NHL Conference Finals Games 1 & 2 Are Set
We have the press release from NBC Sports in regards to NHL Conference Finals Games 1 & 2. The Western Conference Finals will begin on Sunday on NBC Sports Network and TSN. The Eastern Conference...
View ArticleFinally Some Friday Megalinks
Let’s do some Friday megalinks. You’ve been owed some and I haven’t been able to do links for most of the week. Of course, you have the Weekend Viewing Picks which provide plenty of college sports,...
View ArticleSome Back To Work Tuesday Linkage
Back to work for many of you after the Memorial Day holiday. Because of my crazy schedule, I didn’t get to enjoy it, but you don’t care about that. Let’s do links. John Ourand of Sports Business...
View ArticleSome Thursday Links
After an outage that ruined things from Sunday through Tuesday and being busy yesterday, my goal to have links every day this week has gone out the window. However, I can get a few links out to you...
View ArticleOur Monday Linkage
Let’s do some links on a rainy Monday in Southern New England. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at NFL Network’s new morning show. Michael says ESPN has not confirmed whether Chris Berman will call...
View ArticleNHL Releases The 2012-13 Regular Season National TV Schedules
This is like last year when the NBA released its national TV schedules in the midst of its lockout and nobody cared. Now, it’s the NHL’s turn to release this and until the lockout is settled between...
View ArticleSome Quick Wednesday Linkage
Let’s do some links now. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily says the MLB TV partners saw record low ratings this season. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch reviews ESPN2′s first foray into pro...
View ArticleCBC’s Hockey Night in Canada 2013 Schedule
Here’s the press release from CBC which celebrates the 60th season of North America’s longest running sports series on television, Hockey Night in Canada. On Saturday, January 19, CBC will have a...
View ArticleSome Quick Sunday Morning Sports Media Thoughts
Saturday was certainly the interesting day in sports with two sports outside of the major four dominating headlines. Let’s go over them in bullet form. In what normally is the start of NASCAR’s...
View ArticleThe Top Five Innovations in Sports Television
I haven’t done a post like this in a very long time. Viewers take watching sports for granted. We watch the games in high definition or some cases, 3-D, get instant replays, we can rewind plays...
View ArticleCBC’s Hockey Night in Canada Tribute to Stompin’ Tom Connors
CBC paid tribute to Canadian treasure Stompin’ Tom Connors tonight just before Hockey Night in Canada. This week, Tom died at the age of 77 of natural causes. His “The Hockey Song” is beloved by fans...
View ArticleCBC Airs Three of the Four Canadian Teams in the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Canada’s Public Broadcaster CBC gets ready for the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The network has made its choices for playoffs and naturally went with Toronto-Boston for one series. And it took the...
View ArticleCBC to Carry Two NHL Stanley Cup Conference Semifinal Series
CBC’s hopes to ride a Toronto wave were dashed by the unbelievable Boston Bruins comeback, down 4-1 in the third period and then a furious finish that tied the game at 4, then ending in OT with Patrice...
View ArticleGame 7 of Toronto-Boston Sets Ratings Record for Hockey Night in Canada
The result may not have been what CBC and Maple Leaf Nation wanted, but the viewership for Game 7 of the Toronto-Boston NHL Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinal on Monday set a record for Canada’s...
View Article2013 NHL Stanley Cup Conference Final Schedules Released
Ok, we have the schedules for both the NHL Eastern Conference and Western Conference Finals. The Eastern Conference Final schedule is set as it will begin on Saturday night, June 1 as the Boston Bruins...
View ArticleCBC Airs NHL Eastern Conference Final in its Entirety, Last Half of Western...
This from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s public broadcaster. CBC’s coverage the NHL Conference Finals begins Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET, the traditional Hockey Night in Canada slot,...
View ArticleCBC’s Hockey Night in Canada All Over the 2013 Stanley Cup Final
Once again, CBC will air the NHL Stanley Cup Final in its entirety for the Canadian audience. Jim Hughson will call the game along with Craig Simpson. Glenn Healey will be the on-ice analyst with Scott...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead in Sports Media, October 7 — 13, 2013
Back with an overdue Week Ahead post. Lots of things happening in the Week Ahead so let’s not delay any further and get to what’s happening in the Sports Media over the next seven days. TELEVISION PBS...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: CBC and Rogers Sportsnet Gain NHL Canadian Rights; TSN Out
This began developing around 11 p.m. ET on Monday. TSN NHL Insider Bob McKenzie tweeted that it appeared that two Canadian TV networks had made an agreement with the National Hockey League and reading...
View ArticleRogers Communications Gains Canadian Media Rights to Every NHL Game;...
When we learned last night about the new Canadian media rights deal for the NHL, we had no idea how encompassing it would be and how much it would turn the sports media landscape in the Great White...
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