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CUTS COMING AT NFLN
Posted by Mike Florio on May 20, 2008, 12:21 p.m.
The ongoing dispute between the NFL and various cable companies is resulting in some belt tightening at the network owned by the league.
According to a media source, owners have been told during their meeting in Atlanta of looming cutbacks at the network. (In an e-mail message, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello says that he is aware of no planned cuts at the network.)
Per the source, it’s unknown whether anyone will be laid off. However, we’re told that moving forward there will be only two studio shows — Total Access and College Football Now.
That’s bad news for Jamie Dukes, whose Put Up Your Dukes offering apparently has been put down the drain. The full list of NFLN shows is available right here.
Budget cuts aren’t a new thing for the league’s in-house entertainment operations. NFL Films recently has seen layoffs as well.
Of course, all of this could change when (if) NFLN lands on basic cable with major cable systems. NFLN has been at odds with cable giants like Time Warner and Comcast, and many believe that the efforts of Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) to poke his nose into the New England Patriots’ cheating scandal arose from the dispute regarding NFLN’s premium-tier placement on Comcast’s cable system.
The league wants to get NFLN onto basic cable because it will result in more households getting (and paying for) the channel. By pushing the network onto premium tiers, the NFL only gets revenue for the network when people order the package that includes it.
Posted by Mike Florio on May 20, 2008, 12:21 p.m.
The ongoing dispute between the NFL and various cable companies is resulting in some belt tightening at the network owned by the league.
According to a media source, owners have been told during their meeting in Atlanta of looming cutbacks at the network. (In an e-mail message, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello says that he is aware of no planned cuts at the network.)
Per the source, it’s unknown whether anyone will be laid off. However, we’re told that moving forward there will be only two studio shows — Total Access and College Football Now.
That’s bad news for Jamie Dukes, whose Put Up Your Dukes offering apparently has been put down the drain. The full list of NFLN shows is available right here.
Budget cuts aren’t a new thing for the league’s in-house entertainment operations. NFL Films recently has seen layoffs as well.
Of course, all of this could change when (if) NFLN lands on basic cable with major cable systems. NFLN has been at odds with cable giants like Time Warner and Comcast, and many believe that the efforts of Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) to poke his nose into the New England Patriots’ cheating scandal arose from the dispute regarding NFLN’s premium-tier placement on Comcast’s cable system.
The league wants to get NFLN onto basic cable because it will result in more households getting (and paying for) the channel. By pushing the network onto premium tiers, the NFL only gets revenue for the network when people order the package that includes it.
