NovaBall wrote:Fs1 still needs to get on lower tier cable packages. Fox has a regional sports station in my basic cable, they should try to switch that with fs1. Until that happens the ratings will always sag a bit.
NovaBall wrote:Fs1 still needs to get on lower tier cable packages. Fox has a regional sports station in my basic cable, they should try to switch that with fs1. Until that happens the ratings will always sag a bit.
NovaBall wrote:Yeah, you need the digital box to get fs1 where I live. I live out west, and our basic package has 5 sports stations. Nbcsn, ESPN, espn2, fox sports west (currently filling dead air with world pocker tour) and some local public access type station that airs a lot of surfing and random non-revenue local college sports. It doesn't matter for me, as my primary Tvs have a digital box, but I cannot watch fs1 on the other TV.
A lot of my friends are so dependent on Internet stream for TV entertainment that they don't have anything more than basic cable. That means fs1 doesn't even exist in their radar.
Fs1 will never realistically catch even espn2 until it gets in the local packages. I was hoping they would have it by year 3, but no luck yet.
This is also why the big network fox games are so huge. Those games are gold and worth more than any ESPN time slot. Not because of ratings, but because of exposure and access for casual viewers.
NovaBall wrote:First, nobody here cares about the regional fox sports west coverage. It is mainly poker tournaments and clippers and la kings games. The clippers and kings have no following where I live. Fs1 has uefa, MLB playoffs, etc... Much better content.
Anyone who would compare a ESPN broadcast to a fox national broadcast is a nuts. And I'm not talking about ratings either, as I under stand certain ESPN games are going to have huge ratings due to the fan bases of the teams. In terms of casual viewer access, as in not even college hoops fans but the person who just puts in the TV and something happens to be on, the fox national games are huge.
Oh wait, that was our Dayton fan troll, stever, making that post. Sorry for wasting the bandwidth responding to that guy.
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