Does anyone have facts about what TV revenue is being generated?
The Canadian TV Ratings for
August 24 - August 30 (straddling the political action delay) are the 25th most watched TV event in Canada. They were trounced by a Blue Bloods rerun.
That was a drop of around 20% from the
week before
How much revenue is being generated by the TV and what is the net going into the NHL? The bubble process was not likely cheap.
The financials from the bubble hockey must be coming in and the NHL owners are getting some idea of the depth of the financial trouble they are in.
The NFL season opener was great, but down 13% from the 2019 season opener. It was highlighted by KC fans booing their favorite player of all time (Mahomes) in his BLM moment.
I have looked and could not find how the NBA TV is doing after their shut down and their return as a BLM infomercial.
At some point if TV viewership is going down the TV companies will not be paying more for the broadcast rights.
Are their viewership minimums? Is the NHL breaking the TV deals by not playing games in various cities?
At what point does the NHL just shut the season down and open smaller for the 2021-22 season?