Sports Media Weekly No. 108

http://sportsmediajournal.com/page/2/ t’s news, news, and more news on this week’s edition of Sports Media Weekly. This week’s program has no guest, so Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I thought we would touch upon a good number of news making headlines in the sports media world. We begin the show talking about the news that college football will have a four team playoff format beginning with the 2014 season. Ken and I speculate which media entity will likely be the high bidder for the rights of the three game playoff series. Both Ken and I like ESPN’s chances. We then delve into the news from ESPN that Chris Berman and Trent Dilfer will be calling the network’s nightcap of its season-opening Monday Night Football double header. The talk then shifts to Great Britain as we discuss the busy sports schedule for England with Wimbledon, the British Open, and the Olympics all taking place in the country over the next month and a half. We mention the benefits of NBC’s announcement today that people who want to watch the Olympics online can start the authentication process with their local cable or satellite provider now. Along the way in the show we discuss the move by CBS to enter the national sports radio market while saluting WFAN for its 25 years on the air. Ken and I also touch upon the prospects of a new morning show for the NFL Network and the strong viewership on ESPN for Euro 2012.