HBO Crushes Showtime In Ratings Battle

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  1. ButeTheBeast

    ButeTheBeast Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Dan Rafael: According to Neilsen, Sat's @HBOboxing card had 1.024M viewers for Dawson-Stevenson & 947K for Gamboa-Perez, which crushed @SHOsports

    Dan Rafael: Cards went head-to-head w/ @SHOsports drawing 594K for Maidana-Lopez main event, 471K for Lara-Angulo and 207K for Charlo-Hopkins

    Via his twitter account.

    WOW! Showtime had the better fights yet still couldn't draw.. HBO is the future BABY! :scaredas:
     
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  2. Ripper11

    Ripper11 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Showtime is trying to win viewers over gradually. They know they won't come right away. They've never drawn more viewers than HBO, but they don't have to in order to increase profits.
    Plus if it takes them 3-5 years in order to surpass HBO overall views, then it was worth it.
     
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  3. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    more people still have hbo over showtime
     
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  4. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    HBO ain't ****. That's just name recognition for HBO. Their **** is winding down and as soon as people learn where the real fights are they are doomed.
     
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  5. nes01

    nes01 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    HBO has million-fold better production than Showtime. So long as it maintains its superior product, they will always be the premier station for boxing.
     
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  6. Ripper11

    Ripper11 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    HBO hypes their fights better, but their actual product is getting worse. Showtime's commentary blew HBO's out the water last Saturday. I had to almost turn the damn volume off during the Gamboa fight
     
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  7. nes01

    nes01 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Name recognition and reputation is huge. Think McDonald's or Nestle. You can't buy that, and thats where the profits lay.
     
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  8. Zombieguy

    Zombieguy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd made a big mistake moving his fights to the #2 network.
     
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  9. nes01

    nes01 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well I think HBO commentary, Ledderman, Michael Buffer etc is a lot more exciting than Showtime's commentary, but ultimately we are just two people. I think the world prefers HBO's product. It's rich in history and its just so classy.
     
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  10. licktheballs

    licktheballs Member Full Member

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    This

    Fat Dan should know better :patsch
     
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  11. Zombieguy

    Zombieguy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    More than anything this shows that what the casual fans want and what ESB want are two different things. 90% here said they were watching Showtime so clearly this board doesn't speak for the typical boxing fan.

    Less-exciting fights between big names vs More-exciting fights between lesser names.
     
    Zombieguy, Jun 12, 2013
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  12. Ripper11

    Ripper11 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lampley sucks and is super biased, but he does bring excitement. That's one issue I used to have with Showtime's commentary tbh. It has gotten better recently though
     
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  13. Revolver

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    Are people this ******ed? Of course HBO is going to get higher ratings... they have more subscribers.
     
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  14. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    $32 million/fight at age 36. Are you stupid or something? I'll go fight in Tijuana for that kind of payday.
     
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  15. Bustajay

    Bustajay Feel the Steel/Balls Deep Full Member

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    :lol:NAKED AND WITH A SPOON UP MY ASS:rofl
     
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