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Ariella
Ariella
11/23/2016 1:24:47 PM
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Re: Big Events
@ms.akikineni Well, here they get excited for the counterpart of that sport, baseball, especially this past World Series with the Cubs' win. Football also draws quite a bit of attention with the excitement of a single game determining the winner at the Super Bowl. Basketball is some people's favorite sport. Soccer doesn't get much attention (in contrast to other parts of the world). My impression is that hockey doesn't get all that much either.

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dmendyk
dmendyk
11/23/2016 11:56:20 AM
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Re: Sports Stats
And, if Garrison Keillor is to be believed, there's the lutefisk. Nothing beats a lye-treated whitefish dinner.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
11/23/2016 11:55:59 AM
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Re: Big Events
@afwriter: That will make both of us. I am equally curious to see the trend for big events. I am aware of the enormous craze for the sport CRICKET in many countries. I know US has no suck professional sport. But elsewhere the countries that are into that sport, usually are very obsessed.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
11/23/2016 11:53:22 AM
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Re: Sports Stats
Minnesotans are lucky for the options that they have, besides the sport. Nature related activity supposedly good option to wipe off all carry over feelings.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
11/23/2016 11:50:10 AM
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Re: Sports Stats
@afwriter: I can not completely deny what you are saying.

But still having hard time to get it in, as I heard completely different outpour when Kansas team won last time. My brother lives there and he was part of the celebration.

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dmendyk
dmendyk
11/23/2016 11:23:14 AM
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Re: Sports Stats
Between the Wild and the Wolves, it's a good thing Minnesotans have 1000 lakes for ice fishing. But at least you have the Twins. Oh, wait... never mind.

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dmendyk
dmendyk
11/23/2016 11:20:22 AM
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Re: Big Events
The problem is that the precedent for long-term deals has been set, and it won't change unless every single content distributor decides to pass on those deals, which is not likely to happen. With sports content, there are deals that even stretch out to 10 years or more. Content owners -- professional leagues and "amateur" college conferences -- aren't going to reduce contract lengths unless they absolutely have to.

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Ariella
Ariella
11/23/2016 10:59:43 AM
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Re: Big Events
@dmendyk five years is indeed a very long term agreement, especially in light of how quickly programming and broadcasting has been changing in recent years. Perhaps they will have to rethink those contracts going forward.

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dmendyk
dmendyk
11/23/2016 9:19:18 AM
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Hi, Adi -- In the context of content value, live sports events are one of the last premium draws for viewers. The immediacy of the moment is the magic bean. But you know much better than I that placing a value on this content is far from simple. The problem for video distributors is that they have to commit to very long-term agreements (five years or more being the norm) at current market rates, with little or no leeway for a downward adjustment. ESPN is now spending billions of dollars on packages (mainly college sports) whose value to advertisers is diminishing as ratings drop. Meanwhile, cord cutting and cord shaving is resulting in declining up-front subscriber revenue as well. The golden goose that is sports programming is far from dead, but it's definitely losing some feathers.

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elizabethv
elizabethv
11/23/2016 7:42:20 AM
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I think it's well passed time for all sports teams and broadcast companies to re-evaluate their future. The need and the demand for watching live sporting events just isn't what it once was, and unless something big changes, it may never be again.  The need just doesn't exist like it used to, when you can get live updates on your phone and you dont. I'm genuinely surprised the cost of actually attending a sporting event hasn't gone down yet. I was at a basketball game Sunday night, because I'd won tickets. And if I hadn't won the tickets, I wouldn't have been there. They even had "Star Wars Night" that night, and still the stadium was half empty. If nothing else, the future will be intesting  that's for sure.                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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