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Category: Castle on Sports

Sportscaster Garfien directs 4-part Bears doc series
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Sportscaster Garfien directs 4-part Bears doc series

By George Castle Nov 25, 2013 0 Comment
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Chuck Garfein, Comcast SportsNet Chicago anchor, is fulfilling a youthful ambition in writing, directing and editing a 4-part hourlong series on the memorable games in Chic...
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Producers of “5 Outs” Cubs doc win Holtzman Award
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Producers of “5 Outs” Cubs doc win Holtzman Award

By George Castle Nov 11, 2013 0 Comment
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Comcast SportsNet, producer of the “5 Outs” documentary about the star-crossed 2003 Cubs that aired in October, has already won its first award. Co-producers Sarah Lauc...
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WGN starts taping Wrigley Field 2014 centennial doc
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WGN starts taping Wrigley Field 2014 centennial doc

By George Castle Aug 12, 2013 0 Comment
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WGN-TV has started production on a two-hour special to mark Wrigley Field’s 100th birthday in 2014, by traveling to tape interviews with great Cubs of the past, including...
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Young Hawks ready to join teammates as ad spokesmen
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Young Hawks ready to join teammates as ad spokesmen

By George Castle Jul 8, 2013 0 Comment
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Companies eager to associate with a Chicago sports champion should have some fresh, appealing faces as frontmen with younger Blackhawks players. Superstars Jonathan Toews and Pa...
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Cubs announcer Hughes produces ‘Baseball Voices’ CDs
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Cubs announcer Hughes produces ‘Baseball Voices’ CDs

By George Castle May 30, 2013 0 Comment
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Cubs’ radio play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes turns to production when he’s not on the air this summer, as he begins editing material for “Baseball Voices”, the CD serie...
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Revised sports talk show adds social media comments
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Revised sports talk show adds social media comments

By George Castle Feb 25, 2013 0 Comment
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Viewers providing their comments via social media to the roundtable panelists is probably the biggest change made to SportsTalk Live presented by Smirnoff, Comcast SportsNe...
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Wert, Murdoch players in Cubs TV rights bonanza quest
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Wert, Murdoch players in Cubs TV rights bonanza quest

By George Castle Feb 21, 2013 0 Comment
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(Second of a two-part series)Fresh after assuming command of Tribune Co.’s broadcasting arm, the affable Larry Wert surely does not want to be known as the executive who ...
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Sticker shock in store for WGN over Cubs TV rights
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Sticker shock in store for WGN over Cubs TV rights

By George Castle Feb 20, 2013 0 Comment
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(First of a two-part series) It’s like an earthquake rattling up from the depths, a seismic shift could rock many corners of broadcasting and production in Chicago. The Cubs&n...
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‘Insiders’ boost sports video to websites, telecasts
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‘Insiders’ boost sports video to websites, telecasts

By George Castle Feb 13, 2013 0 Comment
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Chicago media outlets are going where standard-sized ENG camera crews sometimes don’t tread: in locker rooms on the road where videos of the city’s athletes are now being re...
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CSN’S use of NBC graphics package ‘best look ever’
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CSN’S use of NBC graphics package ‘best look ever’

By George Castle Jan 24, 2013 0 Comment
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When a record number of Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSC)regular-season hockey viewers (5.40 rating) watched the Blackhawks Tuesday, they also witnessed a new CSN Chicago pro...
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BTN ‘Olympic sports’ tourneys a coverage challenge
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BTN ‘Olympic sports’ tourneys a coverage challenge

By George Castle Nov 7, 2012 0 Comment
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Mark Hulsey knows his production crew is fortunate in televising the Big Ten’s men’s soccer tournament championship game being played Sunday on Northwestern’s lakefront fi...
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Big Ten Network ramps up production with new docs
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Big Ten Network ramps up production with new docs

By George Castle Oct 8, 2012 0 Comment
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Two new weekly shows are establishing the five-year-old, Chicago-based Big Ten Network as a regular producer of sports documentaries. Operating out of offices in the old Montgom...
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NEP’s Trio no longer handles crewing for CSN events
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NEP’s Trio no longer handles crewing for CSN events

By George Castle Oct 3, 2012 0 Comment
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Despite forthcoming lost revenue from the NHL players’ lockout, Trio Video’s first six months under ownership by mobile TV giant NEP has gone smoothly. “It’s helped out ...
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NBC5 projects year-round work for Bears star Marshall
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NBC5 projects year-round work for Bears star Marshall

By George Castle Sep 27, 2012 0 Comment
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NBC5 management believes star Bears receiver Brandon Marshall is such a good catch that his telegenic work for the station will continue throughout next off-season. Marshall’s...
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TV sports possible financial hit from NHL lockout
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TV sports possible financial hit from NHL lockout

By George Castle Sep 20, 2012 0 Comment
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Missed paychecks and production fees will ripple through Chicago-area video companies unless the National Hockey League lockout of players comes to an unexpectedly quick conclus...
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