[opendtv] Re: European TV trends

I think the "small uproar" was *completely* mitigated by the "addition"
of Sunday Night Football.  In fact, MNF and SNF essentially just
switched nights.  I don't have ratings data to back this up, but I
imagine the audience switched nights, too.  Anyway, and as has always
been the case, teams competing on the cable-delivered night were
available OTA in their home markets.

Regarding the European Trend, I suspect the rest of the world is more
fanatical about their football than we are about ours, judging from the
amount of fences and razor wire that I have seen *inside* those
stadia...

As far as politicians getting upset with Bowl Games disappearing from
OTA broadcasting, doesn't that "disenfranchise" the same people that the
analog shutdown will?  Should we not expect Congressional action again
here?  ;)

Ken

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At 1:49 PM -0500 2/10/09, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>Which begs the question, assuming the above to be correct, how come the

>same doesn't happen here? How come people in the industry and 
>politicians don't become concerned that pay schemes grab the most 
>desirable content? Or perhaps this is not the case there or here? Don't

>know.

There has long been concern that some critical franchises will move
exclusively to MPVDs. NFL football is probably at the top of the list,
and there was a small uproar when MOnday Night Football moved to ESPN -
but this was mitigated in part by the addition of Sunday Night Football
at NBC.

I think we may soon see the politicians raise their hackles about the
move of virtually all College Bowl games to ESPN...

Regards
Craig
 
 
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