I’m going to make a concerted effort to do linkage regularly again. It’s the reason why I started Fang’s Bites back in 2007 and I was able to do the links daily, even on weekends. But lately, my schedule has...
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Category: BBC Sport
Earlier today, I provided videos from the 2008 Olympics. Here is the 2:30 version of the open that will be used for the London Olympics by the BBC. Once again, it’s animation showing athletes in various UK vistas. The music...
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As the 2012 Summer Olympics in London or officially known as Games of the XXX Olympiad get underway on Friday, let’s look back at how the 2008 Games in Communist China were covered by the English language rightsholders in the...
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Time for the links on this Wednesday. Let’s check out what we have. Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about the Olympics, Jerry Sandusky and being short. That’s right. Daniel Kaplan from the Sports Business...
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In a deal similar to the one signed by NBC, the venerable BBC has been awarded the UK rights to the Olympics through 2020. The BBC bid for four Olympiads, 2014 in Sochi, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, 2018 in...
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Just announced in the last half hour, the English Premier League has awarded Sky Sports and BT rights to a total of 154 matches a season starting in 2013. ESPN UK which was thought to be a favorite and Al...
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I’ve accumulated a lot of links. They’re slowing down my browser so let’s clear them so I can let my computer get back some memory. Lots of stuff going on. Let’s start with ESPN stuff as it dominated the news...
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As we get closer to the Olympics, I’ll be providing you with plenty of news about the networks covering the games. Just like I did with the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, I will provide press releases and links to...
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I know many of you won’t care about this, but in case you’re heading to London for the Olympics, I am going to post this press release from the BBC in regards to its Olympic hosts or as the network...
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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...
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I hope you survived the Black Friday experience if you went out today. If you decided to shop online, better to do that than wait outside in the cold especially in the Northeast where the temperatures dropped below freezing overnight....
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I’m hoping to get this entire Megalink session finished in one sitting. It’s been a crazy day thus far. Of course, all of your weekend sport and entertainment programming are featured in the Weekend Viewing Picks. Let’s get to the...
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On Tuesday, I did the links in the evening, but today, the linkage is coming out early. Let’s get to them. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that Fox plans to use its college football sideline reporter more as an...
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Trying to squeeze linkage in while I can. This won’t be a full set of links. I will do the megalinks tomorrow, but today will be a quickie links day. Michael Hiestand of USA Today reports that the ratings for...
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Ok, now that the Olympics bidding is over until the next round sometime later this decade, I can focus on other sports media stories and there are quite a few of them now. The Hollywood Reporter notes that embattled cyclist...
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Today through Saturday, I’ll be scarce on the blog. My sister is getting married and I’m not going to be blogging much. In fact, I won’t blogging at all. The Viewing Picks and the posts you’ll see for the next...
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04Aug
Let’s do the links for the middle of the week. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the NFL TV partners are salivating over if and when Brett Favre retires. I don’t want to see him after he retires. Sick of him....
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This is the fourth and last part of Best Sports Themes. Today, we’re focusing on sports anthologies such as ABC’s Wide World of Sports, CBS Sports Spectacular, NBC SportsWorld and the like. We’ll start this with the original sports anthology...
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Time for some linkage on this Thursday. Trying to get this in before I have to get some work done today. I’ll do as many links as I can. USA Today picks up a story from Ronald Blum of the...
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Last week, I did a Videos of the Week on the Best Sports TV themes and it was so popular that it warranted a follow up that same day. And it’s now time to do a Part II and give...
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10May
I have to be at a jobsite this morning, but I’ll give you a few links before going out. Mike McCarthy at USA Today says Tiger Woods took hits from golf analysts and reporters for dropping out of the Players...
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Time to finish our look back at the TV coverage of the Winter Olympics. This week will begin another Winter Olympiad, this time on the North American continent. It might be the last for a while so enjoy it while...
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Two years ago, the BBC put out one of the coolest Olympic promos using animation from the same house that did the Gorillaz videos. It came out just recently with another very cool animation for the 2010 Winter Games using...
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Time for another edition of the Videos of the Week as I get you ready for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 12. I’ve already presented a look back at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary through the eyes...
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Now that Wimbledon is over and we can move on to other sporting events, I can go back and look at some of the moments of the recently past fortnight. This year’s tournament was quite fun to watch and yes,...
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One event on my summer sports calendar that I look forward to every year is Wimbledon. It happens at the right time, right as we officially hit summer and the weather gets warmer. Or at least most years, the weather...
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Well, I can provide some more links now that I put out that fire out. From David Bauder of the Associated Press, we find that CBS is now considering teaming up with Time Warner to bid for the 2014 and...
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03Dec
Ok, with a lot going on today especially with Plaxico Burress, I’ll provide you with linkage. There’s a lot today. Let’s start with Newsday’s Neil Best who tried to live blog Chris Russo on Sirius XM Radio today and quickly...
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The NFL continues to expand its global reach. Here are highlights of which TV networks around the globe carry NFL games, some live, others in taped format. NFL TV COVERAGE EXTENDS AROUND THE GLOBE 231 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES TO BROADCAST...
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Now that the Olympics are over, I can find some worldwide TV partners opens and closes. This includes the BBC and NBC. I did find some extensive CBC stuff from the Closing Ceremonies and also, the network’s bidding farewell to...
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