ITV confirm no boxing in 2010 - "Boxing is not not economically sustainable"

**** off itv

 

its a pity c4 are not interesred they show some **** that must get no viewers.

 

So is all televised boxing in America ppv? I thought alot of the boxing shown was on sports channels and only the huge fights went ppv.


I never said rugby or cricket was crap so stop being a dick head.

 

The post you were replying to didn't say it was all on PPV, it said they weren't on free tv.

HBO, Showtime and ESPN are subscription channels. That's not the same as PPV.

 

i know what your getting at about it being cost effective and i agree that perhaps the promoters and boxers should ask for a bit less money ,if your sevices are in demand you can ask for more but as they are not you have to settle for less ,some work is better than **** all:good

 

perhaps the way forward for boxing on tv is mixed pro and am shows

 

But rip off programmes like celebrity jungle and those that get you to phone in are economically viable. *******s!atsch

 

Personally I believe, if boxing is on TV, people will watch it, any sport at that. This ****ing sailing programme was on the other day, I watched the whole thing...it was ****!!I think broadcasters should just back boxing, use it as an investment, the more boxing they show the more people will start to watch, just for the sake of it being on! But true, the last few fight on ITV have been awful.

 

they could get more sponsorship i suppose - like in ufc where each round is sponsored by a company, as are the replays and the commentators actually have to say the companys name. it would make me cringe as a boxing fan but i could live with that for more boxing on free tv.

i think eventually domestic promoters and boxers will have to take pay cuts to get their product on tv. i wonder if the cash generated by primetime ppv will be any more than what hennessey would have got from itv or sky.

 

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That is what i fear.

 

I beleive with Setanta going tits up ITV are given rights to show England football games. For the first time in years a England international wont be show on British tv the only way you can watch it is on PPV on a internet site. It really shows how stuck for money ITV are. A international match is a ratings hit no matter what but they wont show it.

 

The only hope is Espn picks up some live boxing nexy year i am not holding my breath though!!