0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/4/2011
The Federation Cup Final between Russia and the Czech Republic is this weekend, taking place in Moscow. Vera Zvonereva leads the Russian team against Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. Tennis Channel airs the matches Saturday and Sunday using the World Feed. Should be some interesting matchese. The matches begin Saturday and will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/26/2011
In the wake of ESPN’s recent renewal with the Women’s Tennis Association to put 11 tournaments a year on ESPN3.com, Tennis Channel has reached an agreement with the WTA through 2016. This also includes “TV Everywhere” rights meaning Tennis Channel will have the ability to stream its coverage on computers, mobile phones and tablets. The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/20/2011
Starting next Tuesday, Tennis Channel will have extensive live and same day coverage of the year-ending event on the women’s tennis calendar, the WTA Championships. This year’s event takes place in Istanbul, Turkey after being in Doha, Qatar. Those expected to take part include Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki, Li Na and Samantha Stosur. Tennis Channel […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/13/2011
In the wake of its announcement of carrying the French Open until 2022, Tennis Channel announced this week a renewal of an agreement with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet to continue airing “Wimbledon Primetime” through 2023. While ESPN2 has the rights to air live tennis starting next year, Tennis Channel has been airing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2011
Having spent most of the day at the Providence Civic Center and the Rhode Island Convention Center for a seminar, I wasn’t able to provide linkage. I’ve collected quite a few links for you today so let’s get to them. Michael Hiestand of USA Today goes over the ratings from the weekend and notes that […]
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This just in from Tennis Channel. It has renewed its rights deal to be the main US cable TV rightsholder for the 2nd Grand Slam on the tennis calendar. The new contract will through 2022 ensuring the the event will be on Tennis Channel for a full decade. Tennis Channel began as the main cable […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2011
Last year, I wrote a column for Dan Levy’s Press Coverage site on how to fix the U.S. Open as the tournament sits in yet another weather delay. I suggested that the United States Tennis Association move the U.S. Open back a week and end the tournament on Labor Day. It makes too much sense. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2011
A nice day here in Southern New England and I’m at home watching some good sports action as we have afternoon MLB games, the U.S. Open, a little CFL and some college football later. A good sports day for the Labor Day holiday. Before I do the links, let’s go into one of the stranger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2011
I’m linking in the middle of doing some badly needed DIY projects here at the Fang’s Bites abode so I might be a bit scarce today. I’ll do what I can on this lazy Sunday, the middle of the Labor Day Weekend. The ESPN Ombudsman, Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute responds to Bruce Feldman’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/3/2011
I’ll be heading out later today, but before I do, I’ll provide a few links here. Don’t forget your College Football Viewing Picks are here. The always lovely Rachel Cohen of the Associated Press says the NFL is getting ready to negotiate new contracts with its TV partners. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News writes about […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2011
On Saturday and Sunday, Tennis Channel will have live primetime coverage of the U.S. Open as ESPN2 will have NASCAR and MLB commitments on both nights. So to give its coverage an upgrade, Tennis Channel has signed John McEnroe to join Ted Robinson for the weekend. And it gives the U.S. Open a USA Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2011
Yesterday at 8:30 a.m., I lost power at my house and as of this post, I still don’t have it. The northern part of my town has power, but I live in the southern part and there’s nothing. That’s not good. And RI did not get hit that hard by Irene so I don’t know […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/24/2011
The last couple of days have been tough to provide links as I was out of the office. Glad to be back linking again, although you never know if I’ll be called away again. I’ll try to do what I can. Mike McCarthy of USA Today attended the NFL on CBS media day on Tuesday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2011
Tennis Channel’s partnership with ESPN2 continues with the final Grand Slam tournament of the year in the U.S. Open. Tennis Channel will open its coverage at 11 a.m. each day starting Monday, August 29 and continuing through Thursday, September 8. It will mostly carry daytime coverage starting with the first match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2011
Any time I put “Quick” in the title, it appears I find more linkage than I set out to. Nothing wrong with that. Again, I ended up being outside of the office for an extended time and it looks like that will happen again tomorrow. Don’t know work is so crazy all of a sudden. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/16/2011
Starting next weekend, Tennis Channel gets back to airing live tennis with the preliminary rounds of several US Open Series tournaments. These are the prelims before the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, the U.S. Open in New York. A total of 8 tournaments will be aired starting with the Atlanta Tennis Championships on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/10/2011
I’m at work again, but I’m trying to cope by flicking on the Watch ESPN for the Women’s World Cup game against Brazil. I’ll give you what linkage I can find today. Mike McCarthy of USA Today says Turner Sports has reportedly hired Shaquille O’Neal for its NBA coverage. Still no official comment from Turner. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/8/2011
Starting today, Tennis Channel will air live quarterfinal action in the Davis Cup, the team competition involving countries all over the world. Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and newly-crowned Wimbledon men’s doubles champions, Bob and Mike Bryan will represent the US against Spain in the matches that will be held in Austin, TX. The matches will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/30/2011
Trying to squeeze linkage in while I can. This won’t be a full set of links. I will do the megalinks tomorrow, but today will be a quickie links day. Michael Hiestand of USA Today reports that the ratings for the USA-North Korea game in the Women’s World Cup drew decently for ESPN. Todd Spangler […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2011
Yup, time for the Friday megalinks. As long as I don’t get interrupted, I should be able to do this all in one shot for you. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have a whole lot of sports and entertainment programs so take a gander and see what suits your fancy. To the links. National USA Today’s […]
