0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2013
On Sunday, CBS Sports airs the official NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show at 6 p.m. ET. It marks the 32nd consecutive year that the Tiffany Network will air the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Greg Gumbel will host and be joined by Greg Anthony, Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis in New York. Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg […]
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Announced today by the CBS/Turner Sports consortium for the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the 75th incarnation of college basketball’s national championship, will be the men and women who will be in front of the camera this year. As usual, Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr will work the Final Four™ from Atlanta. Some changes from […]
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 1/24/2013
Well, this is an interesting hire by CNN/Turner Sports. We haven’t seen regular sports coverage on CNN since the demise of the late, great nightly Sports Tonight that was co-anchored by Nick Charles and Fred Hickman. Now comes word that CNN and Turner have hired reporter Rachel Nichols. She’ll be utilized by CNN right away […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2013
Time for the look back at the Year in Sports Media in 2012. Lots of great stuff. The year has been very interesting and we have seen a lot of things. Just doing a Top Ten is never enough for the Year in Review. It’s always an even dozen with some honorable mentions mixed in. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2012
I’ll do a few links for you this evening. I’ll start with a strange story that surfaced today from a University of Maryland journalism class during which ESPN Vice President and Executive Editor John Walsh made some rather strange statements about Deadspin’s John Koblin over the Lynn Hoppes plagiarism situation. Deadspin has raised issues of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/26/2012
It’s been a while since I’ve done linkage. I’ll provide some on this Cyber Monday. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says having Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game will bring in some monster ratings for ESPN. Chris Chase of USA Today’s Game On notes that the NFL had Rich Eisen and NFL Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/12/2012
Long a staple of ESPN’s college basketball programming and played at Madison Square Garden, this year marks a change for this year’s Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, both for venue and network. The Coaches vs. Cancer Classic moves from Manhattan to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and also goes to Turner’s truTV. In addition, Turner will utilize Brian […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2012
On Tuesday, TNT will have the season opening games for the new season. It begins with the Boston Celtics taking on the Miami Heat. Included in the coverage will be the Ring Ceremony as the Heat celebrates its championship from last season. Marv Albert, Steve Kerr and the Czar of the Telestrator, Mike Fratello will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/25/2012
We’re up to Podcast Edition No. 124 and Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I are steaming along as we continue to talk with the movers and shakers in sports media. In this show, Keith and I talk about: The World Series on Fox. The NHL lockout effecting NBC Sports Network’s programming. Armen Keteyian […]
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 […]
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 10/4/2012
Let’s do a few links for you. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the local MLB TV ratings. Mike Ozanian from Forbes explains what the new national MLB TV deals mean for the upcoming bids for the Los Angeles Dodgers TV rights. Georg Szalai of the Hollywood Reporter has an NBC Sports executive defending […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2012
Time for some linkage in this mid-week and last day of the 2012 MLB regular season. Lots of things to get to. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand analyzes the new MLB TV deals with Fox and Turner. Nate Davis of USA Today’s Game On blog previews tonight’s NFL Network “A Football Life” documentary. John Ourand and […]
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 […]
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Let’s do a few links on this Tuesday. Edmund Lee of Bloomberg analyzes the new MLB TV deals with Fox and Turner. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says with some playoff spots decided, ESPN has dropped plans for a duel MLB doubleheaders on Wednesday. Jacqueline Palank of the Wall Street Journal reviews ESPN’s 30 for […]
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We get the official MLB announcement on its new eight year media rights deals with Fox Sports and Turner Sports. We have highlights of the deal. There will be no more silly blackouts of the Fox Saturday Baseball games. They will be available on the out-of-market MLB Extra Innings package and MLB.TV. MLB Network will […]
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We have received the official announcement from Turner Sports of its new eight year deal with Major League Baseball. We know about the 13 regular season games it will carry with no local blackouts. We know of the one Wild Card Playoff Game and two League Division Series. We did not know that the two […]
