BC Official: Friday 'True Championship'

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

This will make them more money in the short term. More races to get sponsors for, control of the venue for another day, higher ticket prices neatly packaged into a weekend event, more handle simply because of more races...

I wonder what this will do for TV revenue. The BC has never been a big TV success. Few non-hardcore fans were willing to sit down for 4-5 hours of nonstop horseracing. But stretching the races out over 2 days, while adding races of less interest can only make whatever TV interest there was all but non-existent.

--Dunbar

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

I wonder what this will do for TV revenue. The BC has never been a big TV success. Few non-hardcore fans were willing to sit down for 4-5 hours of nonstop horseracing. But stretching the races out over 2 days, while adding races of less interest can only make whatever TV interest there was all but non-existent.

--Dunbar

Though it is just speculation I would guess that ESPN has had a hand in the entire process

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

I wonder what this will do for TV revenue. The BC has never been a big TV success. Few non-hardcore fans were willing to sit down for 4-5 hours of nonstop horseracing. But stretching the races out over 2 days, while adding races of less interest can only make whatever TV interest there was all but non-existent.

--Dunbar

it's less of a success due to moving the coverage to espn, which many still do not have. so they can't watch even if they want to.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

it's less of a success due to moving the coverage to espn, which many still do not have. so they can't watch even if they want to.

I would have to say that if you live in this country and dont have ESPN or access to it there is a good chance that you may not be of vital interest

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I would have to say that if you live in this country and dont have ESPN or access to it there is a good chance that you may not be of vital interest

believe it or not there are still a lot of people without cable/dish, and they complain about any type of coverage moving from the traditional networks. not sure what they call them in your neck of the woods, but i usually refer to them as tightwads.

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Danzig

believe it or not there are still a lot of people without cable/dish, and they complain about any type of coverage moving from the traditional networks. not sure what they call them in your neck of the woods, but i usually refer to them as tightwads.

I hope you are investing in a digital signal converter soon. You won't get any signal with the conventional rabbit ears by this time next year.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

I hope you are investing in a digital signal converter soon. You won't get any signal with the conventional rabbit ears by this time next year.

i have dish....for tv and internet. no dial up/rabbit ears for me!