0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2013
Ok, I wasn’t able to get to do linkage during the day so in lieu of a Friday post, I’ll make this a weekend post so you can go through these at your leisure. So while I watch some Australian Rules Football, I’ll do a nice links post for you. Let’s begin with John Ourand […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/7/2013
Ok. I’ve owed you some Sports Media Thoughts for a long time and they’re way overdue. I’ll provide three today and hope to write another post before I head to a wedding this weekend. Needless to say, I won’t be updating much from the road. As usual, they come in bullet form, He’s polarizing. He’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/6/2013
As the main US cable rightsholder for the French Open, Tennis Channel gets a very good men’s semifinal on Friday. It will carry the Rafael Nadal-Novak Djokovic match live in all time zones at 7 a.m. ET. Tennis’ best announcing team, Ted Robinson and John McEnroe will call the match. Winner will advance to the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2013
I’ve been neglecting a couple of things that have been staples of this site, linkage and sports media thoughts. I’m taking care of linkage today. I hope to have a sports media thoughts post this week. It’s all about managing time. Let’s go. Richard Deitsch of Sports lllustrated has his usual weekly media column. He […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/20/2013
Tennis Channel, the main cable rightsholder for the French Open, has announced its coverage plans for second Grand Slam tournament of the year. This year, Tennis Channel will begin its coverage during the first week at 10 a.m. ET, then move to 5 a.m. on the first weekend. John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2013
From Sports Business Daily’s John Ourand, we learn that ESPN is close to taking another Grand Slam tennis tournament away from network television. In 2011, ESPN wrested Wimbledon away from NBC after the network had broadcast the event dating back to 1968. The entire tournament became an all-cable event last year. Now, ESPN appears to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2013
I know. I haven’t done links in a very long time. Let me provide some for you. I won’t make promises about providing them regularly as every time I do, something happens to make me break that promise. But I hope to bring linkage to you more often. I’ll begin with John Ourand of Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2013
They haven’t played in a while, but they are tonight at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA. Yes, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer meet for the 29th time in their storied careers. It’s only the second time they’ve ever played before a semifinal. Rafa and Fed will play in the quarters of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/4/2013
Did you know Monday is World Tennis Day? I didn’t know either, but as a tennis fan, I’m all behind this. Tennis Channel will have full coverage of the day. It begins at 6:30 a.m. ET/3:30 a.m. PT with live coverage of the BNP Paribas Showdown: Hong Kong, live from Hong Kong, of course. Participating […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2013
This from Tennis Channel, the fledging sports network that is hoping to gain wider access. It has announced it has hired three new anchors of its minute-long “Court Report” updates that run four times per night, at the top of the hour between 7-10 p.m. ET. We have details below. TENNIS CHANNEL RINGS IN 2013 […]
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 1/13/2013
Tennis Channel will have daily coverage of the Australian Open starting each night at 7 p.m. beginning on Monday, January 14. The network will carry some 30 hours of live tennis coverage which will be encompassed into 180 hours of tournament coverage. Bill Macatee will be the lead announcer and he’ll be joined by Martina […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2012
If you’re a fan of tennis, the upcoming weeks will be quite fun. This week is the year-ending WTA Championships for the women’s tour. Then next month, the ATP Tour will be setting up for its year-end championships in London. This week in Istanbul, the the top eight players of 2012 and top four doubles […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2012
The US Open may have finished, but the tennis calendar is not finished yet. This weekend, the Davis Cup semifinals take place. Team USA is involved taking on defending champion Spain in Gijon. With Rafael Nadal out with an injury, the United States has an opportunity to advance to the finals against either Argentina or […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2012
I hope you enjoyed your Labor Day Weekend. Let’s do a few sports media thoughts for you on this back to work Tuesday. They’re in bullet form as always. In this week’s Sports Business Journal, John Ourand reports that both Fox and CBS/Turner are looking to combine packages to force the other out of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/27/2012
The Office Move From Hell set me back in posting over the last two weeks so I’m trying to catch up with a few things. On Monday, the final tennis Grand Slam begins with the U.S. Open in New York. There will be four networks bringing this event to viewers. It’s to the point where […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2012
Haven’t been able to provide the Friday megalinks in a while. Let’s do an edition today. Normally I include a link to the Weekend Viewing Picks, but I’ll be doing that tonight so you can find it on my site when it’s posted. If you follow me on Twitter or have an RSS feed, you’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2012
Olympics start today with women’s soccer and there’s more soccer action tomorrow on the men’s side. Let’s bring you some linkage before I get distracted by the live streaming. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand reports that Erin Andrews will get some high profile NFL assignments working with the Fox Sports “A” announcing team of Joe Buck, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/18/2012
Time for the links on this Wednesday. Let’s check out what we have. Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about the Olympics, Jerry Sandusky and being short. That’s right. Daniel Kaplan from the Sports Business Journal writes that the NFL will not sign a telecommunications partner this season and will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/12/2012
Starting tonight with the WTA’s Bank of the West tournament, Tennis Channel will cover just about all of the tournaments of the U.S. Open Series leading up to the U.S. Open in late August. The coverage includes five ATP Tour events and three WTA tournaments plus one combined event. That means nine of the 10 […]
