On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:50:29 -0400, Jack Bohn <jackbohn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>Rob Jensen wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:30:02 -0400, David <dimlan17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Skeptics of the NBC-DirecTV deal say that it could backfire if
>>>impatient fans turn to the Internet to download illegal copies of
>>>“Friday Night Lights” before it appears on NBC. The Web site Silicon
>>>Alley Insider called the deal “a big win for BitTorrent,” referring to
>>>a popular file-sharing program. Executives played down the risk of
>>>that.
>>
>>My suspicion is that Comcast and NBC Uni are going to have to rethink
>>the exclusive window. It seems that SOME idiot at NBC Uni forgets
>>about how badly the long window between the initial airing of season 1
>>eps of Battlestar Galactica in the UK affected the ratings for the
>>show here in the US two months later.
>
>How badly did the window affect the ratings? Wasn't that the
>highest rated season of BSG, and also the highest rated sci fi
>show on the channel?
That's how I remember it.
>>Why NBC Uni and Comcast didn't take the BSG situation under
>>consideration is beyond me -- but frankly, the exclusive window should
>>only be two weeks or the show should just be made VOD-only and/or
>>PPV-only across all the major cable and sat systems nationwide for,
>>say, 99-cents per episode.
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>Well, as the exec said, they're still in the green even if
>ratings drop 15%. We'll have to see if ratings drop more than
>15%.
That quote is confusing but the way I read it isn't thar they can
still be profitable if the ratings drop 15%. It's that they can still
be much more profitable than they are now.
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