0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/22/2013
Let’s do some linkage today. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with ESPN’s Chris Fowler and looks at the first days of Fox Sports 1. Richard talks with new Fox Football Daily analyst Randy Moss. Paul Sanford at Sports Business Daily compares and contrasts Wednesday night’s edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter to Fox Sports 1’s Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2013
The National Football League and Verizon announced a multi-year extension of their agreement that allows streaming on mobile phones. Verizon currently has the rights to stream NBC’s Sunday Night Football, ESPN’s Monday Night Football and NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football games over its wireless network to smartphones. NFL Network and NFL RedZone are also part […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2012
As we approach the 2012 NFL regular season, let’s take a look at the online streaming plans for the League’s TV partners. Believe it or not, online real-time streaming of games began back in 2007 when DirecTV released its Supercast app for computers (for Internet Explorer only!) and allowed subscribers to its NFL Sunday Ticket […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/3/2012
Ok, maybe you’re not jonesing for the linkage, but at least you can read them at your leisure. Sometimes I think way too long about the title of the post and this is the case today. Anyway, let’s get to the links. Joel Schectman of the Wall Street Journal reports that NBC and Google are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2012
Let’s do some linkage on this Super Bowl Weekend. The Weekend Viewing Picks have my sports and entertainment suggestions. Time for your links. As you can imagine, many of the stories will deal with Sunday’s Super Bowl. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about his past experiences in hosing a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/20/2011
We have the official announcement from the National Football League on the plans to stream NBC’s coverage of the postseason including Super Bowl XLVI online. All of NBC’s games which include its Wild Card Playoff Doubleheader on January 7, 2012, the Pro Bowl in Hawaii on January 29 and Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2011
Let’s do some links. May not be a full set. Depends on how much I can get done here. We’ll start with Alexandra Bruell of Advertising Age who says Penn State University has hired a public relations firm to help with crisis management for the Jerry Sandusky story. John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable says […]
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 9/26/2011
Let’s do some links now. I have to write my recap of Blogs with Balls 4 while everything is still fresh in my mind. It really was a great event to attend and wonderful to meet so many good people. I hope to have the BwB recap up tonight. Here are some links for you. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2011
We have some linkage for you. It’s a bit late, but better late than never. First, Mike McCarthy at USA Today writes that former NBC Football Night in America analyst Tiki Barber is reportedly “devastated” that no NFL team called him to inquire about his comeback. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch provides his annual NFL broadcasting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2011
A nice day here in Southern New England and I’m at home watching some good sports action as we have afternoon MLB games, the U.S. Open, a little CFL and some college football later. A good sports day for the Labor Day holiday. Before I do the links, let’s go into one of the stranger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2011
I’m linking in the middle of doing some badly needed DIY projects here at the Fang’s Bites abode so I might be a bit scarce today. I’ll do what I can on this lazy Sunday, the middle of the Labor Day Weekend. The ESPN Ombudsman, Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute responds to Bruce Feldman’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2011
Received this press release from the National Football League regarding its NFL Mobile service that’s available only to Verizon Wireless subscribers. ESPN’s Monday Night Football becomes available this season adding to the library of NBC’s Sunday Night Football and NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football and NFL RedZone. So all of primetime games will be seen […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/26/2011
As the Northeast battens down the hatches for the impending hit of Hurricane Irene this weekend and it’s not a matter of if it’s coming, but when, I’ll probably won’t be blogging much over the next few days. I’ll do my best as long as I have power, but disaster preparation will be high on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2011
Let’s provide links while I can. Trying not to make this a week where links are scarce. Let’s get this done. First, Jessica E. Vascellaro and Darren Everson of the Wall Street Journal look at how infusions of TV rights money has changed college sports not necessarily for the better. John Ourand at Sports Business […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Announced this morning, Longhorn Network gets its first major cable provider pickup just a day before it officially launches on Friday. Verizon FiOS TV announces that it will distribute nationwide the ESPN-backed regional sports network devoted totally to the University of Texas. Before today, Longhorn Network had been picked up by a couple of smaller […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2011
The Watch ESPN app which allows subscribers of Time Warner Cable/Bright House and Verizon FiOS systems to see the linear ESPN on smartphones and tablets. This announcement made in the last hour by ESPN. The app had been previously released for Apple platforms last month. Now, those with an Android device can watch the ESPN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2011
Getting a late start on the Monday links. Part of it was due to the Masters thesis I wrote on the NCAA Tournament earlier today. Let’s do the links for you. From USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, we have him saying that having the NCAA’s National Director of Officiating on to explain controversial calls only added […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2011
I have found a few more links today and instead of shoving them into the earlier edition, I’ll just a whole new set of links. First, Sports Business Daily says the overnight ratings for the NCAA Tournament Selection Show were down significantly from last year. Eric Fisher at Sports Business Daily says MLB Advanced Media […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2011
I wasn’t able to provide links during the day and I keep accumulating sports media stories and I don’t want to get into this pattern where I can provide links Monday through Wednesday, but not from Thursday through Sunday. That’s not good especially since you have come to expect linkage just about every day. So […]
