[But, clearly, the old rights fees formulas are getting updated.] ESPN has these avenues that can generate revenue and hence they've become a more potent rights bidder, ... It's going to force their competitors to develop the same type of distributions, or seek new partners, so they can match up to ESPN. |
[That's not to say extreme sports are about to become the nation's pastime.] I don't see it turning into Major League Baseball or NFL football, ... But it's still a growing segment of televised sports that works well as an economic unit. |
Cable is where the money is. |
ESPN has these avenues that can generate revenue and hence they've become a more potent rights bidder. It's going to force their competitors to develop the same type of distributions, or seek new partners, so they can match up to ESPN. |
Golf ratings are up with or without Tiger. Nobody's going to argue the point that he impacts ratings. At the same time, golf is a highly profitable, highly successful sport. This isn't a doomsday scenario for golf. |
He was the most talked about television personality of all time. Whether you loved him or hated him, people wanted to hear what he had to say. |
I don't see it turning into Major League Baseball or NFL football. But it's still a growing segment of televised sports that works well as an economic unit. |
I don't think it's a question of coverage -- it's a question of the change in the television landscape. |
I don't think they had any difficulty adding a third sponsor, even though we're in a soft economy. |
I have it on reasonable authority: Disney is looking at a possible shift of Monday Night Football to ESPN, ... I don't know if it will happen. But financially, Monday Night Football has been extremely difficult for ABC. |
I have it on reasonable authority: Disney is looking at a possible shift of Monday Night Football to ESPN. I don't know if it will happen. But financially, Monday Night Football has been extremely difficult for ABC. |
I think arena football (revenue-sharing model) is a trend in regards to sports that don't have competitive leverage to get guaranteed rights fee, |
I think historically, work stoppages do have a short-term impact on television ratings, ... We've experienced that with all of the sports, even the NFL. In the long term, the ratings eventually return to what we might characterize as normal levels. |
I think historically, work stoppages do have a short-term impact on television ratings. We've experienced that with all of the sports, even the NFL. In the long term, the ratings eventually return to what we might characterize as normal levels. |
I think the game in some ways sums up the American experience, ... I think a lot of people see their daily lives and the history of the country in the NFL because the game is also linked to the personality and the attitude of the country. There's a high degree of teamwork, an emphasis on toughness. |