Add two more variables: MyNet is owned by Fox, and will no longer be a "network" starting in the fall. They will be a syndicator instead.
----- Original Message ----- From: "M-D November" <mdnovem...@gmail.com> To: "TVorNotTV" <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:41 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: FX wants the sports, too I think McMahon would keep his options open regarding 'WWE Smackdown', but I don't see him moving the show to FX, at least not in the near term. Smackdown is viewed as the lesser show (and always will be, as long as Raw is on the air), but the fact that it airs on a broadcast network (even a crappy one like MyNet) is a big thing for McMahon. He may not want to give that up (especially with a reasonably young rival company out there). There's also the MyNet affils to consider. If I were one of those UPN castoff stations that signed up for MyNet, I'd feel like I'd been sold a bill of goods right around now. Smackdown is essentially the only thing MyNet has going for it. On Jul 2, 11:56 am, Joe Ryan <jrya...@gmail.com> wrote: > A couple of things here... > > 1. Vince McMahon has to see this and be thanking God (or whatever diety he > worships). I don't know how the contract with NBCU works but WWE runs a > second brand (Smackdown) which is on MY Network and is treated as the > lesser > brand. If WWE could get onto FX it could help both. > 2. UFC may be ripe for the taking. Spike has been good to them but FX may > provide more mainstream legitmacy. > 3. Fox and News Corp. has sports properties they could use on FX but at > the > risk of cannabalizing other Fox networks. Fox Cable owns half of the Big > Ten > Network, has tv deals with the Big 12 and Pac 10 for football and a Sunday > ACC basketball package. They also have US rights to the English Premier > League, Italy's Serie A and UEFA Champions League. What impact, if any, > they > would have on FX is unknown. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob in Jersey" <bob.in.jer...@juno.com> > To: "TVorNotTV" <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:45 PM > Subject: [TV orNotTV] FX wants the sports, too > > > OK, they tried and dumped NASCAR... > > baseball only comes to them in the postseason... > > rasslin' has a longterm deal at NBCU... > > and the other sports have their own namesake networks. > > What's that leave? > > >http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/307219-FX_s_Landgraf_Sports_... > > > -- > > BOB --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
