0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/15/2011
Let’s do some Saturday linkage for you today. Since Wednesday, I’ve been trying to trying catch up here. John Ourand of Sports Business Daily/Sports Business Journal notes that the NFL and Time Warner Cable have ended carriage talks on NFL Network without an agreement. Phil Swann at TV Predictions says Time Warner Cable failed to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/11/2011
Let’s do some links for you now. First, Sports Business Journal’s editorial team talked with ESPN and NFL executives on the decision to remove Hank Williams, Jr.’s open from Monday Night Football. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings from the weekend in sports television. Mike Lopresti of USA Today writes about Turner […]
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With the cancellation of the first two weeks of the regular season and the loss of 18 nationally televised games on ESPN, NBA TV and TNT, the NBA’s TV partners will now have to look for replacement programming. As we noted yesterday, ABC, ESPN and TNT will lose ad revenue in the wake of its […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2011
Let’s do some Friday linkage for you. MLB Postseason starts up really in earnest with four games on Saturday. College Football in full swing and the NFL completes its first month of games on Sunday. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have everything you need to know in sports and primetime programming. To the linkage. National Michael […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2011
Think of this as MLB’s online companion similar to NASCAR’s Race Buddy. While it’s not the actual game, it’s an online companion that will compliment the TV coverage on TBS. Like Race Buddy which is also run by Turner Sports, Postseason.TV will have camera angles and be made available for a fee for both the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/15/2011
I’m going to post as many links as I can. It’s part of the day where I could be leaving at any time. Let’s do this. From USA Today, Tom Weir writes that the National Hockey League has issued a new social media policy to take effect immediately. Michael Malone of Broadcasting & Cable looks […]
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When Turner Sports began airing the NCAA Tournament this year with CBS, some observers wondered if Turner would expand its college basketball portfolio. It has begun to do so with the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, an early season tournament that has been a staple of ESPN since its inception. The tournament has been played at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2011
NASCAR fans who had been complaining that they could not see races online will now be able to do so via ESPN’s apps. NASCAR, Turner Sports which manages NASCAR.com and ESPN have announced that the popular RaceBuddy online companion to the races will be made available to WatchESPN. In addition, the rest of ESPN’s NASCAR […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2011
I’m going to try to do some Wednesday linkage here. Also have a lot of end of the month/beginning of the month crap to do at work some I’m balancing the two off. Here are the links that I have for now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at NBC’s plans to provide live online coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/22/2011
This in from our friends at Turner Sports, former CNN Sports Tonight anchor Vince Cellini returns to Turner Sports to be a multiplatform host. For traditional media, he’ll join NBA TV and host NBA GameTime. For new media, Vince will host a college football show for NCAA.com as well as continuing as a host for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2011
It’s been a while since I’ve written a Sunday thoughts column and you certainly deserve one here. My apologies for not writing one in a long time. Let’s get cracking. ESPN vs. NBC Is Starting To Heat Up This battle is going to quite interesting. While the book “Those Guys Have all The Fun: Inside […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/13/2011
Last night, legendary Atlanta Braves announcer Ernie Johnson, Sr. passed away at the age of 87. He came to Atlanta with the Braves as they moved from Milwaukee to the South in 1965. He was originally the Braves color announcer starting his broadcasting career in 1962 after being a pitcher in the organization starting in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/4/2011
The last major championship on the PGA calendar, the PGA Championship takes place next weekend at the Atlanta Athletic Club. TNT will offer coverage on TV, online and on mobile platforms for all four rounds starting Thursday, August 11 at 1 p.m. ET. TNT will have exclusive 1st and 2nd round coverage, plus early 3rd […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/1/2011
Lots of stuff coming out today. Rebranding news galore as we found out that Versus will undergo a name change on January 2, 2012. Then there’s Sporting News Radio changing its name to Yahoo! Sports Radio as of today. And Westwood One Radio has merged with Dial-Global today. Crazy day. Let’s do some linkage and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2011
I’ve been out of the office for most of the day as this week has been a bear for some reason. I’ll do some linkage and do as much as I can before being booted out for the day. Mike McCarthy of the USA Today says the MLB All-Star Game on Fox received its lowest […]
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The story was broken last weekend by the great Darren Rovell of CNBC and it became official this morning. The newly-retired Shaquille O’Neal will join the NBA on TNT as a studio analyst. He’ll be part of the crew that includes Ernie Johnson, Jr., Kenny “The Jet” Smith and Charles Barkley. Charles had been lobbying […]
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 6/30/2011
This Saturday, CBS Sports will tap the Turner Sports crew once again for a Midseason MLB Report. The CBS Sports Spectacular will have host Matt Winer joined by TBS MLB analysts Dennis Eckersley, Cal Ripken, Jr. and David Wells to talk about baseball through the halfway point of the season. The show will originate from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/21/2011
Time for the links on this Tuesday. Lots of good stuff to get to. Matthew Futterman of the Wall Street Journal looks at MLB Commissioner Bud Selig rejecting the Los Angeles Dodgers’ deal with Fox which now throws Frank McCourt’s ownership of the team into jeopardy. In Sports Business Journal, Broadcasting & Cable Editor-in-Chief Ben […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/7/2011
We have a statement from Turner Sports President David Levy on the news that Marv Albert is joining the NFL on CBS for the 2011 season. Albert replaces Gus Johnson who left for Fox. Marv will continue as the lead voice for the NBA on TNT as well as continue as one of the main […]
