Khan does 3 million on HBO?

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  1. iron_chin

    iron_chin Boxing Addict banned

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    I just posted in General about khan doing a 3.1 rating on HBO, the yanks said that means 3 million, these numbers are huige considering guys like canelo and chavez do 1-1.5 million, cotto did 1.7 million against Foreman, Pretty impressive imo.
     
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  2. iron_chin

    iron_chin Boxing Addict banned

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    Zab obviously must have played a big part in the numbers aswell.
     
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  3. roe

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    And to think he nearly didn't make the check weigh-in..
     
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  4. modestbiggles

    modestbiggles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A 3.1 rating doesn't mean 3 million i don't think. Probably about 1.2 million - something like that.
     
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    Scottrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Berto-Ortiz fight did 1.5m, the highest of the year up until then, this would be surprising.
     
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  6. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Must be the market share percentage. 3 million on HBO is extremely unlikely. What's your source?
     
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  7. bam bam

    bam bam Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Its not 3.1m viewers.Cotto/Foreman for instance had a rating of 3.9 which equalled about 1.9m viewers.
    Khan/Judah had a little over a million.
     
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  8. Jonsey

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    yeh there must be a mistake.
     
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  9. WalletInspector

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    You trusted the knowledge of the general forum?
     
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  10. Pug1list

    Pug1list Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It depends 1 percentage point also equates to around 1 million viewers in US TV ratings, but HBO is on cable so is probably lower.
     
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  11. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/measurement/television-measurement.html


    That’s the major system for tracking TV viewers in the US. I’m not sure if that’s what they use for HBO, but it basically measures a cross-section of US TV viewers across the country, the percentage that viewed that and then they calculate the rating from that.

    The other way I’ve heard of is they look at the total amount of people with access to HBO on cable who watched it. So, if 30m people in the US have HBO, and 3.1 watched it, then I think your calculation would be 900,000 people watched it.

    Which sounds more realistic than 3m, which very few HBO shows get, never mind boxing.
     
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  12. Bajingo

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    3 million would be ridiculously high. Pascal vs Hopkins did 1.8m and Alvarez and Chavez only get 1.6m
     
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  13. iron_chin

    iron_chin Boxing Addict banned

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    my source is max boxing on twitter.
     
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  14. Pug1list

    Pug1list Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They should just release they actual figure, ratings are calculated differently, not sure what method they used to get 3.1.
     
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  15. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    I'm pretty sure it's a percentage point of the total audience available to HBO on that given night. So it's wildly unreliable until you know the baseline. I hate these proprietary measurement systems.
     
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