0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2014
Whether it’s Championship Sunday or Relegation Sunday, it’s the same. The final day of the English Premier League will be covered by 10 NBCUniversal networks. All ten games will be aired live. And as Manchester City and Liverpool fight it out for first place plus teams fight for positioning in the UEFA Champions and Europa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2014
In keeping with a tradition started by Fox Sports two years ago, the networks of NBCUniversal will be all over the final day of the English Premier League season on Sunday, May 11. Utilizing 12 networks to 10 games plus streaming online, NBCU will give fans access to all of the games which will determine […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2014
Thanks to ladies figure skating and alpine skiing, NBC saw a rise in the ratings for the second Wednesday night of the Sochi Olympic Games. For Wednesday’s primetime, NBC registered a 12.2 rating and a 20 share, up from Vancouver’s 11.9/19 in 2010 and Turin’s 10.0/15 in 2006. Viewership on Wednesday averaged 20.2 million people […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2014
For Wednesday, we begin to head into the home stretch of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The quarterfinals in men’s hockey will take place throughout Wednesday morning and into the early afternoon. Sweden vs. Slovenia and Finland vs. Russia will air on NBCSN at 3 a.m. ET and 7:30 a.m. ET, respectively. Then Canada vs. Latvia […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/17/2014
NBCSN will air a hockey tripleheader of single elimination games beginning at 3 a.m. ET with Slovenia-Austria, then Russia vs. Norway at 7:30 a.m. and then Czech Republic vs. Slovenia at noon. MSNBC will carry Switzerland vs. Latvia also at noon ET. U.S. skiing medal hopeful Mikaela Shiffrin of Vermont makes her Olympic debut in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/16/2014
Now we’re into the final week of the 2014 Sochi Games. First, Bob Costas returns to his traditional hosting post after being out for six days. He’ll host both Olympic Primetime and Late Night. Bob Costas returned to NBC Olympics studios at IBC in Sochi 2day to prep 2 resume hosting duties Monday night (Feb17) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/15/2014
On Sunday, there are a lot of things going on at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The US men’s hockey team doesn’t have much time to celebrate its win over Russia as it has to play against Slovenia. NBCSN has the game at 7:30 a.m. ET with pregame starting at 7:15. Lindsey Jacobellis is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2014
On Thursday, men’s hockey gets into high gear as both Team Canada, Team Russia and Team USA will all be in action. In addition, men’s figure skating begins as Russia’s Yevgeny Plushenko starts his farewell to Olympic competition in the short program. Team USA hopes to build its resume in men’s curling vs. Great Britain […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2014
On Wednesday, several sports will hand out medals in Sochi. The women’s downhill at Rosa Khutor will take place early and the U.S.A.’s most decorated female skier, Julia Mancuso will be on the slopes in hopes of winning another medal. She won bronze in the Super Combined on Monday. Speed skater Shani Davis hopes to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/10/2014
Medals will be handed out in cross country skiing, women’s ski jumping, women’s luge, plus curling and women’s hockey continues. And let us not forget that the halfpipe will be taking place on Tuesday and that means that American Shaun White will go for an unprecedented third gold medal in that sport. Also the pairs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2014
The 2014 Sochi Games really kick in on Monday as the curling competition begins in earnest. Both the USA men’s and women’s teams will be in action. In addition, CNBC and USA Network begin their coverage of the Olympics with their daily shows. USA Network airs the U.S. women taking on Switzerland live at 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2014
Now that the XXII Olympic Winter Games are here, it’s time to provide you a quick viewing primer on which the networks that will carry the events. You know that NBC will carry Olympic programming over a span of 18 nights beginning on Thursday, February 6 and lasting until Sunday, February 23. But what about […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2014
As we transition from the Super Bowl to the Winter Olympics, we note that NBCUniversal will go all out to ensure you know that’s it’s covering the games. As it did with the 2012 Summer Games in London, NBCU will utilize its various resources to promote the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Sochi is a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2013
We’re continuing to get announcements from NBCUniversal about its coverage plans for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is a warm water port city in Russia which averages 50 degrees in the month of February. This announcement involves the amount of hours that will be devoted to the Winter Games both on television […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2013
This from earlier in the week, NBCUniversal has announced over 120 hours of curling and ice hockey during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi, which is a warm water port city and averages a temperature of 50°F in February, will be the site of the Games of the XXII Winter Olympic Games. NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2013
Time for some Monday links. Let’s get to them. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with CBS Evening News anchorman Scott Pelley about interviewing President Obama for the network’s Super Bowl coverage and also reviews the performances of the NFL “B” analysts during the weekend. Michael Smith and John Ourand at Sports Business Journal note that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2012
Since television began, theme songs have helped us to identify our favorite programs. This is certainly the case in sports where the theme for Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Wide World of Sports, the Olympics, The Masters and others have become iconic. I thought about writing a post on which themes should be the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2012
Time for some sports media links for today. Let’s get to them without further delay. Let’s start with USA Today and Michael Hiestand who looks at the record online numbers for the first live legal stream of the Super Bowl. Chris Burke of Sports Illustrated lists the best and worst NFL announcing teams. Over to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2012
I haven’t provided links on schedule so let me try to do it now. We begin with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who talks about NBCUniversal’s big plans to blanket Super Bowl XLVI next week. Wow. The secret organization Anonymous plans to attack ESPN.com over its support of SOPA and PIPA. In case anyone from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/7/2011
This in from the National Football League, four NBCUniversal networks and NFL Network will simultaneously air the NFL Kickoff Pregame show Thursday night at 7:30 ET. NBC will join in progress after its coverage of President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress is finished. So G4, Syfy, USA Network and Versus are the […]
