Here’s a Fang’s Bites exclusive, at least until 2 p.m. ET today. ESPN has announced that it will carry 60 Canadian Football League games this season, 5 on ESPN2 and 55 online through ESPN3. Since 2008, ESPN has carried CFL...
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Category: CFL
With the regular season starting next week, the Canadian Football League has put its stamp of approval of one half of its US television contract on which I reported earlier this week. The CFL has announced that NBC Sports Network...
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Let’s do some linkage as we reach mid-week. From Joan E. Solsman of CNET, we learn that WatchESPN and HBO have been added to Apple TV. Chris Chase of USA Today’s For the Win blog notes that Serena Williams had...
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Lots of stuff to get to and so little time. Here’s the linkage. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his regular Monday sports media column in which he discusses a new hire for NBC’s Football Night in America, ESPN’s World Cup...
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Thanks to an enterprising fan who looked at the WatchESPN schedule for June, he discovered that ESPN2 will be airing a handful of CFL games this summer. Beginning June 29 and going into July, ESPN2 will have a slate of...
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It’s been too long since I’ve done a links post and why not do this with a Friday megalink post. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have all of my sports and entertainment suggestions. Now to your linkage. National Michael Hiestand of...
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After starting the season without a US TV partner, the Canadian Football League had to resort to streaming games on ESPN3. For the past three seasons, NFL Network had aired games, but never any of the CFL’s postseason games. With...
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On this 4th of July holiday, let’s do some All-American sports media thoughts. They’re in bullet form as always. The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir gave us some food for thought in his latest column this week on the MLB...
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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 Journal reports that...
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08Feb
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....
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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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Let’s do a few links for you on this day before Thanksgiving. And my best to you. Be safe in your travels. We begin with John Ourand of Sports Business Daily who convenes a roundtable of fellow SBD writers to...
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I owe you some links having not been able to do them either Monday or Tuesday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about the ratings for LSU-Alabama not being as high as the previous #1 vs. #2 college football Game of...
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Yesterday at 8:30 a.m., I lost power at my house and as of this post, I still don’t have it. The northern part of my town has power, but I live in the southern part and there’s nothing. That’s not...
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31Jul
Ok, I have some free time to do some linkage now. I was hoping to get this posted in the morning, but recently, weekends have become busier than my workweek. I really don’t understand how this happened. However, with the...
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While I’m at work on this Saturday, I’ll do some linkage for you. Marcus Vanderberg at SportsNewser notes that Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson used a gay slur to berate a caller on a Sirius XM radio show last...
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I started to do the Megalinks last night, but I fell asleep at my computer while doing them. I was out for most of the Friday so it prevented me from sitting down and pounding out the linkage yesterday. I’ll...
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23Jun
Let’s provide a few links on this Thursday. Another rainy day in Southern New England. What joy. R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News reports that HBO Pay Per View has signed Floyd Mayweather to his next fight in September. Anthony...
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On this rainy Wednesday in Southern New England, let me do some links. I hope the weather where you are is dry and sunny. I’ll start today off with John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal who says Comcast may...
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Based off its success airing it last season, NFL Network has announced a new agreement with the Canadian Football League to air more games for 2011, deciding to show two games a week during the regular season. Some weeks, NFL...
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08Sep
Let’s do your mid-week linkage. I’m stuck at the home office in Rhode Island so while I’m waiting on a few things, I’ll give you links. Looks like Jay the Rat might have escaped charges as the Los Angeles County...
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I’ll give you some Thursday linkage while I can. Waiting on an appointment, but while I’m free I’ll do the links for you. Lots of stuff to get to so let’s not keep you waiting. Jack Carey of USA Today...
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12Aug
Let’s do the Thursday links as I have to leave early to avoid Patriots traffic ahead of their preseason game against the Saints tonight. Onto the links. Steve Elling of CBSSports.com reports about a confrontation between Golf Channel’s Jim Gray...
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You have the NFL Network schedule over the next seven days. It includes a Canadian Football League game on Saturday. Let’s take a look at what’s on tap. NFL NETWORK PROGRAMMING NOTES (7/7-7/13) CFL FOOTBALL FEATURES CALGARY STAMPEDERS VS. HAMILTON...
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07Jul
Another day, another scorcher. It’s hot. But you know that. It’s summer. It gets hot. Nothing more need be said about it. Let’s get to linkage. Robert Klemko of USA Today has the ratings of some of the weekend TV...
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01Jul
O.k. working from home, but the point is working. Here are some links for you. The Nielsen Wire blog 1/3rd of all American viewers are watching the World Cup. Anthony Crupi at Mediaweek says people watching at sports bars and...
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In a move that is applauded here at Fang’s Bites, it’s good to see the NFL Network pick up a slate of Canadian Football games starting Thursday night. Overall, NFL Network will air 14 games in July, September and October....
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02Dec
We have some links to provide this evening. And since I’m in the final days of not having a TV, I can concentrate on them without distractions. Starting with Richard Sandomir of the New York Times, he looks at what...
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We have some late news for you. Let’s provide a few links. First, it appears that a Comcast purchase of NBC is getting closer. Tim Arango and Bill Carter of the New York Times report that General Electric has come...
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13Nov
Here in the Northeast, we’re expecting that huge storm that’s hovering off the North Carolina coast and dumping lots of rain on Virginia. I’m just waiting for it as I’ve cleaned out my yard, my gutters, and made sure my...
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