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Can't Believe Dumb Suits at NBC
- Thread starter landtuna
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It might be contractual. It used to be games 3 and 4 but is now 2 and 3 to avoid any chance that the Stanley Cup is clinched on cable.
Hopefully, starting next year, the entire Stanley Cup Finals will be on NBC's broadcast network.
It likely would get much higher ratings since fans will no longer ask "What Channel Is The Game On??".
It likely would get much higher ratings since fans will no longer ask "What Channel Is The Game On??".
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NBC has a history of dumb suits going back multiple generations.
Even suits who weren't dumb before, turn dumb when they enter 30 Rock. Must be something in the water.
Even suits who weren't dumb before, turn dumb when they enter 30 Rock. Must be something in the water.
Which two games air on NBCSN is established in advance, and the Stanley Cup Final was supposed to begin on Saturday before the conference finals wrapped quickly. I have a feeling NBC suits are banging heads against desks... unless they're just happy to see the parade of viewers flock to the cable network.
Morgan Wick said:
Anyone in the business should certainly know they need to remain flexible as the playoffs iron out. Locking a playoff series or individual game into a specific non-OTA service is asinine. It might work for the NFL where you have a week between games but not for hockey, baseball or basketball.
Um, of course they are. The Stanley Cup finals are likely to be the highest rated event ever on NBCSN, which in turn will make it easier to secure more play by play rights and grow the channel over the next few years.Morgan Wick said:
Morgan Wick said:
Ultimately, the money goes to the same place.
I have a feeling the poster who said "it's contractual" is right. They may have negotiated a lower rights fee by keeping some games on cable. By the same token, who owns NBC? A cable company. It benefits the owner to keep certain events on pay TV. Some day, they'll all be there.
PTBoardOp94 said:
Bingo!
NBC pretty much had to do it, especially after the lockout delayed the Finals two weeks later than usual, because the US Open always runs over into primetime. True, this year it only ran until 8:20pm, but there was no way the USGA was going to accept a Golf Channel bump-off straight off at 8pm. Although going from Twitter tonight, Comcast's Chicago system really screwed up because NBCSN's HD feed conked out through much of the game.
Also, it makes sense for it to be on NBCSN as a reward for airing the season. It works for everyone involved and guarantees it'll be distributed nationally. I don't think anyone wants to go back to the old days when only the local markets carried the finals and nationally it was carried on a small-bones network, or in my area, pay-per-view.
Also, it makes sense for it to be on NBCSN as a reward for airing the season. It works for everyone involved and guarantees it'll be distributed nationally. I don't think anyone wants to go back to the old days when only the local markets carried the finals and nationally it was carried on a small-bones network, or in my area, pay-per-view.
IMHO you have two of the original six teams of the NHL fighting for the oldest trophy in modern sports. Those contests deserve the widest possible distribution and that is NBC, not its cable buddy.
Although regulation time was not the barn burner that game 1 was, OT made up for it and was another nail-biting finish. Both goalies are on top of their game and neither team is taking prisoners.
Although regulation time was not the barn burner that game 1 was, OT made up for it and was another nail-biting finish. Both goalies are on top of their game and neither team is taking prisoners.
What do you expect from the same network that not once, but twice, created the Jay Leno/Tonight Show debacle?
This is 2013, not 1993 or even 2003. "Deserve" has little to do with it. We live in an age where the BCS Championship Game, the most popular non-NFL non-Olympic event of the sporting calendar, is on ESPN; surely that "deserves" the "widest possible distribution". If NBC/Comcast can make more money by putting it on NBCSN, so be it. You don't like it, call for a la carte to happen so the parties will value the "widest possible distribution" more.landtuna said:
Might NBC/Universal, in a further attempt to boost the NBC Sports Network, decide to put the three "biggest" events (to American sports fans) of next February's Winter Olympics (the men's downhill ski race, the women's figure-skating competition and the men's hockey championship game) on NBCSN??
Morgan Wick said:
Amen!
Morgan Wick said:
I have always stated that tax-supported athletic games should not be subject to the highest bidder. You can argue that each program should be able to make the most money for its school but that, to me, is not the issue.
Morgan Wick said:
I was a subscriber to the old C-band system which was, in fact, ala carte (although most programmers also had tiered offerings as well). I have argued ever since that a great mistake was made when the pizza pan providers were allowed to ditch ala carte. It is in the customer's best interest to pay for what they consume and not have to support services they don't.
Pretty simple: NBC wants some finals games on NBCSN to build viewership for that network.
That is a smart move if you are trying to show cable.operators that your channel has enough value to warrant higher subscriber fees.
That is a smart move if you are trying to show cable.operators that your channel has enough value to warrant higher subscriber fees.
Do most cable systems have NBCSN on regular cable or only able to view with a digital cable box? For me Time Warner has NBCSN on regular cable.
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