OLN Sunday TDF coverage bashing

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Yes, CBS is a terrible travesty compared to what we get from OLN, but I think we have to put this
in perspective.

Those of us in the US (with OLN) are getting the TDF spoon-fed to us, several times a day. Little
glitches here and there, but let's face it, we're getting coverage that just a few years ago we
assumed we'd *never*

see

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in the US.

If, to pay for that coverage, OLN has to sell their soul to CBS one day a week, I think it's worth
it. The alternative might be some bean counter looking at the numbers and thinking hey, we get a
lot more money for

fishing

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shows, let's bag this TDF thing...

I'd love to think that cycling will become so popular here in the US that OLN won't know what to
do with all the people trying to advertise during

the

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coverage, and they could then pass on whatever blood money they get from CBS. But I'm not holding
my breath.

I don't even know what sort of dollar figure I'd put on being able to get

up

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in the morning, turn on the TV and watch the TDF and hear Phil & Paul. In fact, it's one of the
few things I miss when I go to France to watch the

TDF

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in person. What a great way to start the day!

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If it was PPV, I would pay $50 to $75 for the whole event, or if it was daily I would pay up to $20
for any mountaintop finish and probably up to $10 for ITTs or $20 for the last ITT if I thought
there would be any chance that it could change the podium. Those prices assume no commercials (hey,
it is PPV!). If it was in HDTV, double all of the above prices.

I wonder if OLN had less diluted viewership having it this evening rather than showing it morning,
afternoon and evening. They may have gotten a bigger bang for buck on airtime, too, to help
subsidize the rest of the coverage...just a thought...

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Yes, CBS is a terrible travesty compared to what we get from OLN, but I think we have to put this
in perspective.

Those of us in the US (with OLN) are getting the TDF spoon-fed to us, several times a day. Little
glitches here and there, but let's face it, we're getting coverage that just a few years ago we
assumed we'd *never*

see

Quoted message said:

in the US.

If, to pay for that coverage, OLN has to sell their soul to CBS one day a week, I think it's worth
it. The alternative might be some bean counter looking at the numbers and thinking hey, we get a
lot more money for

fishing

Quoted message said:

shows, let's bag this TDF thing...

I'd love to think that cycling will become so popular here in the US that OLN won't know what to
do with all the people trying to advertise during

the

Quoted message said:

coverage, and they could then pass on whatever blood money they get from CBS. But I'm not holding
my breath.

I don't even know what sort of dollar figure I'd put on being able to get

up

Quoted message said:

in the morning, turn on the TV and watch the TDF and hear Phil & Paul. In fact, it's one of the
few things I miss when I go to France to watch the

TDF

Quoted message said:

in person. What a great way to start the day!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles chainreactionbicycles.comchainreactionbicycles.comOpen ↗

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

I'd love to think that cycling will become so popular here in the US that OLN won't know what to
do with all the people trying to advertise during the coverage, and they could then pass on
whatever blood money they get from CBS. But I'm not holding my breath.

I sense this happening, well a very mild version. ISTR hearing that half a million viewed last
year's Tour on OLN, and there is some more diversity in the advertisers this year. OLN has expanded
its broadcasting team, which means a larger budget. I also sense more overall interest in the Tour
from the American population in general, though that could just be me.

IT might only be a year or two before OLN gets outbid for the Tour, but that's probably unlikely.

If LANCE wins this year, NEXT year will be comparatively huge. And damn interesting to boot. If
LANCE continues to struggle to this extent this year, but wins, imagine what next year will look
like. (I assume he'll go for six.)

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Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Yes, CBS is a terrible travesty compared to what we get from OLN, but I think we have to put this
in perspective.

Those of us in the US (with OLN) are getting the TDF spoon-fed to us, several times a day. Little
glitches here and there, but let's face it, we're getting coverage that just a few years ago we
assumed we'd *never* see in the US.

If, to pay for that coverage, OLN has to sell their soul to CBS one day a week, I think it's worth
it. The alternative might be some bean counter looking at the numbers and thinking hey, we get a
lot more money for fishing shows, let's bag this TDF thing...

I'd love to think that cycling will become so popular here in the US that OLN won't know what to
do with all the people trying to advertise during the coverage, and they could then pass on
whatever blood money they get from CBS. But I'm not holding my breath.

I don't even know what sort of dollar figure I'd put on being able to get up in the morning, turn
on the TV and watch the TDF and hear Phil & Paul. In fact, it's one of the few things I miss when
I go to France to watch the TDF in person. What a great way to start the day!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles chainreactionbicycles.comchainreactionbicycles.comOpen ↗

OLN *buys* the 3 weekly hours on CBS in order to advertise its broadcasting of the Tour. Then they
sell the other advertising back to CBS as part of the deal and voluntarily don't show it live in
order to sell the maximum rating for them to CBS.

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Frankie Andreu says:

"Part of the contract with the Tour de France and OLN is that a network station also has to cover
the race. The Tour show must be broadcast to a national audience and not just to a cable network.

"The deal OLN has is with CBS. Every Sunday, CBS broadcasts the Tour on their national channel."

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RichC

Rich Clark said:

Frankie Andreu says:

"Part of the contract with the Tour de France and OLN is that a network station also has to cover
the race. The Tour show must be broadcast to a national audience and not just to a cable network.

"The deal OLN has is with CBS. Every Sunday, CBS broadcasts the Tour on their national channel."

in a [censored] poor manner as we all know.......

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