sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 6/30/2009
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.nobrtable br { display: none }Wimbledon got off to a rough start on NBC over the weekend.Third and fourth round coverage of Wimbledon drew a 1.1/3 overnight rating on NBC Saturday afternoon, down 35% from a 1.7/5 for comparable coverage in an earlier timeslot last year, and down 31% from a ...
Daily dump: NBC can eat our shorts
sportspoop.com 7/2/2009 — The loyal Poopsters may remember a while back when we railed against NBC for not showing live tennis during the French Open. Ya know, this being the 21st century and all. We were pretty sure they’d get it figured out by Wimbledon, since ya know, it’s the 21st century and all.
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Mary Carillo: Man or Woman?
beerswithboggs.com 7/3/2009 — It’s funny because I’m not even joking. When I turned on the NBC Wimbledon coverage this afternoon, after returning from a rain shortened round of golf, it was already in the 2nd set. I soon realized that it was a time delay and switched over to a live feed on Channelsurfing.com to ...
30th Anniversary of "Breakfast at Wimbledon" Highlights NBC Sports Coverage
globalvillagetennisnews.com 7/1/2009 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF "BREAKFAST AT WIMBLEDON" HIGHLIGHTS NBC SPORTS COVERAGE "His achievement is even more difficult than what Tiger Woods pulled off." NBC's McEnroe on Federer's 14 Grand Slam titles "Nobody looks better than Serena, not even her big ...
Plausibly live at Wimbledon —
SmackCaster SmackBlog
ESPN showed us the Roger Federer-Tommy Haas match live. No such chance with NBC for Andy Roddick and Andy Murray. Yep, everyone will have to wait for the joke that is NBC’s plausibly live coverage once again. The match is underway and NBC has its collective head buried in the Today Show, ...
Sandomir Gives NBC the Beating it Deserves —
The Big Lead
NBC and Wimbledon: Unbelievably, this is what unfolded Wednesday morning in the tennis world: ESPN2 was televising a pretty good match between Tommy Haas and Novak Djokovic. Haas took the first two sets. But then ESPN had to give the Wimbledon baton to NBC at 10 am … and the network ...
Sandomir slashes NBC —
SmackCaster SmackBlog
Showing once again that it has failed to keep up with the times, NBC gets leveled by The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir for its weak Wimbledon coverage. Here goes: If NBC Sports can’t carry Wimbledon matches live, especially crucial ones, it shouldn’t carry Wimbledon at ...
NBC is Effing with Tennis Fans Again —
Fang's Bites
I have to thank Amanda of ESPN Radio's Play Ball podcast for giving me the title of this post. NBC is currently showing the Roger Federer-Ivo Karlovic match which finished before 10 a.m. ESPN2 was not allowed to show this match. And it joined the Tommy Haas-Novak Djokovic match in progress, but ...
Another slam at NBC —
SmackCaster SmackBlog
And we’re not talking about their coverage of the women’s final today. Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News goes to the power game as he takes apart NBC’s coverage of Wimbledon and the plausibly live world Dick Ebersol exists in on an event basis. Wait until they get to ...
NBC Denies Fans Hoping to Watch Wimbledon Semifinals Live —
FanHouse
by Greg Couch If tennis wants to be taken seriously, then this can't be happening. If you tried to watch the Andy Roddick - Andy Murray Wimbledon semi live Friday, well, good luck. During the match, ESPN2 was showing last year's Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal final. NBC? Well, the Today Show ...
NBC Still Hates You, Tennis Fans —
AwfulAnnouncing
A month ago, NBC blacked out a semifinal match featuring Roger Federer, to show a taped match between Fernando Gonzalez and Robin Soderling. Well today they've done the same thing by replaying Federer's straight set dismantling of Ivo Karlovic, while Andy Roddick battles former world number ...
Wimbledon TV Schedule 2009 —
RightFielders Women in Sports
The Wimbledon TV schedule heads into its second week of the tourney, and we have all the details on where you can go to watch the 123rd edition of Wimbledon. See photos and video below.
Wimbledon
The Wimbledon TV schedule starts off on Monday, June 29, with ESPN2, NBC and the Tennis Channel ...
Thursday Press Release Reading —
Fang's Bites
Here are some press releases for you to go over. NBC Sports goes over its schedule for Wimbledon starting this weekend and into next week. FEDERER SEEKS RECORD 15TH GRAND SLAM AS NBC SPORTS PRESENTS 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BREAKFAST AT WIMBLEDON “Only a few months ago people were writing him ...
What a Sports Day and It's Not Over Yet! —
Fang's Bites
If you've been at your office or at home, this was a great sports day. Watching Wimbledon online this morning, you saw Maria Sharapova get knocked out in the 2nd round against Gisela Dulko in a three set match. Then Roger Federer cruised in his 2nd round match against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in ...
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