0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2013
Remember last year when Turner took over March Madness Live and it was so complicated to authenticate to get the free streaming of the NCAA Tournament? And it got to the point where some gave up while others got so frustrated, they decided to pay the $3.99 fee even though they could have watched for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/21/2012
I have some time on this NFL Sunday to provide some rare weekend linkage. Let’s get to it. Chris Chase at USA Today’s Game On blog notes that Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder has confirmed that he’s dating ESPN College GameDay’s Samantha Steele. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News talks about the Pac-12 Networks being made […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/19/2012
After having the maximum amount of 20 combined Wild Card and League Division Games, TBS ended up with the minimal amount of just four American League Championship games as the ALCS ended in a Detroit Tigers sweep of the New York Yankees. Despite the four game procession, TBS did well, getting an increase from last […]
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It’s been too long since I’ve done a links post and why not do this with a Friday megalink post. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have all of my sports and entertainment suggestions. Now to your linkage. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today talks with Fox’s Erin Andrews about her being put under a bigger microscope […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/16/2012
Time for some long overdue sports media thoughts. First I want to apologize for the lack of content over the last three days. I’ve been helping in dealing with a family crisis and that’s been taking my time. Suffice to say that it might influence the number of posts this week into next. I’ll do […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/13/2012
With the League Division Series over, it’s time for the League Championship Series which begin on Saturday. TBS airs the American League Championship Series. Fox has the National League Championship Series. ESPN Radio has both series. Here’s the schedule and announcers for both LCS. AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees Game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/12/2012
It’s a quick turnaround. Saturday night begins the American League Championship Series between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, long-time rivals dating back to the early days of the AL. Now they’ll meet the in ALCS starting at 8:07 p.m. on Saturday. TBS will be the network offering full coverage of the ALCS […]
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For the first time since MLB began the League Division Series format began in 1995, all four series will go the distance. And TBS for the first time since obtaining the rights to the MLB Postseason in 2007, it will have the maximum amount of first round games, 20 out of a possible 20 (2 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2012
With Major League Baseball having a full array of League Division Series games on Wednesday, there’s the possibility of it happening again on Thursday, provided that Oakland and San Francisco extend their series tonight. If that happens, then Turner Sports will get a full array of games with three being aired on TBS and a […]
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Let’s do some links now. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily says the MLB TV partners saw record low ratings this season. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch reviews ESPN2’s first foray into pro hockey since losing the NHL in 2005. Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that Bob Costas is back calling postseason baseball for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2012
Turner Sports is gearing up for a busy day on Wednesday. Depending on what happens on Tuesday, TBS and TNT could combine to air three League Division Series games. As we know, MLB Network will be airing Game 3 of the St. Louis-Washington series at 1 p.m. ET. Then 4:07 p.m., TBS will come in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2012
Ok, time for some links on this Columbus Day holiday for some of you. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has a bunch of news and notes in his Monday sports media column including a recap of the NFL Today interview with scab NFL referee Lance Easley. Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable says the first-ever […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2012
TBS tells us that it’s averaging just under four million viewers for the first two days of the 2012 MLB Postseason, mainly for the new Wild Card Games on Friday and Games 1 for two League Division Division Series on Saturday. That’s up 26% from last year when TBS had no Wild Card Games. Also […]
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Ok, let’s go over the Viewing Guide for Week 5 in The League Where They Play For Pay. So where were you last week? Um, I forgot? Will you take that excuse? I simply forgot. Eating chicken wings and General Tso’s Chicken will do that to you. Lame excuse, but I’ll take it. So are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2012
Sorry about not updating the site until now. My entire Saturday was planned for me and the same for Sunday so you probably won’t see NFL pregame quotage until late. The MLB Wild Card Games on TBS on Friday did well. Overnight ratings showed that the Channel Formerly Known As The Superstation registered an average […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/5/2012
Time to provide the American and National League Division Series. This will be updated often so you may want to bookmark this post. I’ll provide days, times, networks (don’t forget MLB Network is involved for the first time) and announcers. Let’s go. Oh yes, all times are Eastern. If you’re in a different time zone, […]
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Now that we have the schedule for the first three days of the League Division Series, TBS has provided the announcing assignments for the games. We already knew that Don Orsillo, Buck Martinez and Jaime Maggio would be calling the Oakland-Detroit series and Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Joe Simpson and Tom Verducci would be on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2012
Turner Sports has sent the announcing assignments for the Wild Card games on Friday and Games 1 of two League Division Series on Saturday. The crew featuring Brian Anderson, Ron Darling and Joe Simpson will be working back-to-back games in two different time zones on Friday and Saturday. They’ll call the National League Wild Card […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2012
We’ve been waiting for the start times for the start times for the first-ever MLB Wild Card Playoff Games which will be played Friday. TBS will air both contests. Don’t have announcing assignments yet, but I’m sure they will be coming soon. Here’s how they shape up. NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD GAME St. Louis at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2012
Now that we know what comprises the new TV deals for Major League Baseball starting in 2014, let’s summarize and go over them from ESPN to Turner Sports with Fox Sports and MLB Network in between. Wading through all of the features each partner receives, we know that MLB will increase its total take from […]
