 Keano
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Re: beIn Sport 1 & 2 (new soccer channels) said by Greg2600:NBC Sports is spending money to compete with ESPN. They signed Formula 1 lately.
If NBC thinks Formula 1 will help them compete with ESPN they're delusional. F1 ratings are miniscule. |
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said by Keano:The lockout has nothing to do with it. NBC signed a 10 year deal with the NHL last year.
Really?
Either way, great news... Extremely happy to see a major broadcast company like NBC step up... 
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said by Keano:said by Greg2600:NBC Sports is spending money to compete with ESPN. They signed Formula 1 lately.
If NBC thinks Formula 1 will help them compete with ESPN they're delusional. F1 ratings are miniscule. They are going to be using it as a lead-in to IndyCar. I think they might actually have a shot at raising its ratings this way. |
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said by nyrmetros: why didn't BeIn just buy Gol tv outright ??
Why would you buy a channel that had squat on it other than the broadcasting rights you just took away from them? As far as I remember, GOLTV's only promising content (in my opinion anyway) was La Liga..
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| said by TweakerInWA:said by nyrmetros: why didn't BeIn just buy Gol tv outright ??
Why would you buy a channel that had squat on it other than the broadcasting rights you just took away from them? As far as I remember, GOLTV's only promising content (in my opinion anyway) was La Liga.. The existing carriage agreements have to have some value. I would hazard a guess that buying out Gol wouldn't be an especially expensive proposition. |
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| said by blue_trooper:said by TweakerInWA:said by nyrmetros: why didn't BeIn just buy Gol tv outright ??
Why would you buy a channel that had squat on it other than the broadcasting rights you just took away from them? As far as I remember, GOLTV's only promising content (in my opinion anyway) was La Liga.. The existing carriage agreements have to have some value. I would hazard a guess that buying out Gol wouldn't be an especially expensive proposition. I dunno about that, from what I remember they had some games from Brazil, maybe El Salvador or Ecuador... probably not worth the hassel or pennies.... Nothing against those league's, just not very attractive.
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said by Keano:If NBC thinks Formula 1 will help them compete with ESPN they're delusional. F1 ratings are miniscule.
They are acquiring the same sports ESPN had 20 years ago when it was building into a powerhouse. |
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said by Keano:said by Greg2600:NBC Sports is spending money to compete with ESPN. They signed Formula 1 lately.
If NBC thinks Formula 1 will help them compete with ESPN they're delusional. F1 ratings are miniscule. I think NBC is getting Formula 1 at precisely the right time. The sport has changed dramatically in the past two seasons with refueling leaving and the tire degradation. Its become a very fast paced sport with lots of changing action. Great for TV. Rarely a full course yellow. Almost constantly cars in the pits, back and forth between what teams are at the top, and lots of dicing throughout the field. Now you have a new world class course in Austin, which will get a lot of interest and probably new fans.
At the same time, you have the Big East and ACC talking about getting their games on NBC and NBCSN. Not the greatest football conferences, but huge for basketball. If they can win these contracts, this will be huge and will get some great cross promotion for F1 and IndyCar. |
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said by Greg2600:said by Keano:If NBC thinks Formula 1 will help them compete with ESPN they're delusional. F1 ratings are miniscule.
They are acquiring the same sports ESPN had 20 years ago when it was building into a powerhouse. Australian Rules Football! |
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TWC North Texas added both bein's in SD and HD. I'd be ok with SD for now on FiOS. |
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BeIN is now available on time warner and brighthouse... FiOS?!? Could be waiting for HD add? |
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Any updates? The USMNT plays Honduras in a wcq on February 6! |
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 bohratomJersey Shore will rise again
join:2011-07-07
Red Bank NJ | reply to jodhak
I'm all for BeIn being added to the FIOS lineup as long as its part of the sports package. Having just been hit with a RSN monthly fee the last thing I want is being charged more for another sports channel I won't watch. |
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| I love the report recently that Fox was getting ready to dump Fox Soccer and rebrand it as FX2. There is no reason to be adding any additional soccer channels. No one watches it - just ask fox soccer. |
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| said by and340 :I love the report recently that Fox was getting ready to dump Fox Soccer and rebrand it as FX2. There is no reason to be adding any additional soccer channels. No one watches it - just ask fox soccer.
What are you smoking? NBC Sports bought the rights to the MLS and EPL, while BeOut took La Liga and Seria A..... Fox has the rights to the UEFA Champions League and the futuer FIFA World Cups.... Where do you get off saying that no one watches soccer....? |
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Strommy
join:2010-04-23
King Of Prussia, PA | reply to nyrmetros
said by nyrmetros:Any updates? The USMNT plays Honduras in a wcq on February 6!
It may be coming but there is zero chance we have it by 2/6. Honestly I would expect the earliest you would see it (if they do ever reach an agreement) would be spring. |
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Strommy
join:2010-04-23
King Of Prussia, PA | reply to and340
said by and340 :I love the report recently that Fox was getting ready to dump Fox Soccer and rebrand it as FX2. There is no reason to be adding any additional soccer channels. No one watches it - just ask fox soccer.
Sorry, you are incorrect and NYR is dead on, soccer is getting more and more popular (though it will never reach nfl/mlb/nba/college fb/bb heights in the US). And the ONLY reason Fox is doing that is because they lost broadcast rights to the Premier league to NBC. They just won't have enough soccer programming to fill the channel any longer. It is quite the opposite as you think, more people are watching and the programming is more desirable which is why NBC outbid Fox.
Personally I would like to see beIn added BUT only if it doesn't raise my rates. if so I can live without it.
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said by nyrmetros:said by and340 :I love the report recently that Fox was getting ready to dump Fox Soccer and rebrand it as FX2. There is no reason to be adding any additional soccer channels. No one watches it - just ask fox soccer.
What are you smoking? NBC Sports bought the rights to the MLS and EPL, while BeOut took La Liga and Seria A..... Fox has the rights to the UEFA Champions League and the futuer FIFA World Cups.... Where do you get off saying that no one watches soccer....? The ratings, the ratings are not good for any soccer match outside of ESPN. And color bars get a 1.0 on ESPN, because it's got so many homes. What FOX is doing is unfortunate, with SPEED and perhaps with FSC. Regardless, like I've been saying, Verizon is not going to meet BeIN's price. They have little reason to. If BeIN wants on, they'll have to offer it for squat and take it on a higher tier like GOL TV. |
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| I don't want my rates to increase either just because BeOut has hijacked some Usmnt games, but Damn I need to watch the USA games! |
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I've wanted to see BEIN offered on FIOS for a while and despite all the requests on message boards, no action and no press release either. So, I suggest writing to Benjamin Grad, Verizon, Director, Content Strategy & Acquisition.
benjamin.d.grad@verizon.com
And Lowell McAdam, Verizon CEO
lowell.mcadam@one.verizon.com
Make the case that you, a Verizon FIOS subscriber, want to see BEIN USA on the FIOS channel lineup. |
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