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Episode 87: Ryan Glasspiegel, New York Post
Richard Deitsch unintentionally inspired me to test something out with podcasting production workflow, so after nearly 3 years a podcast. Helping with the test was former regular Ryan Glasspiegel, now a sports/entertainment writer for the New York Post. Topics covered include NBA ratings and USA Network as a big sports channel. And we had an in-depth conversation about Nielsen’s out of home viewing measurement which Ryan actually described as nerdy….
Does Nick Khan think Amazon will buy the NFL Network?
This post will automatically feed through to Twitter but I’m extending my Twitter sabbatical indefinitely and won’t be looking at Twitter mentions. Andrew Marchand reports that “the Scott Boras of Sports Media” former super-agent turned head of the WWE Nick Khan thinks that Amazon will score a Thursday Night Football exclusive. With the NFL, Khan believes that Amazon could end up with “Thursday Night Football”, while the incumbent networks (Fox/CBS…
Nixing NBCSN is more than just a bid to bolster Peacock
This post will automatically feed through to Twitter but I’m extending my Twitter sabbatical indefinitely and won’t be looking at Twitter mentions. Big news day! There’s a lot to digest with the NBCSN news and many stories out there, but for my purposes, Kevin Draper’s piece in the New York Times covers the bases. That piece was headlined (at least in my web browser) “NBC Sports Network Will Shut Down…
Prediction: all NFL rights will stay on linear TV but is NFL Network costing the NFL more than it’s worth?
This post will automatically feed through to Twitter but I’m extending my Twitter sabbatical indefinitely and won’t be looking at Twitter mentions. I’ve been mostly checked out but I’m still reading a few sports TV ratings/sports media-related things here and there. Every time I hear (mostly via Richard Deitsch’s or Jimmy Traina’s podcasts) someone talk about NFL rights and the Thursday night package I feel a stirring of needing to…
Alternate broadcasts/megacasts are nice PR, but…(Updated)
Update Jan 12, 2021: Per CBS Sports PR Bears/Saints averaged 2.061 million viewers on Nickelodeon, the network’s most-watched program in total viewers in four years. The game averaged 28.6 million on CBS. Maybe there was a best-case scenario after all? It’s interesting but I can’t really make anything out of it yet other than that I consider that a very good result ratings-wise. I figure CBS/Nick would’ve done it again…
The broadcast networks don’t reach as many people as you might think
TL;DR: each of the big broadcast networks is currently available in fewer than 100 million homes in the United States. Though this post will feed through to Twitter automatically, I am extending my Twitter sabbatical indefinitely and will not be signing in to check mentions or direct messages anytime soon*. I’m not picking on Andrew Bucholtz. I like Andrew and, as it goes, he goes out of his way to…
The TV ratings for “The Last Dance” do not matter to your life
Image Credit: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images Update 4/20/2020: Welp, Part 1 averaged 6.3 million across ESPN & ESPN2. At least I was right about Chicago. original post: The headline here is a riff on The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis shaking his head whenever Joe the plumber from Secaucus and his ilk are ratings-obsessed and weigh-in on how thrilled TV execs must be about things like Tiger Woods competing for a win…