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Date: | Mon, 29 Aug 1994 18:25:39 -0400 |
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The best reason I can think of not to put the 'Pot on
Ch.68 is to use the exampele of what the NHL did
in 1989 when they moved their national coverage from
ES_PN to SportsChannell America. SCA offered more money
for the package, but had far less viewership. Four years
later the NHL went crawling back to ESPN. It's a bad idea.
Granted it's only two games onaxx on a much smaller scale,
but the overall goal should be coverage to the lagrgest viewrxx
viewership-- that brings in higer advertising revenues which
would easily outpace any increase in rights fees WABU could offer.
The X factor of course is BU's ownership of Ch.68. Obviously 68 has
BU's vote. It's a matter of convincing NU, BC, and Harvard. Considering
the three are about to get blown out of the water on local season coverage,
going along with BU will be a tough sell.
Neil Goldberg, Daily Free Press (BU)
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