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Paracaidas: Sep 24, 2016; Consistently Tedious!

DJExile posted:

The PAC-12 is now all the way down to courting the CW for television coverage

I know that at least a few MLS teams had their local rights on CW affiliates because the affiliation was much less strict than the Big 4 on must-air programming, and because the cable RSNs usually insisted on exclusive streaming rights which would have killed the MLS/AppleTV deal before discussions started.

Nexstar, along with 75% of the CW and Newsnation, owns a ton of affiliates nationwide... including in PAC12 territory. I get the impulse to dunk on them for going to the home of Gilmore Girls, but I'd wager they're looking at the nationwide version of the doubledip the MLS got - an Apple/Amazon deal and an OTA deal that combine to equal or exceed what they'd have gotten from one of the cable networks. Nexstar's publicly discussed how they've leveraged the CW acquisition to get more favorable Big 4 deals at their nonCW affiliates, this'll also help that end for them.

I expect the TV rights process to go horribly for the Pac12, but there's a nonridiculous version of this that makes sense for Amazon, CW, and the conference

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Declan MacManus: Sep 1, 2011; damn i'm really in this bitch

Luigi Thirty posted:

The Twins and Guardians didn't get their TV rights payments and MLB is telling the shambling corpse of Diamond Sports to pay up or get hosed.

rip bally's sorry your financial shell game didn't pan out

# ? Apr 9, 2023 00:59

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Paracaidas posted:

I know that at least a few MLS teams had their local rights on CW affiliates because the affiliation was much less strict than the Big 4 on must-air programming, and because the cable RSNs usually insisted on exclusive streaming rights which would have killed the MLS/AppleTV deal before discussions started.

Nexstar, along with 75% of the CW and Newsnation, owns a ton of affiliates nationwide... including in PAC12 territory. I get the impulse to dunk on them for going to the home of Gilmore Girls, but I'd wager they're looking at the nationwide version of the doubledip the MLS got - an Apple/Amazon deal and an OTA deal that combine to equal or exceed what they'd have gotten from one of the cable networks. Nexstar's publicly discussed how they've leveraged the CW acquisition to get more favorable Big 4 deals at their nonCW affiliates, this'll also help that end for them.

I expect the TV rights process to go horribly for the Pac12, but there's a nonridiculous version of this that makes sense for Amazon, CW, and the conference

Yeah obviously you'd rather be on ESPN or actual OTA Fox but on average sports get better ratings on CW than FS1. They wouldn't be as accessible nation wide but it could mean more total viewers in their actual market which to me should be the actual goal of this and if they can make more money than their current deal doing that then they should.

# ? Apr 9, 2023 03:08

The American Dream: Mar 1, 2007; Don't Forget My Balls

I guess if the money is there CW is a decent network to be on I guess. It�s gotta have as much coverage as a big 4 network. In my area it�s on the same signal as NBC.

You can put 3 games on nationally every Saturday and get some ratings from non pac markets. I�m sure it won�t do gangbusters in the north east. But if it�s available for free to literally every tv in the country your going to get viewers and advertisers.

# ? Apr 9, 2023 03:43

Nissin Cup Nudist: Sep 3, 2011; Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land

Bring back the Outdoor Life Network imo

# ? Apr 9, 2023 04:16

Mike_V: Jul 31, 2004; 3/18/2023: Day of the Dorks

Rick posted:

Yeah obviously you'd rather be on ESPN or actual OTA Fox but on average sports get better ratings on CW than FS1. They wouldn't be as accessible nation wide but it could mean more total viewers in their actual market which to me should be the actual goal of this and if they can make more money than their current deal doing that then they should.

Does the CW really not have an affiliate in every market?

# ? Apr 9, 2023 04:23

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

Mike_V posted:

Does the CW really not have an affiliate in every market?

Yeah they do, they cover 98% of households OTA and have affiliates in every top 100 market. That�s more than the Big Three cover.

# ? Apr 9, 2023 13:07

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

Luigi Thirty posted:

Yeah they do, they cover 98% of households OTA

I must live in that 2 percent. The only channel you can get OTA in Dubuque, Iowa, is KFXB, which is an all-day Christian sermon / fund drive.

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The X-man cometh: Nov 1, 2009

WGN doesn't broadcast that far anymore?

# ? Apr 9, 2023 18:32

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

The X-man cometh posted:

WGN doesn't broadcast that far anymore?

Apparently, the superstations weren�t done intentionally by WGN. They were broadcast nationally by a different company, United Video. I don�t think WGN has broadcast nationally for a while now.

https://wgntv.com/news/wgn_75th_anniversary/chicagos-very-own-goes-national-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-superstation/amp/

quote:

In 1978, the FCC�s �open entry� decision allowed cable carrier systems to distribute �distant signals,� meaning they could take transmissions from local TV stations and show them outside of their home cities via satellite.

A man named Roy Bliss in Tulsa, Oklahoma saw an opportunity. He had helped start a company called United Video.

�It was formed by some entrepreneurs who wanted to bring distant signals from Chicago, down into central Illinois where they were just starting to build cable systems,� Bliss told CSPAN in the early-1980s.

United Video chose to take WGN�s signal and distribute it via satellite.

�We�re primarily in the satellite distribution business,� Bliss said. �We carry WGN, that�s our primary service. And we�re all very happy today because the Cubs won last night.�

At the time, so-called �passive� satellite �carriers� like United Video were not required to have the permission of a television station to redistribute its signal to out of town markets.

�The station really didn�t have any control over it,� Bob Vorwald, the director of production at WGN, said.

# ? Apr 9, 2023 23:07

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Yeah I definitely didn't know CW had 98%, I thought they were smaller than that. I don't directly get them OTA but I guess if I lived in a home instead of an apartment and could get an antenna on a roof I could because they theoretically broadcast to this market. They do show up in cable though and I'm a weirdo who still has cable, at least for now.

# ? Apr 9, 2023 23:26

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

Superstation WGN is now NewsNation, and I�m unsure if the change has made a dent with anyone.

# ? Apr 10, 2023 00:14

Redgrendel2001: Sep 1, 2006; you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1646867291991339009?s=20

# ? Apr 14, 2023 17:31

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Twitter cutting off the shoes in the preview really sells the whole thing.

# ? Apr 14, 2023 17:35

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Bird in a Blender posted:

Twitter cutting off the shoes in the preview really sells the whole thing.

That plus when you click through the shoes are gigantic compared to his little legs. He looks like a puppet lol

# ? Apr 14, 2023 17:36

CharlestheHammer: Jun 26, 2011; YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

Dango Bango posted:

That plus when you click through the shoes are gigantic compared to his little legs. He looks like a puppet lol

To be fair he is just naturally built like a puppet

# ? Apr 14, 2023 17:45

Ace Jameson: Feb 10, 2006

because of the way he dressed I thought MJ meant Michael Jackson, so when I clicked through I expected the black leather shoes with the white stripe

# ? Apr 14, 2023 23:21

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

https://twitter.com/CharlyOnTV/status/1648364870851522561

lol

# ? Apr 18, 2023 18:18

ShaneMacGowansTeeth: May 22, 2007; I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

https://twitter.com/espnSteveLevy/status/1649749847661051906

# ? Apr 22, 2023 22:08

Island Nation: Jun 20, 2006; Trust No One

ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:

https://twitter.com/espnSteveLevy/status/1649749847661051906

I'm more concerned why he posted it to Twitter five minutes after purchase

# ? Apr 24, 2023 12:18

Coco13: Jun 6, 2004; My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

Island Nation posted:

I'm more concerned why he posted it to Twitter five minutes after purchase

If he was on the road and expensing his meal he probably just took a picture of the receipt to file it right away rather than hold on to paper.

# ? Apr 24, 2023 12:50

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

content like that can't wait

# ? Apr 24, 2023 15:44

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

the espn layoffs started

for now it's behind the scenes

https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1650491792352059392

# ? Apr 24, 2023 17:08

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

In an article talking about ESPN Radio slowly dying, this was mentioned

https://twitter.com/kidcue/status/1651299648269582339?s=20

# ? Apr 26, 2023 22:23

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

It's pretty crazy how ESPN Radio went from having a solid, varied lineup to a vast wasteland in just a few years. We've reached the point where The Brand can't single-handily carry a network.

# ? Apr 26, 2023 22:32

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I mean that's what happens when you don't pay talent. All of their radio people left to either go independent (LeBatard and Co, etc) or other networks

# ? Apr 26, 2023 22:37

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

yeah the only ESPN radio show I listen to is Bomani's and like I listen because I like him not because of ESPN.

# ? Apr 26, 2023 22:42

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

They've had so many hit shows but yeah they always just let the talent go when it's time to pay them.

# ? Apr 26, 2023 22:43

Bismack Billabongo: Oct 9, 2012; New Love Glow

Bos podcast has been absolutely unbearable lately but generally he�s really great

# ? Apr 26, 2023 23:02

Niwrad: Jul 1, 2008

Edward Mass posted:

It's pretty crazy how ESPN Radio went from having a solid, varied lineup to a vast wasteland in just a few years. We've reached the point where The Brand can't single-handily carry a network.

It's wild how they just never saw the podcast boom coming. Even a few years ago they were treating ads on podcasts as a throw-in with advertisers. They could have probably locked all these people up years ago for a fraction of what they're worth today.

# ? Apr 27, 2023 00:27

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-mlb-reporter-marly-rivera-fired.html

Marly Rivera had a very normal one and was quickly fired by ESPN

# ? Apr 27, 2023 12:39

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

DJExile posted:

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-mlb-reporter-marly-rivera-fired.html

Marly Rivera had a very normal one and was quickly fired by ESPN

With language like that I�m surprised she�s not Australian.

# ? Apr 27, 2023 12:53

Bismack Billabongo: Oct 9, 2012; New Love Glow

She got banned from GBS too.

# ? Apr 27, 2023 12:57

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

She got fired because they found a reason to let someone go for cause during layoffs.

# ? Apr 27, 2023 13:04

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

With language like that I�m surprised she�s not Australian.

quote:

Rivera attempted to apologize to Gaete, the wife of MLB VP of Communications John Blundell, but was spurned.

No wonder that freelancer felt like they could butt in on your time with Judge!

[Fake edit] for additional context - Tokyo Broadcasting aka TBS is an NBC/CBS/ABC level national broadcaster in Japan. If you watched any of the Track and Field Worlds from Eugene last year, their logo was trackside fairly often, so they�re a decently big deal.

harperdc fucked around with this message at 14:05 on Apr 27, 2023

# ? Apr 27, 2023 14:02

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

Maybe but I'd say that's a pretty good reason.

# ? Apr 27, 2023 14:13

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

I think that's probably just worth a suspension and warning without pay. As long as this isn't some frequent occurrence with her.

But yeah politics got her fired.

# ? Apr 27, 2023 18:04

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

The CFL is coming to CBS Sports Network

# ? Apr 27, 2023 20:20