0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2016
On Tuesday, May 10 at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York, the Sports Emmy Awards were handed out to the national sports networks nominated in a number of categories. FS1 was the network that received the most with 8 awards. NBC was next with 7 followed by FoxSports.com with 6 then […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2015
Let’s do a notebook on this Thursday morning. SHAMELESS PLUG Your humble blogger was interviewed by BBC Sportshour which is aired Saturdays on the BBC World Service. Host Caroline Barker talked with yours truly about ESPN’s Stuart Scott and his legacy. The program will be heard at 10 a.m. in the UK which means 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/15/2014
As Univision ends its long association with the World Cup dating back to 1972, it goes out on top with its most-viewed Final in the network’s history. The Final between Germany and Argentina drew 9.2 million total viewers and an impressive five million in the key 18-49 age demographic. For Univision, the entire month of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2014
As we wrap up the World Cup, it’s time to hand out the awards for soccer’s ultimate event. As you know, this is the last year for ESPN and Univision before they hand off to Fox and Telemundo. Both ESPN and Univision are coming off record ratings and viewership giving their successors some numbers that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/12/2014
Univision Deportes is going all out for its final World Cup game until at least 2024. As it hands off to Telemundo next year, Univision will provide a full 12 hours of coverage for the World Cup Final in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Beginning at 11 a.m. ET and lasting all throughout the night, […]
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ESPN and Univision are now down to their last two games in their long legacies with the World Cup. After Sunday, it’ll be up to Fox and Telemundo to provide the coverage of soccer’s ultimate event from 2015 until 2024. Hopefully the two networks will be able to match what ESPN and Univision have been […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/8/2014
Just four more match days in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It begins today with the first semifinal between the host country Brazil and a heavy favorite in Germany. And tomorrow will pit the 2010 runner-up Netherlands against another favorite, Argentina. Ian Darke and Steve McManaman call today’s game for ESPN while Jon Champion and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/4/2014
I did not provide you the announcing assignments for Friday’s games as I had to go the Emergency Room to deal with a breakout of hives. After getting a shot of Benadryl, I’m now much better, but it was a difficult night for me going into July 4th. Anyway, I’m fine now and here are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/2/2014
Univision/Univision Deportes saw a combined 5.1 million viewers for USA-Belgium. We noted earlier that ESPN garnered an audience of 16.5 million for the game so overall, the game had a combined audience of 21.6 million viewers. Online, Univision saw 1.8 million unique viewers so with the combined online and TV audience, the game had just […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/1/2014
The last of the Round of 16 is today and the USA will be the last game of the Round just like it was to end Group Play. The opponent today is Belgium, not as formidable as Germany, but a tough match. After today, there will be two off days and then the Quarterfinals begin […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/30/2014
Mexico was doing so well late in its game with the Netherlands when everything came crashing down in the 89th minute with a tying goal, then a controversial penalty kick to win the game for the Dutch and eliminate the Mexicans for the 6th straight time in the Round of 16. Univision saw a record […]
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Two games again today. We have France vs. Nigeria and Germany vs. Algeria. We could have an intriguing all-Euro matchup in the quarterfinals or an intriguing all-Africa matchup or a Euro-Africa game. In any event, ESPN and Univision have things covered for us today. The excellent Jon Champion will be on the call with his […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/28/2014
Two more games in the Round of 16 on Sunday. Netherlands vs. Mexico which should provide a huge audience for Univision/Univision Deportes. After a day off to cover Wimbledon, ESPN is back on the World Cup and will carry the rest of the Round of 16 through Tuesday. ESPN will assign its usual English-language team […]
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Here are the announcers for today’s games in the FIFA World Cup. Today begins the Knockout Round and it signifies that ABC will carry a doubleheader today. Univision/Univision Deportes carries the games in Spanish. Ian Darke and Steve McManaman will call Brazil vs. Chile on ABC. Here are the schedule of matches plus announcers. As […]
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Univision has provided its announcers for the Knockout Round of 16 for the World Cup. It starts today with Brazil vs. Chile and Colombia vs. Uruguay. For USA vs. Belgium on Tuesday, the network will utilize Jorge Pérez-Navarro, Diego Balado and unfortunately Marcelo Balboa who continues to provide some strange analysis no matter what language […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/26/2014
Well, we conclude Group Play with the last four matches before we go to the Knockout Round on Saturday. The big game is of course USA vs. Germany which will air on ESPN, Univision and Univision Deportes. Game time will be noon ET, but ESPN will have one hour of pre-match coverage starting at 11 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2014
Just one more day of Group Play after this and then it’s the Knockout Round of 16 on Saturday. It’s going to feel really strange not to have a game on Friday after having at least three games every day since the beginning of this World Cup. But we still have simultaneous windows for today […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2014
The World Cup viewership records keep falling for Univision. On Sunday, Univision/Univision Deportes saw a combined viewership of 6.5 million for USA-Portugal, the most ever for a U.S. Men’s National Team game on the networks. On Monday, Univision saw another record for a World Cup Group Stage game when Mexico-Croatia averaged 7.1 million viewers. With […]
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Once again, four games in two windows for the last matches in Group Play. Italy vs. Uruguay and Costa Rica vs. England make up the games in Group D. In Group C, it’s Japan vs. Colombia and Greece vs. Côte d’Ivoire. ESPN/ESPN2 will make up the English language combo covering simultaneous games in each window. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2014
While ESPN is making the headlines on its viewership for USA-Portugal in the World Cup, Univision did quite well too. ESPN saw an audience of 18.2 million viewers. Univision/Univision Deportes reached 6.5 million which brings the total audience to an amazing 24.7 million viewers. Univision says its audience in the key 18-49 demographic was 3.6 […]
