fightinfunbags
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Tv hasn’t been free since I was 6 years oldCelebrating paying for something that used to be free is an interesting flex.
Tv hasn’t been free since I was 6 years oldCelebrating paying for something that used to be free is an interesting flex.
the discussion was revolving around ratings no?
how's baseball doing on a national level compared to the 90s since that was rhe argument posed?
How many national telecasts are there for baseball in the regular season? A few games on ESPN? Those regional deals are huge for teams that get them.
Baseball has buoyed their numbers with increased international views.
no doubt but you're talking about a substantial difference in programming from just cable to all of the services.
so effectively your goal was to completely change the scope of the conversation?
The man's point was the NFL is losing domestic viewers. It isn't. Baseball is.
How many of those services existed or were needed prior? All movies (and serial tv shows) would go through a few channels (HBO, Showtime mostly) or to a basic cable network. Now they're fragmented all over the place and you have to pay a rental or purchase fee if you aren't on that platform. It's becoming pay per channel instead of a group rate, and the cable companies are at least partially to blame for soaking their customers. My cable bill was up to $240 or more when I canceled, for one TV with a few add ons (RedZone, HBO, Showtime) and basic internet. I can get all of that through YTTV for $100 less.
By what measure? I tried to look at national viewership, but kept getting pointed to World Series numbers, which is matchup biased.
again
you're getting substantially more programming.
HBO makes like 4 shows a year now. Its peak was like 8?
Give me a larger variety of options over NCIS Sidney (this is an actual show)
please tell me you're not trying to argue baseball has the same national appeal as it did 30 years ago
and a TV used to cost a small fortune relative to household income as opposed to now.
but those 5 free channels were super awesome
Are you telling me you don't have the stats either?
Are you all telling me that somebody spent $110 million dollars so I DON’T have to watch Taylor Swift?
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Smart TV yes...amazon prime not on itNo smart TVs it seems? Even my cheap Roku TV streams via WiFi.
why do we need anything except world series
not even getting into the 60s
in the early 90s the world series had a 35 to 40 share
it now tops out at 20 at best and that would have to be Yankees Dodgers. Cubs Indians did "well'
last years series did worse than the Thursday night football game we are talking about.
World Series Television Ratings (1968-2023) | Baseball Almanac
World Series television ratings from 1968-2023, research by Baseball Almanac.www.baseball-almanac.com
Smart TV yes...amazon prime not on it
and a TV used to cost a small fortune relative to household income as opposed to now.
but those 5 free channels were super awesome