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Sports Media Weekly Podcast Special Edition- Super Bowl XLVI Recap
With Super Bowl XLVI still fresh in our minds Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I thought we would produce a special podcast of our thoughts on the media coverage of the big game.
Ken and I look at the historic viewership for the game and on NBC’s coverage; from pre-game, through the game itself, and Madonna’s half time show. We also review the Super Bowl ads and how respectful people were on Twitter.
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A Call For Respectful Social Media Practitioners This Super Bowl Sunday
I don’t need to tell this audience the impact social media has in our lives. Although I don’t contribute as much as others, I get more information from Twitter, Google+ and, to a lesser extent, Facebook than anywhere elese.
News breaks on social media every day. Depending on who I ”friend”, “follow” or “circle” the links in my browser bookmarks have become obsolete. We see stories develop before your eyes by following the people who are on the ground at revolutions (Egypt, Libya), natural disasters (Japanese earthquake), or other major news events where the media has yet to stake a claim. It’s true “people journalism”.
With all these connections we make there is bound to be a certain amount of noise–tweets or status updates which mean little to us but we put up with to get the information and interaction we value by being a member of these social networks.
The noise problem, however, is more prevelant during a large sporting or entertainment event viewed by a wide television audience. Expect the noise to reach historic proportions this Sunday during Super Bowl XLVI.
I, like many of you, will watch the game on television and follow my friends on social media at the same time. But I must admit, I’ll likely close the laptop before the end of the first quarter if what’s trended during my social media expereince in the past resurfaces.
As an example, let’s go through a scenerio that will likely play out this Sunday in Indianapolis….Tom Brady throws a touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez. (I would have gone with Rob Gronkowski but his status for the game is still far from certain). As soon as that play is over, my social media stream will get flooded with the following, or something similar:
HERNANDEZ!
Brady to Hernandez, Pats lead 7-0.
Clutch throw!
Money!
Pats on top!
What’s the value of this? Why state the obvious? There will be over 100 million people watching the game. For those providing updates on the score, do you really feel that I’m waiting for YOUR update to find out what’s happening in the Super Bowl? Dude, you’re not that important.
I love the insightful and amusing comments that come up during the game. Some of them about the Super Bowl ads will be must-read tweets. Unfortunately they get drowned out by this drivel. Now I’m not naive to think that my social media streams will be filled with useful information 24 hours a day. But at times it’s easier for me to shut down than tune out. I don’t want to have to do that.
This Super Sunday think about your audience before you tweet. Be considerate of their expereince. Show your excitement. But do so that adds to, not detracts from, most people’s social media expereicne.
Sports Media Weekly Podcast No. 90- Media at Super Bowl XLVI
Welcome to show XC.
Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I are devoting the entire program to the media at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. We have no news segment, but two guests…
We start off the show joined by Neil Best, sports business and media columnist with Newsday. Neil is covering the Giants for the paper and shares with us his experiences in Indianapolis and how the New York media is covering the team.
We are then joined by Dial Global Sports‘ (formerly Westwood One) Kevin Haraln, who will be calling the game with Boomer Esiason for the nationwide radio network. Kevin fills us in on his busy schedule prior to the game, and how preparing to call a Super Bowl is similar in some ways, and different in others, than calling the action during the regular season. As many of you know Kevin handles play-by-play for NFL and College Basketball on CBS and the NBA on TNT.
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Sports Media Digest- February 1, 2012
Costas To Host Live Town Hall Session in Indianapolis- NBC’s Bob Costas will host a live town hall meeting tomorrow night looking at the state of the NFL. Costas Tonight: Live From the Super Bowl will feature interviews with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as well as NFL owners and players. The program will air on the NBC Sports Network from 8:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. ET tomorrow night.
Super Bowl Edition of NFL Turning Point Tomorrow Night- The NBC Sports Network will air a special edition of NFL Turning Point tomorrow night at 10:00p.m. ET. This weeks edition will look at the turning points throughout the season fpr the Gianta and Patriots leading up to Super Bowl XLVI.
NFL Creates App for Super Bowl XLVI- The NFL has announced that it has created a special app for Android and iOS that chronicles the New York Giants’ and New England Patriots’ road to the big game and will be updated with Super Bowl XLVI highlights and other fratures after the game. The app costs $2.99 before the Super Bowl, less than half of the post-game price.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Announcement on NFL Network- NFL Network will have exclusive coverage of the announcement of the inductees into the 2012 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Road to Canton: Pro Football Hall of Fame: Class of 2012 will air Saturday, February 4th at 5:30p.m. ET. Fran Charles will host alongside Hall of Fame quarterbacks Dan Fouts and Warren Moon.
Rovell to Host Post-Super Bowl Hangout on Google +- CNBC Sports Business Reporters Darren Rovell will be hosting a Google + Hangout the day after the Super Bowl to discuss the game’s advertisements. On February 17th Rovell will unveil the findings of which ad was rated the best by fans on his program CNBC SportsBiz: Game On. CNBC is working with Google’s You Tube Ad Blitz to measure ad responses.
TNT has Exclusive Announcement of 2012 NBA All- Star Starters- TNT will be the place to find out who will be named to the 2012 NBA All-Star starting teams. Coverage begins prior to the network’s NBA double header tomorrow night at 7:00p.m. ET with Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Chris Webber.
NBA TV Continues to Score Well in With Viewers- NBA TV continues to see an increase in viewership through the first month of the season. Through the first 34 games of the regular season, NBA TV is averaging 391,000 total viewers and 306,000 total households,up 74% and 78% respectively, compared to the same time last year. So far this season, three games have been three of the top five most-watched games ever on the network. Those are Lakers/Clippers January 14th, Bulls/Clippers December 30th, and Clippers/Lakers January 25th.
UFC on Fox Scores Well with Key Demographics- Last Saturday’s UFC action on Fox gave the network ratings wins within its key demographics for the event. Fox won the night with a 2.4 rating for Adults 18-49 and a 2.5 rating foir Adults 18-34. The telecast averaged 4.7 million viewers.
College Basketball Schedule Across the ESPN Family of Networks
Here is this week’s men’s college basketball schedule on the networks of ESPN:
| Wed, Feb 1 | 7 p.m. | Connecticut at No. 14 Georgetown Sean McDonough & Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 |
| Rutgers at Providence Adam Amin & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNU | ||
| Vermont at Boston University | ESPN3 | ||
| Drexel at Northeastern | ESPN3 | ||
| Virginia Commonwealth at William & Mary | ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 6 Baylor at Texas A&M Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| Oklahoma at No. 8 Kansas Mitch Holthus & Miles Simon |
ESPNU | ||
| Thu, Feb 2 | 7 p.m. | No. 5 Duke at Virginia Tech Mike Patrick, Len Elmore & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN / ESPN3 |
| Nebraska at Northwestern Dave O’Brien & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| Chattanooga at Western Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
| Canisius at Iona | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State at No. 9 Murray State Anish Shroff & Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | UCLA at Washington Dave Pasch & Dan Dakich |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| South Carolina at No. 11 Florida Rece Davis & Hubert Davis |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | Portland at Santa Clara Mark Neely & Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | Gonzaga at BYU Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| Fri, Feb 3 | 7 p.m. | Rider at Loyola (Maryland) Doug Sherman & Tim O’Toole |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | Cleveland State at Loyola (Illinois) Jim Barbar & David Kaplan |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Feb 4 | 11 a.m. | South Florida at No. 14 Georgetown Beth Mowins & Tim Welsh |
ESPNU |
| Noon | No. 2 Syracuse at St. John’s Dave Pasch & Doris Burke |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Detroit at Butler Bob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| 1 p.m. | Boston College at Georgia Tech Dave Neal & Bob Valvano |
ESPNU | |
| 2 p.m. | No. 3 Ohio State at No. 20 Wisconsin Dave O’Brien & Dan Dakich |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Temple at Rhode Island Marc Kestecher & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Penn State at Iowa Mark Brown & Tim McCormick |
ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | No. 6 North Carolina at Maryland Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Middle Tennessee State at Denver Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Old Dominion at George Mason Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 1 Kentucky at South Carolina Brad Nessler & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Iowa State at Oklahoma Mark Jones & Jalen Rose |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | Richmond at Duquesne Justin Kutcher & Dickey Simpkins |
ESPNU | |
| Drexel at Towson | ESPN3 | ||
| Iona at Manhattan | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Mississippi at Alabama TBD & Kara Lawson |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 8 Kansas at No. 4 Missouri Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Holly Rowe |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton Mark Neely & Mark Adams |
ESPNU | ||
| 10 p.m. | Indiana State at Wichita State TBA |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Feb 5 | 2 p.m. | Villanova at Pittsburgh Bob Wischusen & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN / ESPN3 |
| 3 p.m. | Miami at No. 5 Duke Jon Sciambi, Jimmy Dykes & Allison Williams |
ESPNU |
Here is the women’s college basketball schedule:
| Wed, Feb 1 | 5 p.m. | Vermont at Boston University | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | James Madison at Old Dominion | ESPN3 | |
| Thu, Feb 2 | 7 p.m. | USC Upstate at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 |
| Sat, Feb 4 | 2 p.m. | Providence at Villanova Bob Picozzi & LaChina Robinson |
ESPN3 / BIG EAST Network |
| 4:30 p.m. | Marist at Manhattan | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Belmont at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Feb 5 | 11 a.m. | Dayton at Xavier | ESPNU |
| 1 p.m. | No. 22 DePaul at No. 2 Notre Dame | ESPNU | |
| 2 p.m. | Auburn at No. 9 Tennessee Cara Capuano & Abby Waner |
ESPN3/ SEC Network | |
| 6 p.m. | Samford at Wofford | ESPN3 | |
| Mon, Feb 6 | 7 p.m. | No. 25 North Carolina at No. 5 Duke Beth Mowins & Stephanie White |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 |
| 9 p.m. | Oklahoma at No. 1 Baylor Pam Ward & Rebecca Lobo |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 |
