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NFL's cratering ratings may be starting to hit Fox's bottom line
CNBC ^ | October 12, 2017 | Tae Kim

Posted on 10/16/2017 9:48:27 AM PDT by C19fan

Declining football game television ratings will cut into Twenty-First Century Fox's earnings, according to one Wall Street firm.

Credit Suisse lowered its price target and earnings per share forecasts for the media company, citing Fox's poor Sunday NFL ratings.

"We trim our 2018/19 EPS forecasts … ahead of Q1 earnings," analyst Omar Sheikh wrote in a note to clients Thursday. "The key near term headwinds are soft NFL ratings and the risk that the Sky transaction is blocked by UK regulators."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: football; nfl
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Hit them where it hurts.
1 posted on 10/16/2017 9:48:27 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Let’s turn those “soft NFL ratings” in a hard crash and burn!


2 posted on 10/16/2017 9:50:10 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: C19fan

Apparently boycotts work.


3 posted on 10/16/2017 9:52:57 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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Fox didn’t air the Anthem during the Bears/Ravens game yesterday. I don’t think that is helping the NFL improve their image.


4 posted on 10/16/2017 9:53:58 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: C19fan

Destroy the bigoted NFL


5 posted on 10/16/2017 9:54:19 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: jaydubya2

Trying to hide what the sjws are doing will only further alienate the fanbase.


6 posted on 10/16/2017 9:55:35 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

...Apparently boycotts work...

Boycotts in general, not necessarily so.
But, this one seems a winner because it is very visual.


7 posted on 10/16/2017 9:55:43 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: C19fan

I was on the road yesterday and had completely forgotten it was an NFL Sunday.

It’s much easier than I thought.


8 posted on 10/16/2017 9:57:39 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: C19fan

Yup!


9 posted on 10/16/2017 9:58:01 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: ealgeone

and I read that all the players for the Bears/Ravens stood yesterday.


10 posted on 10/16/2017 9:58:06 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: C19fan

Hillarys’ going to help.


11 posted on 10/16/2017 9:59:37 AM PDT by existtoexcel
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To: Sasparilla
I have heard viewership off as much as 34%.

I cleaned my gutters yesterday when the game was on and saved $ 60.00. WINNING!

12 posted on 10/16/2017 9:59:40 AM PDT by IC Ken
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This one isn’t even a boycott at all — it’s a large scale abandonment of the NFL. I insist that it’s not a boycott because there isn’t a damn thing the NFL can do to get most of those “boycotters” back.


13 posted on 10/16/2017 10:00:34 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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I’m not actively boycotting the nfl. I just don’t want to watch it much anymore.

I’m tired of pissant players and their tantrums, tired of stupid rules for hits, tired of stupid delays for replays.

Sundays are more fun outside for me.


14 posted on 10/16/2017 10:00:54 AM PDT by budj (Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: IC Ken

I think if you talk to NFL merchandising shops...it’s probably near a 50-percent drop in purchases. With Christmas coming up...this was their big period of the year.


15 posted on 10/16/2017 10:02:15 AM PDT by pepsionice
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Regularly scheduled NFL events have been pre-empted by
“cops are pigs” events


16 posted on 10/16/2017 10:03:24 AM PDT by syriacus
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To: PGR88

I’ve been saying for years that it takes as little as one Sunday without the NFL for any reasonably intelligent person to realize what a pathetic waste of time an NFL game is for its viewers.


17 posted on 10/16/2017 10:03:29 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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< Trying to hide what the sjws are doing will only further alienate the fanbase >
Haven't they heard of social media? If they don't show it, someone will post it on FB, You Tube, etc.
18 posted on 10/16/2017 10:04:54 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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"Let’s turn those “soft NFL ratings” in a hard crash and burn!"

Colin, thanks to you as a BLM/NFL idiot, you woke Americans up to the NFL scam on our tvs and in our tax payer stadiums. Your contribution to Americans will be remembered, like 8 years of Obama and H. Clintoon's campaigning gave us President Trump!

Or the Dallas Cowgirl Pussies!


19 posted on 10/16/2017 10:05:48 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Trump is kicking their a$$es, they, ______________, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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To: PGR88

“I was on the road yesterday and had completely forgotten it was an NFL Sunday.

It’s much easier than I thought.”

It gets easier each week. We started our boycott as Former Niner fans, when the fan of cop killers, The Colin, took a knee.


20 posted on 10/16/2017 10:07:23 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Trump is kicking their a$$es, they, ______________, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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