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NFL to Put New TV Package On Own Cable Channel (Dinosaur Media Extinction Alert)
The Wall Street Journal ^
| Jan 27, 2006
| STEFAN FATSIS and JOE FLINT
Posted on 01/28/2006 5:20:39 AM PST by abb
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Looks like content starvation for the Dinosaur Media neworks to me...
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posted on
01/28/2006 5:20:42 AM PST
by
abb
To: abb
Well... I sure do like the NFL's...
tossing in a free beer cup hold when you sign up.
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posted on
01/28/2006 5:28:48 AM PST
by
Bender2
(Read the first three chapters of my Science Fiction novel)
To: abb
In addition to appearing on the NFL Network, the eight Thursday and Saturday games also are expected to air on broadcast television in the participating team's markets.I remember reading about this about a year ago when ESPN was in talks to take over the MNF telecast after ABC said it was going to abandon the effort (citing low ratings), and that the NFL Network was thought by many to be getting into the football telecast mix.
I'm glad the OLN offer didn't fall through because DISH Network dumped OLN after that network blacked out NHL hockey telecasts and in the same process, OLN sought to increase its rates and at the same time, wanted to be placed in the basic package, which would have increased the basic package rate above that of the mid-tier package which happens to be the most popular of the three-tiers DISH offers.
NFL Network is a great channel, and alot of it's programming is first-rate.
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posted on
01/28/2006 5:30:18 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: Bender2
God, grant me the serenity.....
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posted on
01/28/2006 5:33:21 AM PST
by
Crawdad
(So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this.")
To: Crawdad
Is there such a thing as too much football ?
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Is there such a thing as too much football ? I'll get back to you on that as soon as I finish watching the rerun of the 1992 Pop Warner championship.
Oops, commercials over gotta go.
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posted on
01/28/2006 5:40:00 AM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
To: Crawdad
Re: "God, grant me the
serenity...
Dad, that's not the way you spell Cialis!
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posted on
01/28/2006 5:40:14 AM PST
by
Bender2
(Read the first three chapters of my Science Fiction novel)
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To: abb
Better be offered in HD...I hate watching games that are not HD.
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posted on
01/28/2006 5:47:49 AM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
(..it takes some pretty serious yodeling to..filibuster from a five star ski resort in the Swiss Alps)
To: abb
Maybe the network can counter with a series on gay environmentally conscious football players.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
It is true the media is in major decline, but rather than marking the decline of the media, I am going to stick my neck out and predict that this marks the top of NFL and it is the NFL that is now facing a serious decline in popularity because its "price" is at a high in the extreme.
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posted on
01/28/2006 5:51:05 AM PST
by
HopefulPatriot
(Freedom means making your own choices instead of government making the choice for you.)
To: abb
This is idiotic for the NFL. You can't maintain a sport's popularity by making it unavailable (or difficult to find) to a large segment of your target market.
Just look at Boxing. Back in the '70s, everyone used to watch and talk about every major bout. Then it turned into a cable-only affair and it started a nosedive. Now that it is purely pay-per-view, I don't know anyone into boxing anymore.
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:07:21 AM PST
by
inkling
To: abb
Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, Saturday Night Football, plus three games on Sunday.
That keeps me off the streets, away from expensive bars and restaurants and home in front of my Sony 37 incher.
Life keeps getting better all the time.
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:07:48 AM PST
by
NaughtiusMaximus
(DO NOT read to the end of this tagline . . . Oh, $#@%^, there you went and did it.)
To: Bender2
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:10:55 AM PST
by
verity
(The MSM is comprised of useless eaters)
To: verity
Re:
You like warm beer? I guess I should have told ya'll that is a picture of my ex-wife and that beer stayed just above freezing through out our entire marriage...
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:14:53 AM PST
by
Bender2
(Read the first three chapters of my Science Fiction novel)
To: Bender2
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:16:55 AM PST
by
verity
(The MSM is comprised of useless eaters)
To: abb
If I subscribed to Sunday Ticket and now they don't offer all the games, I would be kind of pissed. It has to de-value some of their other deals.
To: verity
Oh, you know her then...
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:22:53 AM PST
by
Bender2
(Read the first three chapters of my Science Fiction novel)
To: Bender2
I guess I should have told ya'll that is a picture of my ex-wife and that beer stayed just above freezing through out our entire marriage...LOL!...Oh!, sorry..
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:23:09 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: inkling
You make a good point. However, "cable" TV for the masses may not be far off. As soon as cable and internet over power lines is perfected, "broadcast" will go away....
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:24:10 AM PST
by
abb
(Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)
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