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Originally Posted by TopChed
Not to mention throwing 15 second ads in before face-offs, the banner ads on the glass, and text competitions. It all looks so bush league compared to TSN.
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Now, the technical issues are one thing that shouldn't be happening as it shouldn't really be a cost thing, but slagging Snet for extra ads, or comparing to TSN for not having them, is unfair.
The reason there's the extra ads the and advertising sponsor texting competition; the production costs game by game in the same ball park as TSN...except SNet West is doing 80% of the Flames games, in a limited TV market with limited ad dollars to offset the cost of production.
On the other side, TSN has national contract and can attract large advertising dollars as a result, which doesn't mean they have to do those extra ad opportunities (although I am sure its coming eventually) week in and week out on the national games (which overall total far less then the 60 games SNet does for the Flames)
Same can be said for content...getting the Wednesday night TSN game once a week, or, if you just watch Flames games 8-10 times in a regular 82 game season on TSN, you can handle the panel. If we had to put up with the TSN panel (which would switch around too, no way they could get that same crew every game for 60 games) 60 times a season, they'd wear on us too.
Snet/ the Flames could go back to a PPV model, or, not show all the games, and probably would have to if a major sponsor or two like Telus pulled out and Snet didn't get that ad revenue replaced to make the games, at most, a break even proposition to put on air.
Its basically a quantity vs quality thing. TSN has the national contract and visability, so it can attract the quality talent who will have that national stage for the game a week. With that national stage and views, mean advertisers will choose that to put their $. Snet regionally has to scrape for sponsors and find analysts and talent that are content with being a regional guy, and not having that national stage...and have to work two or three games a week in front of the smaller audience, as opposed to TSN's one.