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...
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Let’s do some linkage for you today. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily notes that ESPN’s ratings in July dropped double digits in primetime. ESPN Ombudsman Robert Lipsyte talks about the poor timeslot for the Nine for IX documentary series,...
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In the first year of its three-year contract with the English Premier League, NBC Sports Group has announced the first three months of its 2013-14 schedule. Overall, 130 matches will be available either on TV or online. There will be...
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From NBC Sports Group, the Stanley Cup Final clinching game on Monday gave NBC an average of 8.16 million viewers as the Chicago Blackhawks came from behind and defeated the Boston Bruins, 3-2. The game drew a 4.7 rating which...
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NBC certainly has reason to be proud as a peacock over its ratings for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, particularly the Conference Final round. Despite airing nine games out of a possible 14 as both the Eastern and Western Conference...
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We have the NHL on NBC announcing teams for the Stanley Cup Conference Semifinal Round through next Thursday, May 23. Check it out in the grid below. Tues., May 14 7:30 p.m. Ottawa (7) @ Pittsburgh (1) NBCSN Dave...
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Tonight, the NBC Sports Group steps into the NHL Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals. It will have total exclusivity in the United States and no local regional sports network blackouts to worry about. So you’ll see the national broadcasts from now...
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Ok, I’m still coming down from the Bruins comeback against Toronto. I thought it would a Round 1 exit for the B’s, but instead, they’ll take on the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. NBC Sports Network, NBC...
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Two Games 7 tonight. Toronto at Boston at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC. NBC will staff this game for the first time since Game 1. Dave Strader and Brian Engblom will call it. Then at 8 p.m. ET, it’ll be...
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Just received the NHL on NBC announcing assignments for Mother’s Day. I’m posting them now. NBC Sports Group will staff the Washington Caps-New York Rangers and Detroit Anaheim games. NBC Sports Network will simulcast the CBC feed for Boston-Toronto. So...
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This is late and actually games are in progress, but in case you’re wondering who’s where for NBC Sports tonight, we have the announcing assignments for you. Three networks are being utilized, CNBC, NBC Sports Network and NHL Network. Maple...
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Let’s post the announcing assignments for tonight’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games on the networks of NBC. There will be three Games 5, two of which are elimination games. NBC Sports Group will staff two of the three games, New...
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Tonight, the NBC Sports Group will have another four games in the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. That includes two Games 5 including Los Angeles at St. Louis and Detroit at Anaheim. Both series are square at 2 all. Then...
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Let’s go over the entire list of those who won hardware in the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The awards were handed out at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Overall, NBC Sports Group has reason...
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NBC has begun to publish its announcing assignments for its NHL games online so I’m going to do my best to post these every day. Tonight, there will be four playoff games and all will be seen on the networks...
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Thanks to the fine people at NBC Sports public relations, I have the announcing assignments for the NHL Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals through Sunday. Mike Emrick and Pierre McGuire work in Chicago and Washington on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. Then...
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Once again, NBC Sports Group will provide blanket coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. The networks of NBC will have every game of the playoffs. NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC and NHL Network will be involved in the first...
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Now that the National Hockey League regular season is over, it’s time to post the schedules for each series. In the first round, local regional sports networks can air playoff games. Only NBC games are exclusive in the United States,...
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NBC received a total of 58 nominations for the 34th annual Sports Emmy Awards. The NBC Sports Group consisting of NBC, NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and NBCOlympics.com received the most nominations of any sports media group...
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Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43...
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This week, NBC Sports Network will begin its first Formula 1 season with the first race in Australia. It will also get ready for another season of IndyCar later this month. NBC Sports Network will be the home for the...
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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 hockey since losing the NHL in 2005. Michael...
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On Monday, we had Part I of our medals for the 2012 London Games. We now wrap up coverage of the 2012 Olympics today before going into football mode. Like in Part I, there will be gold, silver and bronze...
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We have a very long press release, 3,877 words, from NBC talking about the 2012 London Olympics. Not only were they successful on the networks of NBCUniversal, but they spread their wings to other parts of the NBCUniversal family that...
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Time to hand out the medals for NBC’s coverage for the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London. This was a largely successful Olympics for NBC as it outdid its own expectations for ratings, profits and viewership. I’ll do...
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Ok, Day 16 has become a bit of a mess on NBC. If I put this up earlier in the day, I would have to edit the hell out of the post, but luckily, I was watching NBC’s primetime coverage...
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Let’s see what the networks of NBCUniversal have in store for us on Saturday. NBC’s daytime coverage which will include the women’s basketball gold medal game between the United States and France will be live in all time zones starting...
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The networks of NBC will be ready to wind down as we approach the final weekend of the Olympics. On Friday, there will be the women’s 4×100 meters relay and men’s 4×400 meters relay. The USA men’s basketball team will...
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Ok, lots of stuff on the agenda for Thursday. There’s the women’s soccer gold medal match between the USA and Japan which as we know is the rematch from the 2011 Women’s World Cup Final. It airs live on NBC...
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For Wednesday, there’s going to be a lot of events. There’s the women’s 200 meters final with favorite Allyson Felix, 400 meters gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross and 100 meters gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce; the all-American women’s beach volleyball between two-time...
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