Very interesting take on TV deals. Cliffs -
Perhaps this is why Swafford is so cocksure that he's going to get a deal from ESPN. Perhaps this ESPN deal is another shitty deal like Raycom that locks us into another cable network and screws us from marketing our product to other major networks?
Interesting listen.
- TV is still more dependant on advertising than it is subscriptions and carriage rates
- USA pays WWE Smackdown $200 million dollars a year for 104 hours a year of programming. In contrast, CBS pays the SEC $55 million a year for 68 hours of programming (17 games) and gets twice the ratings.
Perhaps this is why Swafford is so cocksure that he's going to get a deal from ESPN. Perhaps this ESPN deal is another shitty deal like Raycom that locks us into another cable network and screws us from marketing our product to other major networks?
Interesting listen.
