In what appears to be a response to Time Warner Cable’s plans to launch a Spanish-language regional sports network in Los Angeles, Fox Sports will make many of its Angels, Dodgers and Clippers games available in Spanish starting this season.
Fox Sports is negotiating with local cable operators to carry those Spanish-language games on a basic tier. Prime Ticket and FS West would keep their regular channel positions on Los Angeles-area cable systems. The cable operators would simply find an overflow channel where they would put the Spanish-language games.
FOX Sports West and Prime Ticket were recently recognized on a national level with a network record 19 Telly Awards, nine more than the region's production department has earned in past years. This marks 54 cumulative Telly Award wins since the networks began submitting work in 2006.
Highlighting this year's Telly wins are:
- Westlake vs Oaks Christian - the region's first Telly nod for a live high school football game.
- Trona Football - In line with FS West's goal of showcasing the full spectrum of CIF Southern Section prep football programs, the Prep Zone crew traveled to Trona, CA, located three hours north of Los Angeles, to feature the world's only sand field:
- "Under the Halo" - In celebration of the Angels 50th Anniversary in 2011, FS West documented Halo history with this original series voiced by Dick Enberg:
- Dakota Meyer - Recently recognized at the 2011 Lott IMPACT Trophy Ceremony in Newport Beach, CA, Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer discusses his military career and his plans to help kids.
COMPLETE LIST OF 2011 FOX SPORTS WEST / PRIME TICKET TELLY AWARD WINS:
ENTRY TITLE CATEGORY
Dodgers Groundskeepers Sports
Kermit Alexander Feature Sports
Andy Bernstein Sports
Dakota Meyer Sports
Edward Lewis Videography/Cinematography
Frankie Telfort Sports
Under The Halo Sports
Patrick McBride Copywriting
Bruce Beffa Copywriting
Larry Patin Editing
Matt Barkley Africa Trip Sports
Lane Kiffin:USC Football Weekly Sports
Steven Contreras Sports
Rick Neuheisel:UCLA Fball Weekly Sports
Trona (Prep Zone) Sports
Suns vs. Lakers 3/22/11 Live Events
Angels vs. Indians 7/27/11 Live Events
Westlake vs. Oaks Christian 12/10/10 Live Events
"Making of the L.A. Kings Ice Crew Calendar" Entertainment
About the Tellys: Telly Awards recognize outstanding video and film production, as well as television commercials, in local and regional cable television. 2012 marks the 33rd Annual Telly Awards and the sixth season in which FS West and PRIME TICKET submitted work for consideration.
Mike Dimond, Senior Vice President and General Manager for FOX Sports North, also master griller. Dimond, along withrepresentatives from all of Minnesota’s pro sports teams (Ted Johnson, Timberwolves; Patrick Klinger, Twins; Bryan Harper, Vikings and Jim Ibister, Wild) recently took the long flight to Kuwait with “Serving Our Troops” to make dinner a little meatier for local soldiers.
"Serving our Troops" is a local organization that shows support and thanks to those who put themselves in harm's way by serving steak dinners to National Guard troops overseas and to their families back in Minnesota.
Not only did the trip provide FOX Sports North an opportunity to educate viewers about a great organization, but also the chance to show thanks to the men and women who serve our country.
Creative use of marketing, PR, social media, and online resources allows FOX Sports Florida to tap into the buzz surrounding the All-Star Game in Orlando and connect with hundreds of thousands of fans last weekend.
After just three on-air appearances, the FOX Sports West Girls are taking Southern California by storm. In addition to offering a new dimension to FOX Sports West and PRIME TICKET, their social media presence has undoubtedly captivated SoCal sports fanswith reactions like:
"I'm glad that you two try to reply to everyone's tweet. It makes us fans feel like we're actually part of it..."
"Love the @FSWest_Girls...keep doing your thing, ladies! #MuchRespect."
While they have been interacting with fans for just two weeks, the SoCal natives have over 1100 "Likes" on Facebook and 350 followers on Twitter.
790% increase in unique visitors and 341% increase in overall page views for Friday, Feb. 24-Sunday, Feb. 26 compared to a typical weekend.
Storylines included Tigers spring training, NFL Combine, Red Wings home winning streak, Big Ten basketball, high school sports, and the search for the new Fox Sports Detroit Girl.
Robust content included articles, video features, webcasts, blog posts, live streams, Facebook and Twitter updates, and more.
FOXSportsDetroit.com last weekend provided a prime example of how far the FSN regional networks' web content has come since launching in November 2010, dispatching reporters to a combination of games and events scattered among six cities in three states, including Michigan, Florida and Indiana.
