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Originally posted by BradleyBrave View PostJust to clear things up, I wasn't trying to be a wise-@ss. I was just trying to point out that the distribution through a cable company (which is about to be acquired by a media giant) is a good thing. As a DirecTV subscriber myself, I am certainly hoping that this eventually means more games televised on channels DirecTV broadcasts. I have every sports package known to man, hopefully BU will someday be a part of it.Bradley 72 - Illini 68 Final
???It??™s awful hard,??™??™ said Illini freshman guard D.J. Richardson, the former Central High School guard who played prep school ball a few miles from here and fought back tears outside the locker room. ???It??™s a hometown thing. It??™s bragging rights.??™
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Here is an article from today's PJ Star about the Insight TV deal--
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I do find it particularly ironic that Grand Prarie is sponsoring this deal. I wonder what the Digital Store (Dish provider and a retailer near Dick's) thinks about this? There's also a satellite store in one of the Prarie outlots that sells Dish and DirecTV, but I am not 100% certain if those outlots are owned by the same management company..
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WEEK reaches every television household in this DMA. Insight only reaches between 50% - 55% of television households in the market... you do the math.
I'll believe that that some other cable companies will pick these games up when I see it.
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Originally posted by Old Coach View PostWEEK reaches every television household in this DMA. Insight only reaches between 50% - 55% of television households in the market... you do the math.
I'll believe that that some other cable companies will pick these games up when I see it.
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Old Coach,
I understand what you are saying, but it was WEEK that was unwilling to do the games, and the other local TV stations weren't pounding down Bradley's doors for the rights either.
So if not for the Insight deal, the local people like you wouldn't have any option but the ISU game on WMBD and the 1 game WTVP took.
I think BU did a great job arranging this deal, considering the lack of alternatives. Yet in the end, people will have the capability of seeing possibly 19-20 or more Bradley games on TV this year, far more than have ever been carried.
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Originally posted by amckillip View PostOut of curiousity, what kind of deal would you have preffered? I am always curious to see what kind of alternatives people have who are not supportive of progress made. BU had about a month and WEEK and WMBD as well as local netowrk other channels would not pick them up because they lost money showing because ESPN and other channels have the rights to the good games. What are your ideas so we can suggest them to BU Sports Marketing and KK?
As for what I think, I believe this is the kind of deal that gets done when everybody else (network stations) calls your bluff.
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Originally posted by Old Coach View PostI have Insight, so I'll get to see the games.
As for what I think, I believe this is the kind of deal that gets done when everybody else (network stations) calls your bluff.
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I can see why a skeptic could see it that way, but I don't believe that's the way it was. Bradley wants their games on TV, and wasn't looking to squeeze anyone. The facts as they are presented seem believeable to me.
I have a friend who works for WEEK and they are happy to be out of the deal. They lost money and made a lot of viewers angry when they preempted their network programming.
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Originally posted by Da Coach View PostI can see why a skeptic could see it that way, but I don't believe that's the way it was. Bradley wants their games on TV, and wasn't looking to squeeze anyone. The facts as they are presented seem believeable to me.
I have a friend who works for WEEK and they are happy to be out of the deal. They lost money and made a lot of viewers angry when they preempted their network programming.
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Originally posted by Old Coach View PostWEEK reaches every television household in this DMA. Insight only reaches between 50% - 55% of television households in the market... you do the math.
I'll believe that that some other cable companies will pick these games up when I see it.
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