[opendtv] Re: European TV trends
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:58:44 -0500
At 1:26 PM -0500 2/13/09, Hunold, Ken wrote:
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? ;)
Good points Ken!
I expect that the shift to cable for college bowl games MAY be used
as a stimulus for fundamental change in the college football play-off
system. Rather than a big fight over who gets the rights to the
current mess, I think that political and economic forces will push
for a true play-off system that can generate a much larger audience
and ad revenues. When they hit the reset button, I expect there will
be political pressure to put the playoffs on FREE TV, just like the
upcoming NCAA Basketball Playoffs.
Regards
Craig
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