0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/25/2011
Time for the mid-week links. Lots of stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings from some of the events held this past weekend. Michael says networks may have to scramble to fill holes if the NFL lockout extends into October and November. Brian Lowry at Fox Sports wonders if […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this Tuesday. News broke last evening about Gus Johnson leaving CBS and possibly going to Fox. We’ll be following this story today and anything else that breaks. Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk examines the move by CBS to allow Gus to walk away. Mike McCarthy of USA Today bids […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2011
Turner Sports came in to grab the NBA cable package from ESPN and USA in 1984-85 and ever since, it has been a major part of the league’s growth and popularity. It’s to the point where TNT is now the Network of Record for the NBA over any of the current TV partners. The games […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/1/2011
On this first day in May, it is time to take a look at how a couple of networks could improve their presentations during postseason time. As teams raise their game, so should the networks as more people watch and focus on the action on the court or the ice. This is not where networks […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/25/2011
Turner Sports’ networks will be all over the NBA Playoffs tonight and tomorrow. TNT will carry a doubleheader each night and NBA TV will carry one game both evenings. We have full details on what each channel will bring you. Coverage of the NBA Playoffs Continues on TNT and NBA TV TNT’s coverage of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2011
In a big break in the NHL US TV rights bidding, John Ourand of Sports Business Journal tells us that two prospective networks have dropped out. .bbpBox60073786942300160 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/a/1302646548/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} Turner, Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2011
This is being posted later than normal, but I didn’t want to omit my duties of providing the Sunday thoughts. I’m trying to avoid doing so because I’m in denial over the following thoughts over two sites. I feel if I don’t write the following paragraphs, maybe they’ll still be around. Anyway, here’s what I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/12/2011
I was trying to post links last night and was making really good progress when, you guessed it, I fell asleep with the computer on again. That’s not good. So I’ll combine the full set of links that I found last night with this edition so you have a pretty good set of stories to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2011
Let’s provide you with some more links. Stephen Wilson of the Associated Press says the International Olympic Committee hopes to have the US TV rights for the 2014/16 Olympics and possibly the 2018/20 Games awarded by mid-June. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand notes that without UConn in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Game, ESPN did not […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2011
Maybe it was the increase in the use of smartphones and tablets or maybe it was fans using March Madness on Demand as a compliment to the TV coverage or people using it to watch the games outright, but there was huge spike in the numbers of views and visits to MMOD this year. Not […]
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I have news slogans in my head today, so I’m using “Live & Local” in the title. Let’s do your linkage. Lots to get to. John Ourand at Sports Business Daily notes that CBS received a decent 13.3 overnight rating for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, but it was down from last year. USA Today’s […]
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On a night where Dancing with the Stars usually reigns supreme, CBS got a very solid average viewership of 20.1 million people. While the rating of 11.7 with an 18 share is down from last year’s monster 14.2/23, getting 20.1 million people is quite an accomplishment. CBS will take that audience every time. In addition, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2011
You know those naysayers who thought an all-Mid Major matchup between VCU and Butler would drop CBS to low ratings for the Final Four®? It didn’t happen. With two close games, CBS an average rating of 8.9 with a 17 share. That’s the highest rating for a Final Four broadcast on CBS in six years. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/1/2011
I’m going to try to post some of the Friday megalinks. This won’t be an entire post. Unless something happens, I should be able to get most of them in. Of course, you can find the Weekend Viewing Picks for your sports and primetime programs. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand and Mike McCarthy debate whether […]
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Saturday, April 2 College GameDay, live from Houston – ESPN, noon NCAA Tip-Off – truTV, 3 p.m. College Basketball SportsCenter – ESPN, 4 p.m. The Final Four Show – CBS, 4 p.m. NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX National Semifinals Butler vs. VCU – CBS, 6:09 p.m. UConn vs. Kentucky – CBS, 8:49 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/31/2011
Just received this from the CBS/Turner collaborative regarding this Saturday’s Final Four®. This is the first year that Turner will have a hand in the coverage and an extensive pregame show will be aired on truTV before CBS’ coverage starts at 4 p.m. Eastern. Then the games will air, Butler-VCU at 6:09 p.m. then Kentucky-UConn […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/30/2011
Ok, let’s do the Wednesday linkage. Quite a few things to get to. We begin with Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal who when we last saw him during the World Series last October, was wearing a bowtie despite his protests to management. Well, we find that Ken will continue wearing a bowtie this season, but rather […]
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This just in from CBS/Turner, actually I got this on Tuesday, but due to the Denial of Service attack on the server that houses this blog (apparently, I was not the target, but this still affected me!), I wasn’t able to post this right away. Because the great people at CBS Sports and Turner Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/29/2011
Thanks to the server host getting a Denial of Service attack last night, Fang’s Bites has been down for most of the day. Not happy for not being able to blog for most of the day, although I’m back up for now. I apologize for the inconvenience. I’ll give you linkage now and hope you’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2011
From Turner Sports, we have the numbers for March Madness on Demand and the visits online for the NCAA Tournament are way up from last year. According to Turner, the number of visits from computers, iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches were up 16% from last year. During the second and third rounds, March Madness on […]
