Originally Posted by hazydayz:
“If ROH want the same viewership as TNA they need to change their product.”
No they don't. The very last thing RoH need to do is change their product.
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“TNA for all their faults, and they do have them, still have other things going on in the show other than wrestling matches that are outside the box.”
And at this point I think we can all agree that TNA is absolutely an example of how to be a successful wrestling company and produce great television, right?
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“And the DVR ratings don't mean a thing btw because advertisers don't care about them. Advertisers want you to WATCH their commercials, and anyone watching on DVR will be fast forwarding through them so the only rating they will care about it is the first run rating, the live rating for the show going out the first time as you will have no choice but to watch the ads.”
(Shock of all shocks) This is not accurate.
Advertising rates are actually set on C3 numbers. This is commercial viewing up to three days after the live broadcast and so does in fact include DVR viewing. The networks are also constantly pushing for C5/C7 numbers to become the new norm but we'll see whether that actually happens. Also for the record there's quite a bit of research out there that disproves the whole nobody watches commercials when they DVR a show. There's also a fair bit of research out there that suggests those who fast forward through the ads retain more details about the ads than those who don't. Plus live viewing doesn't actually lock in commercial viewing - people are more prone to channel surf when watching live plus be on social media and any other number of distractions or simply get up and leave the room (to get a drink for example) during the commercials.
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“If they are gone and can't get a new deal for September then I don't see why they couldn't still tape show in the Impact Zone and fulfill those contracts for other countries and just put the show online to watch.”
Because the international television deals don't cover the cost of producing new shows.
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“Infact I'd love to hear anyone's selling pitch when they try and convince a TV channel to pay money for wrestling and they ask how that money will be made back.”
You could always ask RoH or Paragon Wrestling. They've both done it.
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“With WWE last week getting one of the lowest ratings since the 1990s”
No they didn't.