With yesterday being Patriots Day and all, Jack Edwards decided to compare the Bruins to "rag tag farmers" fighting off the "red coated" Canadiens last night: It's generating a little buzz around the intertubes.
Quick DISH Network Rant
Last summer, my wife and I built a house out in the country. We're so far out there that Comcast cable isn't an option for us, so we had to go with Satellite TV. After comparing and going back and forth, we settled with DISH Network over DirecTV, mostly because of equipment and pricing. Before … Continue reading Quick DISH Network Rant
Game One Ratings Battle
For last Thursday night's Bruins/Canadiens game one, NESN scored a 9.4 rating. The post below this one outlines the national numbers ESPN got for Celtics/Bulls, but locally, Saturday's Celtics/Bulls game one scored a 9.5 rating, which was split between CSN (4.8) and ESPN (4.7) It is striking how similar the ratings were, despite a number … Continue reading Game One Ratings Battle
Game One is the Third Highest Bruins Rating in NESN History
NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, earned a 9.4 household rating in the Boston DMA for the first game of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal against the Montreal Canadiens. This is the third highest Bruins game rating in NESN’s 25 year history behind only the 2004 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 7 (11.2) and the 2008 … Continue reading Game One is the Third Highest Bruins Rating in NESN History
NESN’s Bruins Ratings Grow 69% This Season
NESN passed out a release this afternoon with some highlights of their best Bruins full season rating average in network history: NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, announced today that on average more than 60,000 homes in the Boston DMA tuned in to each Bruins game during the 2008/09 season setting a network record. … Continue reading NESN’s Bruins Ratings Grow 69% This Season
NESN Garners Best Bruins Rating of the Season
NESN’s coverage of last night’s Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens game earned a 4.7 average household rating in the Boston DMA. The rating is the highest Bruins game rating of the season (beating the 4.5 that NESN earned on Super Bowl Sunday –a game at Montreal) and the highest regular season Bruins game rating on … Continue reading NESN Garners Best Bruins Rating of the Season
Red Sox Opener a Ratings Winner for NESN
From NESN: NESN’s coverage of yesterdays Red Sox opening day win garnered a 17.9 average household rating in the Boston DMA setting an opening day record. The previous best opening day game rating was 17.6 on 4/3/05, a game that aired in primetime against the Yankees on WSBK-TV. NESN’s game rating was the top rated … Continue reading Red Sox Opener a Ratings Winner for NESN
Red Sox Trivia Game Show coming to NESN
Just got notified of a new game show coming to NESN this fall: THE BATTER’S BOX – Boston baseball trivia game show, a StarPilot production coming this fall to NESN. OPEN CASTING CALLS!!! The Batter’s Box is a Boston baseball trivia game show looking for contestants throughout New England. Think you know your Sox? Prove … Continue reading Red Sox Trivia Game Show coming to NESN
Jack Edwards Interview on Hockey Blog
The Hockey media blog Puck The Media has an extensive two part interview with Bruins play-by-play announcer Jack Edwards. Part 1: On Growing Up Loving Hockey, and ESPN Past and Present Part 2: On Andy Brickley, Influences and Why People Need to Lighten Up About Their Hockey-Watching It's worth checking out.
NESN to show Bruins and Red Sox in HD Simultaneously
You might recall that last spring, when the Bruins were playing Montreal in the playoffs and the Red Sox were in the early part of their schedule, that when the times for games of the two teams conflicted, only one game was shown in HD. This didn't make fans of either team happy, as when … Continue reading NESN to show Bruins and Red Sox in HD Simultaneously
Boston Sports Media Watch 