How much does it cost to televise a boxing show?

£1.52

 

The actual costs of physically broadcasting a boxing event are exactly the same as the cost of broadcasting any similar event.

The variable is the amount of money that the person who owns the rights to the event wants to charge you to broadcast it which is a number anywhere between £0 and £lotsandlotsandlots.

 

Sky pay around 70k to a promoter for a FFN. I imagine its simular to what ITV pay.

1) Commentary Team - £750 x 2
2) Punditry Team - £500 x 2
3) Interviewer/Presenter - £500 x2
4) At least 4 Camera Men with Equitment - £5000 x 4
5) All the other equitment to go with it - £5,000
6) Advertising - £10,000
6) The right to show the fight - £70,000

Just guessing but it will cost ITV at least £100,000 to put on a 2.5 hour card. will they make more than 100k from advertising for the 2.5 hours? It seems they do not.

would you rather put of an old midsomer murders and make £5k than show boxing and loose £10k???


It cost allot less to show a fight feed, but they will in the states (4am) or german (no one cares).

On Secondsout they will have only 1 camera, 1 commentator who is probably doing it for free, no pundits, **** quality so its doesnt cost as much.

 

Consider when 25,000 people pay £15 to watch, they will get £375,000. And thats why we see boxing on PPV.

 

what i don't understand is if boxing shows have become "economically unviable" and its apparently bleeding them dry, then why the heck do they have 2 separate commentators, sometimes 2 analysts (if the Cobra, disco darren or jono are available) a presenter and a clown walking around behind the scenes asking cringeworthy questions.

surely they could save a bit of change by having one person presenting as well commentating (ala HBO) and only one analyst.

rowling presenting and commentating along with Duke
Barry analysing pre and post fight, simple!

i just don't get the point in having that reporter who walks around looking lost, don't forget its not only him, he has a camera man fellowing him with other people accompanying that cameraman. However insignicant it may look, it all adds up!

 

I dont think the advertising would be that much for a Friday fight night. I think Sky would do that only for a Box Office event not for a Friday fight night and most of there advertisements are on there own media as well so if there is a fee I think it would be a lot less than that even if there is a fee at all for there advertisements.

 

They may have contracts with these guys signed mate so they owe them the work so might as well use them. Gabriel Clarke, the backstage reporter is under contract but I believe the rest are freelance now.

I think the big thing people are missing is that it isn't about cutting a few hundred quid here or there, it is about attracting the right kind of advertisers at the right price as well. I'm guessing they aren't getting they necessary interest. It isn't just how many people are watching a show, it is who is watching.

 

Rob's very sketchy knowledge is proof that a Media Studies GCSE isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

 

yeh keep on trying to be funny.

i said its just a guess.

 

Why guess when it's so completely wrong? You honestly think John Rawling earns £500 a night for being on the telly?

I have it on very good authority that Steve McClaren was once paid six grand to be a part of Soccer Saturday for four hours as an example of the ridiculous amounts that people get paid to be on television.