BillsNYC
06-18-2003, 01:44 PM
From a friend at the NFL....have never heard of this future network? :bf1:
RICH EISEN NAMED LEAD ANCHOR OF NFL NETWORK
> The National Football League announced today the appointment of Rich
Eisen
> as its lead anchor for NFL Network, the new NFL television
programming
> service launching this fall.
> The announcement was made by Steve Bornstein, President and CEO of
NFL
> Network.
> Eisen, one of television's most visible anchors and personalities for
the
> past seven years, has been a popular mainstay for ESPN's
SportsCenter. In
> his new role, he will anchor NFL Network's flagship program, a
> yet-to-be-named one-hour, fast-paced, live studio show from Los
Angeles at
> 8 p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday.
> "Rich will be the face and the future of NFL Network," said
Bornstein.
> "He's intelligent, funny and he exudes excitement. He represents
> everything we want our Network to be."
> "Working with Steve was a great experience at the beginning of my
career,
> and I'm ecstatic to join with him for this exciting new venture,"
said
> Eisen, while vacationing in Europe on his honeymoon. "Being a huge
> football fan, the chance to work for the NFL and do a show combining
> sports and entertainment, is truly a dream come true."
> NFL Network will be carried initially on DIRECTV's basic service that
is
> seen in more than 11.4 million homes. NFL Network will air seven
days a
> week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and will be the first
> television network fully dedicated to the NFL and the sport of
football.
> NFL Films, High Definition programming, Video-On-Demand (VOD)
services and
> other cutting-edge enhanced TV applications will be a part of NFL
Network.
>
> An anchor/reporter for ESPN's SportsCenter from 1996 to 2003, Eisen
also
> anchored Baseball2Day, ESPNEWS and hosted Baseball Tonight and RPM
2Night.
> Eisen also handled play-by-play duties for Major League Baseball on
ESPN
> and ESPN2.
> Prior to joining ESPN, Eisen served as a sports anchor and reporter
at
> KRCR-TV in Redding, CA (1994-96). He also worked in television as
the
> Medill News Service's Washington correspondent (1994) and later that
year
> as a production assistant for the "CBS Evening News" with Dan Rather
and
> Connie Chung.
> Eisen began his career as a staff writer for the Staten Island
Advance
> (1990-93) and as a stringer covering Chicago high school football and
> basketball for the Chicago Tribune (1993-94).
> The 33-year-old graduated from the University of Michigan in 1990
with a
> BA degree in communications and from Northwestern University's Medill
> School of Journalism in 1994 with a masters degree in broadcast
> journalism.
>
> # # #
RICH EISEN NAMED LEAD ANCHOR OF NFL NETWORK
> The National Football League announced today the appointment of Rich
Eisen
> as its lead anchor for NFL Network, the new NFL television
programming
> service launching this fall.
> The announcement was made by Steve Bornstein, President and CEO of
NFL
> Network.
> Eisen, one of television's most visible anchors and personalities for
the
> past seven years, has been a popular mainstay for ESPN's
SportsCenter. In
> his new role, he will anchor NFL Network's flagship program, a
> yet-to-be-named one-hour, fast-paced, live studio show from Los
Angeles at
> 8 p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday.
> "Rich will be the face and the future of NFL Network," said
Bornstein.
> "He's intelligent, funny and he exudes excitement. He represents
> everything we want our Network to be."
> "Working with Steve was a great experience at the beginning of my
career,
> and I'm ecstatic to join with him for this exciting new venture,"
said
> Eisen, while vacationing in Europe on his honeymoon. "Being a huge
> football fan, the chance to work for the NFL and do a show combining
> sports and entertainment, is truly a dream come true."
> NFL Network will be carried initially on DIRECTV's basic service that
is
> seen in more than 11.4 million homes. NFL Network will air seven
days a
> week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and will be the first
> television network fully dedicated to the NFL and the sport of
football.
> NFL Films, High Definition programming, Video-On-Demand (VOD)
services and
> other cutting-edge enhanced TV applications will be a part of NFL
Network.
>
> An anchor/reporter for ESPN's SportsCenter from 1996 to 2003, Eisen
also
> anchored Baseball2Day, ESPNEWS and hosted Baseball Tonight and RPM
2Night.
> Eisen also handled play-by-play duties for Major League Baseball on
ESPN
> and ESPN2.
> Prior to joining ESPN, Eisen served as a sports anchor and reporter
at
> KRCR-TV in Redding, CA (1994-96). He also worked in television as
the
> Medill News Service's Washington correspondent (1994) and later that
year
> as a production assistant for the "CBS Evening News" with Dan Rather
and
> Connie Chung.
> Eisen began his career as a staff writer for the Staten Island
Advance
> (1990-93) and as a stringer covering Chicago high school football and
> basketball for the Chicago Tribune (1993-94).
> The 33-year-old graduated from the University of Michigan in 1990
with a
> BA degree in communications and from Northwestern University's Medill
> School of Journalism in 1994 with a masters degree in broadcast
> journalism.
>
> # # #