DMN Blog: Patriots/Giants on network TV
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Bill Wooten
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Honestly.....who wants to see this game other than people in Boston?
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I think there's a curiosity factor there. Personally, I'm not all that interested, but because it will be the only game on in town, I'll prolly watch it.Bill Wooten;1858798 said:
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I Think the NFL was anticipating low ratings and made the move. The Giants won't be playing anyone.
Rather then let the cable companies win with a dud of a game, the NFL can now boast about the ratings they can pull when millions of people watch this game. Given that its the only game on, it should pull a lot of people.
Rather then let the cable companies win with a dud of a game, the NFL can now boast about the ratings they can pull when millions of people watch this game. Given that its the only game on, it should pull a lot of people.
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Maybe because under normal circumstances FOX would not have the rights to the game. CBS gets the rights to the AFC road team. I am not sure how NBC got in the mix, but they have that whole flex thing going on.
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POSTED 11:28 p.m. EST, December 26, 2007
NBC, CBS GOT PATS-GIANTS FOR FREE
Well, we've done some sleuthing regarding the NFL's decision to simulcast the Pats-Giants game on Saturday night. And a source with knowledge of the situation tells us that NBC and CBS are paying a whopping . . . nothing . . . for the rights to the game.
Plus, the networks get to sell their own commercials.
Wow.
"NBC is the exclusive carrier of prime time 'over the air' NFL football," the source said, "which means if the game was moving to an 'over the air' station it had to be NBC."
But since NBC already has a game for the week (Tennessee at Indianapolis), the Pats-Giants game was partially owned by CBS as well, since CBS would have aired the game on Sunday afternoon, given that the AFC team in the interconference contest is the visitor.
Said the source: "Both parties had to agree to a simulcast or agree not to do it."
Another source tells us that ESPN, which pays the NFL $1.1 billion per year for the rights to Monday Night Football, wasn't even included in the discussions -- which officially confirms the four-letter network's status as the NFL's ******.
NBC, CBS GOT PATS-GIANTS FOR FREE
Well, we've done some sleuthing regarding the NFL's decision to simulcast the Pats-Giants game on Saturday night. And a source with knowledge of the situation tells us that NBC and CBS are paying a whopping . . . nothing . . . for the rights to the game.
Plus, the networks get to sell their own commercials.
Wow.
"NBC is the exclusive carrier of prime time 'over the air' NFL football," the source said, "which means if the game was moving to an 'over the air' station it had to be NBC."
But since NBC already has a game for the week (Tennessee at Indianapolis), the Pats-Giants game was partially owned by CBS as well, since CBS would have aired the game on Sunday afternoon, given that the AFC team in the interconference contest is the visitor.
Said the source: "Both parties had to agree to a simulcast or agree not to do it."
Another source tells us that ESPN, which pays the NFL $1.1 billion per year for the rights to Monday Night Football, wasn't even included in the discussions -- which officially confirms the four-letter network's status as the NFL's ******.
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That quote doesn't make sense.
The NFL is trying to maximize the exposure of the game by offering it on Network TV, so I think it would make sense not to put it on a cable channel.
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Bait and switch. I actually think this helps out the NFL since THEY are the ones that made a significant concession. The Cable guys are the ones looking like greedy smucks. SInce the NFL offered arbitration and the cable guys turned it down, the NFL now has the edge.
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POSTED 9:23 a.m. EST; UPDATED 9:46 a.m. EST, December 27, 2007
FOX NOT HAPPY ABOUT SIMULCAST DECISION
The talk making the rounds in media circles is that the folks at FOX are not happy that both NBC and CBS are getting the Week Seventeen, history-making game between the Patriots and the Giants.
As we reported on Wednesday evening, NBC and CBS will simulcast the game at no charge. And they'll be able to sell advertising.
"FOX is pissed," an industry source told us. "NBC has the rights to the game. CBS was thrown a bone. FOX wants to be compensated."
Some folks wonder whether CBS got the game due in part to the fledging business relationship between the Patriots and the network that carries the Sunday afternoon AFC package. On December 9, the Pats announced that a "CBS Scene" restaurant will be built at Patriot Place, adjacent to Gillette Stadium.
So did the Pats pull strings for a game to which CBS had no apparent contractual rights? Though we don't know how it went down, it wouldn't surprise us or others if the team flexed some muscle. "[Bob] Kraft is the most powerful owner in the league and has the best team in the league and gets what he wants from the league," an ownership-level NFL source opined to us by e-mail.
Meanwhile, we're hearing that ESPN would have been interested in televising the game, but only if its own broadcast crew were working it. Since, however, ESPN wasn't even part of the discussion, its preferences in this regard are irrelevant.
FOX NOT HAPPY ABOUT SIMULCAST DECISION
The talk making the rounds in media circles is that the folks at FOX are not happy that both NBC and CBS are getting the Week Seventeen, history-making game between the Patriots and the Giants.
As we reported on Wednesday evening, NBC and CBS will simulcast the game at no charge. And they'll be able to sell advertising.
"FOX is pissed," an industry source told us. "NBC has the rights to the game. CBS was thrown a bone. FOX wants to be compensated."
Some folks wonder whether CBS got the game due in part to the fledging business relationship between the Patriots and the network that carries the Sunday afternoon AFC package. On December 9, the Pats announced that a "CBS Scene" restaurant will be built at Patriot Place, adjacent to Gillette Stadium.
So did the Pats pull strings for a game to which CBS had no apparent contractual rights? Though we don't know how it went down, it wouldn't surprise us or others if the team flexed some muscle. "[Bob] Kraft is the most powerful owner in the league and has the best team in the league and gets what he wants from the league," an ownership-level NFL source opined to us by e-mail.
Meanwhile, we're hearing that ESPN would have been interested in televising the game, but only if its own broadcast crew were working it. Since, however, ESPN wasn't even part of the discussion, its preferences in this regard are irrelevant.