
This from our friends at Fox Sports. All in-game ads for Super Bowl XLVIII at New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey has been sold out. That means the game is sold out with just under two months until the game is played on Sunday, February 2, 2014. Fox says some advertising inventory for the online […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2013
I haven’t done a sports media thoughts post in a very long while. I keep telling you life is getting into the way of my posting and this has been the case for the last two months. One of these days, it will clear up. Here are some quick thoughts for you on this Sunday. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2013
Here’s some quick linkage on this Thursday. Rick Kissell of Variety notes that Fox Deportes is holding off its rivals from ESPN and Univision. Mike McCarthy at Advertising Age says Jaguar is going to air its first Super Bowl ad in February. Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing looks at the TV ratings juggernaut that is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/22/2013
Let’s do some linkage today. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with ESPN’s Chris Fowler and looks at the first days of Fox Sports 1. Richard talks with new Fox Football Daily analyst Randy Moss. Paul Sanford at Sports Business Daily compares and contrasts Wednesday night’s edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter to Fox Sports 1’s Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2013
Fox Sports 1 continues to obtain content. For the week of Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey, Fox Sports 1 is putting together several events in the New York metro area to tie into the Big Game. On Saturday, February 1, Fox Sports 1 will air a college basketball doubleheader live from Madison Square Garden […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2013
Let’s do some links today. Brian Steinberg of Variety reports that Fox Sports is bundling Fox Sports 1 to potential Super Bowl XLVIII advertisers. That’s one way to get ads on the new network. Brian Lowry of Variety says Tennis Channel is crying foul at Comcast in trying to gain carriage on the cable provider’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2013
Let’s go over the entire list of those who won hardware in the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The awards were handed out at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Overall, NBC Sports Group has reason to crow with 23 Emmys, the most of any sports media group. Turner Sports was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/7/2013
NBC was the network to garner the most Sports Emmy Awards with 11 taking home the bacon for the Olympics, Sunday Night Football, Super Bowl XLVI, Bob Costas, Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth. That’s a lot of hardware. The next highest award-winner was HBO with six. Here’s NBC’s press release. NBC SPORTS GROUP COLLECTS 11 […]
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The 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were handed out tonight in New York at Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center. Thanks to Josh Krulewitz, ESPN public relations maven, I can list the individual winners. I’ll have a full list from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences tomorrow and I’ll post […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2013
With the sad news of the passing of former NFL player and broadcaster Pat Summerall, I’ll provide you with a timeline of his broadcasting career. Summerall was one of the best NFL play-by-play announcers of all time. One of the few who did both play-by-play and analysis during his career, he also branched out to […]
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 2/7/2013
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 […]
