eisen40 - Awful Announcing

By on 03/03/2014

Apple

Apple reportedly wants to get back into the Big Ten rights conversation

Add another bidder to the fray.

Radio

Mike Francesa celebrates WFAN’s 35th anniversary with dull pre-recorded message calling for “patriotism in our very troubled country”

"On this Fourth of July weekend, may we find some common ground"

League Networks

Adding USC and UCLA could give Big Ten Network a huge revenue boost

Going from out-of-footprint to in-footprint in the Los Angeles market alone appears like it would get BTN at least $17.9 million more in per-subscriber fees annually.

Local Networks

Twins broadcaster Dick Bremer has had enough of the Cleveland Guardians

"I think we've had enough...of the Cleveland Guardians."

Fox

Erin Andrews thought Fox would hire Peyton Manning, not Tom Brady, to replace Troy Aikman

"I had convinced myself we were getting Peyton Manning."

NBC

NBC is shutting down the U.S. linear Olympic Channel in September

Five years after its launch, the NBC U.S. linear Olympic channel (a NBC/IOC/USOPC partnership) is shutting down.