(03-17-2015 10:22 AM)stever20 Wrote:  Ratings were awful- off 40% from last years title game. In some ways, it's much worse than it was last year because the product this year was so much better than last year.

If you had Uverse, you were treated to the World Darts Championship instead. It doesn't explain the entire drop, but that's why I had to go elsewhere to watch the games.

(03-17-2015 02:21 PM)MUAvalanche Wrote:  

(03-17-2015 10:22 AM)stever20 Wrote:  Ratings were awful- off 40% from last years title game. In some ways, it's much worse than it was last year because the product this year was so much better than last year.

If you had Uverse, you were treated to the World Darts Championship instead. It doesn't explain the entire drop, but that's why I had to go elsewhere to watch the games.

great point.

The thing you worry about is does it become a vicious cycle where ATT will say that the ratings show the level we need to pay- but the ratings would be higher if ATT was on board.

(03-17-2015 02:28 PM)stever20 Wrote:  great point.

The thing you worry about is does it become a vicious cycle where ATT will say that the ratings show the level we need to pay- but the ratings would be higher if ATT was on board.

It can grow into a ratings issue if FS1 pulls content again. If it isn't fixed, I will not have Uverse much longer, but I would guess that I am in the minority of Uverse subscribers willing to walk away over BE coverage.

(03-17-2015 04:47 PM)MUAvalanche Wrote:  

(03-17-2015 02:28 PM)stever20 Wrote:  great point.

The thing you worry about is does it become a vicious cycle where ATT will say that the ratings show the level we need to pay- but the ratings would be higher if ATT was on board.

It can grow into a ratings issue if FS1 pulls content again. If it isn't fixed, I will not have Uverse much longer, but I would guess that I am in the minority of Uverse subscribers willing to walk away over BE coverage.

Yeah, that is a very true point.

The absolute bad thing with the ratings as well though is it could easily scare of the Big Ten. FS1 absolutely needs the Big Ten to have a chance to do much over the next 5-6 years. Otherwise, the next sports to come up is the NHL in 2022.

(03-17-2015 10:22 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-15-2015 11:20 AM)stever20 Wrote:  I cant wait to see what the tv ratings were for the BET. Fox does a good job(only thing I wish was their score thing was a bit smaller, with timeouts the entire game instead of just 2nd half).

Ratings were awful- off 40% from last years title game. In some ways, it's much worse than it was last year because the product this year was so much better than last year.

40% off? That's terrible. I thought last years numbers were not good, but would be the bottom and would improve with time.

Yeah I am surprised as well at the drop. Maybe I was expecting a small drop, but 40% just is remarkable. It has got to be a major eye opener to the conference.

The thing as well is the other program ratings on FS1. They are actually pretty good. NASCAR getting good ratings. UFC up I think I saw 43%. But not translating to Big East basketball. Part of it I guess is completely different demographics. The thing with ESPN if you are a fan watching say ACC basketball, you'll also dabble in watching NBA basketball. But if you are a fan of UFC, it's not a guarantee at all that you'll watch Big East basketball at all.

(03-18-2015 08:56 AM)stever20 Wrote:  Yeah I am surprised as well at the drop. Maybe I was expecting a small drop, but 40% just is remarkable. It has got to be a major eye opener to the conference.

The thing as well is the other program ratings on FS1. They are actually pretty good. NASCAR getting good ratings. UFC up I think I saw 43%. But not translating to Big East basketball. Part of it I guess is completely different demographics. The thing with ESPN if you are a fan watching say ACC basketball, you'll also dabble in watching NBA basketball. But if you are a fan of UFC, it's not a guarantee at all that you'll watch Big East basketball at all.

well if you believe all the negative nellies 40% of total viewers is like what 80 people?

(03-18-2015 09:38 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  

(03-18-2015 08:56 AM)stever20 Wrote:  Yeah I am surprised as well at the drop. Maybe I was expecting a small drop, but 40% just is remarkable. It has got to be a major eye opener to the conference.

The thing as well is the other program ratings on FS1. They are actually pretty good. NASCAR getting good ratings. UFC up I think I saw 43%. But not translating to Big East basketball. Part of it I guess is completely different demographics. The thing with ESPN if you are a fan watching say ACC basketball, you'll also dabble in watching NBA basketball. But if you are a fan of UFC, it's not a guarantee at all that you'll watch Big East basketball at all.

well if you believe all the negative nellies 40% of total viewers is like what 80 people?

lol, that's pretty good.