>From Friday on Sports On Earth: "What is the Sports Cable Bubble? It's the unseen economic engine that increasingly powers the sports and television industries alike. Judging by all the money involved, it seems unlikely to pop anytime soon... but that, of course, is what makes it a bubble.
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/53498716/ And from today's WSJ: "Cable and satellite-TV providers have complained for years about the rising cost of sports programming. Now, armed with detailed new viewing data that they claim show most subscribers aren't big fans, they are beginning to fight back." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323823004578595571950242766.html(or Google "Pay-TV Providers Bid to End Sports Networks' Win Streak") QOTD from the second item: "Tad Brown, chief executive of the Rockets, predicts the network eventually will gain full distribution. 'Any metrics that suggest a market as vibrant and wealthy and passionate as Houston isn't engaged with its teams—I would say those metrics are wrong,' he says." Or as we like to say, "Who you gonna believe: me or your lyin' eyes?" -- -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
