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Columnist: George Castle

Bulls videos entertain with insider’s view of players

Bulls videos entertain with insider’s view of players

By George Castle Jan 25, 2016
The currently playing Chicago Bulls’ video, “Rookie Days,” seen all over the internet, telling what it was like to be a rookie player in the player’s own words, is ...
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Comcast to air Abreu doc taped during MLB Cuban tour

Comcast to air Abreu doc taped during MLB Cuban tour

By George Castle Jan 19, 2016
Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSN/C) received Major League Baseball’s last minute invitation Thursday, Dec. 10 to join its historic Cuban good will tour that was leaving the...
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Doc about Cubs’ Maddon in his home town airs Jan. 14

Doc about Cubs’ Maddon in his home town airs Jan. 14

By George Castle Jan 11, 2016
Sarah Lauch, the award-winning executive producer of Comcast SportsNet Chicago’s Original Content, was greeted warmly when she and her crew arrived to tape a documentary about...
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CSNC lands Mandy Patinkin to narrate 2005 Sox doc

CSNC lands Mandy Patinkin to narrate 2005 Sox doc

By George Castle Mar 27, 2015
Chicago actor Mandy Patinkin, a lifelong White Sox fan and skilled narrator seemed a natural to front a 90-minute Chicago Sports Net Chicago (CSNC) documentary about the South S...
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Comcast may produce Cubs games for WLS/7 this spring

Comcast may produce Cubs games for WLS/7 this spring

By George Castle Jan 26, 2015
Talks are ongoing between Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSN) and WLS/7 to have Comcast produce the 25 Chicago Cubs games that ABC O&O WLS/7 has contracted to telecast for eac...
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Vorwald’s ‘labor of love’ Wrigley doc wins 2 awards

Vorwald’s ‘labor of love’ Wrigley doc wins 2 awards

By George Castle Nov 5, 2014
WGN/9 production director Bob Vorwald will receive the coveted Jerome Holtzman Award for service to local baseball history Jan. 25, at the Pitch and Hit Club’s 69th annual b...
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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
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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Halas’ family hosts Ch. 11 Czech doc benefit Feb. 17

Halas’ family hosts Ch. 11 Czech doc benefit Feb. 17

By George Castle Feb 8, 2013
George Halas was intensely proud of his triple identity: son of Bohemian immigrants, lifelong Chicagoan and founder of the Chicago Bears. Now his descendants are using their goo...
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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
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
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
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 Montgo...
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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
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
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’...
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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
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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CSN, WGN-TV beef up sports production into October

CSN, WGN-TV beef up sports production into October

By George Castle Aug 30, 2012
The White Sox’s pair of local TV broadcast rights-holders are adding pre- and post-game programming, including long-form remotes from road cities, in the 2012 season’s final...
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Comcast Sportsnet gets into sports game shows

Comcast Sportsnet gets into sports game shows

By George Castle Aug 22, 2012
Regional basic cable’s Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSN)is getting into the game-show business through old-school thrifty ingenuity and an uptick in sponsorship, with studio-pro...
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