We get this from Univision Deportes. The Spanish language all-sports network will have extensive coverage of the Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Final Draw will place the 32 qualified teams into 8 groups of four and...
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Category: Univision
This comes from Jonathan Tannenwald from Philly.com and his excellent “The Goalkeeper” blog. He reports that NBC is planning to join the bidding for the UEFA Champions League. Fox is the current rightsholder first gaining the rights in 2009 and...
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The network launched in April 2012 and a year and a half later, it already outrates the other well-established Spanish language cable sports networks, ESPN Deportes and Fox Deportes. In the third quarter of 2013, Univision Deportes outpaces the other...
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It’s a big-time soccer or fútbol doubleheader on UniMás with lots of pregame and postgame coverage on its sister network, Univision Deportes. Both the United States and Mexico are preparing for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The United States...
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Lots of things happening in sports media this week. The NFL returns in the next seven days. College Football goes into its second week. Baseball heads into its final month of the regular season. Soccer goes into World Cup qualifying....
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30Oct
I hope those of you in the Mid-Atlantic states are ok after Hurricane Sandy. I’m lucky to still have power after yesterday’s gusts in Southern New England. I know many are not. Hopefully you’re ok after Sandy and you can...
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09Apr
Been so busy lately that it’s been effecting the blog. Sorry about that. This weekend was planned for me again, so I really couldn’t post too much around the personal events. It also meant I couldn’t watch any of The...
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30Jan
I don’t know why they’re mighty, but they’re here. Let’s get to them. USA Today’s Mike McCarthy looks at Super Bowl Media Day which will be covered from all angles on both ESPN and NFL Network. Preston Bounds from Sports...
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Time for the Fang’s Bites Sports Media Year in Review. The year isn’t big enough for a Top Ten, but it is big enough for a Big Dozen. Let’s get to the list and we’ll count down from 12 and...
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Ok, back from New York after attending “Blogs with Balls 4″ at the Bloomberg world headquarters on Lexington Avenue. I’ll have a recap of the event later today. But I’ll give you some links since I was unable to blog...
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I’m going to post as many links as I can. It’s part of the day where I could be leaving at any time. Let’s do this. From USA Today, Tom Weir writes that the National Hockey League has issued a...
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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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Let’s go for your links today. Starting with Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated, he explores whether the Women’s World Cup can find an audience and he also scolds Pierre McGuire. Steve Weiberg of USA Today says a group of former...
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Yup, time for the Friday megalinks. As long as I don’t get interrupted, I should be able to do this all in one shot for you. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have a whole lot of sports and entertainment programs so...
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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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It’s been a busy day for me as I’ve been working on the story on NBC approving plans for a Stanley Cup Final Viewing Party at TD Garden in Boston. Amazing how things fall into place on a story like...
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If you know about Univision, you know that was a play on its signature show, “Sabado Gigante”. The National Football League has made Univision its official Hispanic media partner and it means the network which is growing by leaps and...
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I had to go to work early and I’m still there now so I’m not in any capacity to see any NFL action at this time. I will try to sneak in some linkage this afternoon. Mike Reynolds at Multichannel...
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Slept in this morning so I’m getting a late start on things. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News talks about ESPN hiring Ian Darke to be its Voice of Soccer. John Eggerton of Multichannel writes that WWE’s Smackdown moves from broadcast...
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15Jul
Been busy this week shuffling between two offices and while I’m trying to tie up a few things from last month, I’ll do a few links for you. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says ESPN is pulling out the stops to...
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Ok, we have the LeBronathon coming up tonight. Lots of stories ragging on “The Decision” so let’s get to them. Why wait? USA Today’s Mike Lopresti is sick of LeBron and ESPN. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who appeared on the...
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After eight days of watching World Cup coverage on both ESPN, ESPN3.com, Univision and Univision.com and listening to ESPN Radio, it’s time to give a review of the multimedia coverage of one of the World’s Greatest Sports Events. I’ll break...
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Went out last night for my friend’s 40th birthday party and let me say it was a rather raucous caucus. Singing, dancing, drinking, yelling, screaming and fighting, a good time was had by all. Well, maybe no fighting, but the...
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08Jun
Yesterday, I just wasn’t in the mood to blog after putting up a few press releases. It’s time to do some blogging now because it’s important that you get linkage and fresh material as much as possible. Don’t want to...
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Got busy plus shuffling between two offices prevented me from doing linkage. I’ll do it now as I try to find a cool place in my house to blog. The humidity is killing me tonight. Anyway, let’s get to the...
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18May
Been busy at work today and expecting a busy late afternoon and evening. I’m squeezing in some linkage while I can. First, USA Today’s Michael Hiestand briefly discusses the impending ESPN/ACC deal plus looks at the ratings for some of...
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28Apr
I’m home waiting for the boiler repairman so you’re getting linkage early today which is good for you. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who says HBO Sports continues to churn out documentaries despite increased competition from ESPN. CNBC’s...
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17Mar
Let’s do some linkage for you on the day before the real action on the NCAA Tournament begins. I tried watching last night’s Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Wofford game, but I just couldn’t. It was tough. So I went to Lost...
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After helping Dad to meet the deadline, I’m now free to do some links for you. Let’s get to them. Starting with the Sports Business Daily, the publication takes a look at how the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the...
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Ok, time for the megalinks. I’ve been procrastinating so these are very late, but better late than never. As usual, we go over the Weekend Viewing Picks. The 4th of July weekend is perfect for Breakfast at Wimbledon and we...
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