Posted on 10/14/2016 7:34:50 PM PDT by Zakeet
Football, America’s biggest prime-time powerhouse, has been thrust into a crisis this fall, with dwindling ratings sparking questions over whether it can remain a gold mine for television in an age when more Americans are abandoning traditional TV.
Network executives have long used the National Football League’s live games as a last line of defense against the rapid growth of “cord-cutting” and on-demand viewing upending the industry.
But now, the NFL is seeing its ratings tumble in the same way that the Olympics, awards shows and other live events have, falling more than 10 percent for the first five weeks of the season compared with the first five weeks of last season. A continued slide, executives say, could pose an even bigger danger: If football can’t survive the new age of TV, what can?
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That sounds like a nice evening. That is certainly something I would enjoy.
The big movie theater here in Boston where I live is very nice, a lot of theaters but it ends up with a huge number of inner city punks. I know a few older people who are frightened to go to the movies.
I think VIP service would go a long way in movies.
Since NBC is one of the LSM and is part of several organizations, and NFL rating are down accoring to the Washington Compost - and an NFL game is on tonight, if all FR readers and other conservatives stopped watching NBC and MSNBC, etc until NBC releases the full Broderick tape and watch their advertisers squirm after paying millions and no viewers. Maybe a boycott can get their attention.
Target
To transgender friendly to fail?
doom for traditional TV
I get that sports folks spend the big bucks on cable (or did?).
Otherwise, in the day in age of modern technology and internet why bother watching cable?
15-20 minutes of commercials every hour. Yipes.
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