Stallion wrote:Texas fans all want the Network and those that have it love it.
I am sure you are correct; however, you have limited you audience and national appeal to only a very limited already existing alum market only. I think as time goes by they lose their national appeal, do not develop new fans and their brand becomes somewhat limited and regionalized.
Every indication from ESPN is that thus far it has been an absolute disaster. Low subsriber numbers, low ratings, and poor advertising revenue. It was a financial windfall for the University of Texas, but ESPN has taken a bath on that POS.
Stallion wrote:Texas fans all want the Network and those that have it love it.
You're talking about a finite audience. If ESPN can't jam this thing down cable network's throats, that means they miscalculated the market. There isn't the national appeal that ESPN thought there was because Texas t-shirt fans aren't into what the volleyball or baseball teams are doing.
Look at YES. We're talking about the New York Yankees, arguably the most recognizable sports organization in the world. And they knew blowing it open nationwide was likely not the way to go.
Look at their website. The furthest YES goes is into Scranton-Wilkes Barre PA. -- and that's only because the Yankees' AAA farm team is there.
IMO, this Longhorn Network should have started in the greater Austin area and maybe go as far out as San Antonio and see what kind of response it gets and then expand if the demand followed. This is what happens when ESPN thinks it knows everything and then leads with its chin before it gets it smacked.
smustatesmen wrote:Roof antennas are sold separately. They of course are roof mounted, and look exactly like a golden statue of Gabriel blowing a horn.
Would you like to buy a satellite channel?
great movie
"This is . . . dedication to distraction by fans. Is that what I'm going to go with Jay?"
"That poor kid has to be wondering what is dad doing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XknLDwj0dSo
"This is . . . dedication to distraction by fans. Is that what I'm going to go with Jay?"
"That poor kid has to be wondering what is dad doing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XknLDwj0dSo
I wish you guys would just embrace the Superfriends conference. Cougar has shown that you can play a dogcrap schedule and make it to Autobid status...so has Boise...so has Hawaii...so has TCU. The Big East will fall off the map...CUSA will pick up Cinn and USF and the conference will get its own new TV deal.
The MWC/CUSA game will all of a sudden be a really big deal with Boise on one side and whoever CUSA has on the other side.
The AQ is gone after a 7-5 Louisville team (that lost to Marshall bTw) goes to the Orange Bowl.
Butthurt and Proud, Kynd Friend from Tulsa
Trey was using the powers of Gamehendge to allow the show to continue, to give the band the strength it needed to help break through this barrier
Wasn't the premise of this movie that a Mormon mission person was duped into being in the pron movie and play the superhero to fight space bad guys and .....
Siskel and Ebert gave the movie two fists with thumbs up and down, and up and down, and up and down, and etc. Now you know why the balcony was closed. Eeew this seat is all sticky.
