Marc Ganis
Marc Ganis
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They took a chance to take a company owned by Comcast. That might end up being a very good thing ... Comcast can promote it -- on its own cable systems -- on ESPN, on Fox Sports Net. Let's see if they do so. That'll say how committed they are.
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Fox just had to overpay on a rights fee basis for the Celtics games in order to keep the lights on the Boston market, ... So they're saving a lot of money owning the Dodgers. If the Dodgers' broadcast rights were up for public bid right now, they could go to an astronomical sum, and that would mean either a loss of programming for Fox or far greater costs.
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They'll be able to build the NFL Network into something far more significant. On the 357 days when games are not being carried, NFL programming will be going into people's homes.
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The NBA was very fortunate to have three stars like that back to back. That wasn't planned, it was an alignment of the planets.
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It will be vitally important for people to watch, however widely they are dispersed. It will help them come together, even though they're doing it electronically.
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They are limited in the means by which they can spend money.
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Fans really want to feel intimate with the action. This is part of what has made the NBA so successful. You can almost smell the sweat.
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You have uniforms, you have licensing partners. It takes a good year and a half or so to implement something like that.
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They are a cash machine. They print money, ... While there is no revenue pressure, they'll try to keep certain things pristine.
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This actually puts hockey on more news pages, not necessarily in the way you want it, but it still is a cover story. Wayne Gretzky and his beautiful wife are good art, and that always attracts attention.
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The cable operators are going to be compelled to carry the NFL network. Their subscribers want NFL programming. They will be heard loudly if the cable companies provide niche channels with gardening shows and not the NFL Network.
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That's just polite discourse. Of course they're competing for the same money.
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Once you announce you're moving the team, you give up your key piece of leverage. When they moved, a new stadium deal was expected to take a matter of months. It took eight years.
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Sometimes deadlines help and sometimes they don't make much of a difference. They rarely hurt, unless they are arbitrary or excessively short. But if you are working in good faith and the deadlines can be extended if progress is being made, they work well.