Why are the NBA Playoffs on Cable???

[Profane]

www.watchespn.com
www.tnt.tv

borrow someone's login

 

[Saint1]

they play on ABC on sundays

And if it wasn't on cable we wouldn't have Inside the NBA during the playoffs. fukk that.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

I don't have cable. shyt's pointless.

My friends have it tho.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Do people in other countries give enough of a fukk about the NBA playoffs to get up at 4am and alter their entire lives to watch a 1st round matchup?

it's not like the NBA Playoffs is the World Cup

 

[Scientific]

I could be wrong, but didnt NBC televise games for the EC and WC finals back in the day? Not just on Saturdays and Sundays.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I could be wrong, but didnt NBC televise games for the EC and WC finals back in the day? Not just on Saturdays and Sundays.

that they did. A lot changed in 15 years

 

[El Bombi]

Because the cable networks are paying them a lot of money.

 

[HoopLife]

NFL playoff games are on Saturday and Sunday, and their playoffs only last 3 weeks. Stop comparing NFL playoffs to NBA/MLB. Big 4 doesn't have to reschedule popular shows to air NFL playoffs

Just logically think for a second, The big 4 networks already have contracts with their regular tv shows, they literally would have to cancel a bunch of popular shows to be able televise NBA/MLB playoffs

got cable.. just asking.. the majority of the us does not

and? that's more tv, more watchers and more advertising dollars


that's all i was asking... i didn't know mlb did it too... seems the bottom leagues all do it.. i didn't know if that was by choice, or the major networks just said we don't want that shyt

i was actually looking for a real answer

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

NFL playoff games are on Saturday and Sunday, and their playoffs only last 3 weeks. Stop comparing NFL playoffs to NBA/MLB. Big 4 doesn't have to reschedule popular shows to air NFL playoffs

Just logically think for a second, The big 4 networks already have contracts with their regular tv shows, they literally would have to cancel a bunch of popular shows to be able televise NBA/MLB playoffs

i don't mean the entire damn playoffs

A game.. saturday and sunday games... 1 game per series... something


motherfukkers in here acting like this wasn't the case the first 40 years of the nba.. i'm trying to get an actual answer... not a made up one that i could have thought up myself

like has the nba ever come out and said a reason why.. were they just outbid.. is this smarter or just forced on them cause no other network wanted them

 

[HoopLife]

i don't mean the entire damn playoffs

A game.. saturday and sunday games... 1 game per series... something


motherfukkers in here acting like this wasn't the case the first 40 years of the nba.. i'm trying to get an actual answer... not a made up one that i could have thought up myself

like has the nba ever come out and said a reason why.. were they just outbid.. is this smarter or just forced on them cause no other network wanted them

They show games on ABC every Sunday during the playoffs . Just like MLB, only FOX shows their playoffs. ESPN is owned by ABC so it makes sense they share their playoff games

 

[Scientific Playa]

makes no fukking sense... they want to go global... they can't even barely get past baseball in tv ratings... and yet they put the entire playoffs, except the finals, on cable

every other league, nhl i have no clue, puts the playoffs on regular tv.. so people who don't have cable still can watch.. meanwhile you not only need basic cable for tnt... you also got to get the espn package for other games... then go ahead and get nba tv for a few more

meanwhile more leagues and boxing are trying to get on regular tv to expand their viewership, not cut more people off... you don't have cable.. you literally go 3-4 weeks at the end of the season NOT watching ball.. only for the finals to pop up by the time you don't care


and yes i have cable.. just wondering if there's some logic behind this

supply and demand. prolly higher ad revenue in the post season.


NBA sets attendance record with nearly 22 million fans

• Associated Press

NEW YORK -- The NBA has broken its attendance record by drawing nearly 22 million fans during the 2014-15 regular season.

NBA fans showed up to watch their teams in record numbers in 2014-15. Rick Madonik/Toronto Star/Getty Images
The league said Thursday that the final total of 21,926,548 fans surpassed the 21,841,480 from 2006-07. It also represented a 2.5 percent increase from last season's final attendance of 21,392,721.

There were 700 sellouts, shattering the previous best of 676 from 20 years ago. NBA arenas were filled to 94 percent capacity, another record and the 11th straight season at 90 percent or higher.

The league's average attendance of 17,826 was also its best ever, edging the 17,757 from 2006-07.

 

[keond]

To be sure, the difference is minimal: 49,915,000 broadband subscribers versus 49,910,000 cable subscribers.

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/the-internet-is-now-officially-more-popular-than-cable-in-the-u-s/




there's 300 million people in the us... 50 million have cable

by doing that... they literally cut off 250 million people or so from being able to watch the playoffs... seems like a dumb idea to me if you trying to move up in the market

There is 300 million ppl but there isn't 300 million households.

 

[The God Poster]

There is 300 million ppl but there isn't 300 million households.

Breh is playing dumb. Several posters already explained wat was up to him

 

[superunknown23]

There is 300 million ppl but there isn't 300 million households.

some babies are heads of households

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Breh is playing dumb. Several posters already explained wat was up to him

actually idiot i wasn't... and i found my answer, no thanks to yall fools who mostly was wrong


nba tv ratings are DOWN.. and been going down... so that blows a hole in the "b-b-b-b-but everyone has cable" theory...

ESPN/ABC and TNT will each be able to simulcast and offer video on-demand for games that air on its networks.

Stern and network executives downplayed the league's declining TV ratings, insisting there is still plenty of demand for NBA-related content through other forms of media.

San Antonio's recent four-game sweep of Cleveland finished with a record-low 6.2 television rating and 11 share on ABC.

and abc only plays 15 games and the finals... not sunday games like someone else said...

ABC will continue to air 15 regular season games and the entire NBA finals and will televise an increased number of games earlier in the playoffs. The maximum number of times a certain team can appear on the network during the regular season has been increased.

ESPN and ESPN2 will continue to show up to 75 regular season games as well as one of the conference finals. ESPN will increase the number of early round playoff games it airs.

TNT will continue to air 52 regular season games, the All-Star game and the majority of the playoff games, including one of the conference finals.

what they are trying to do on the next tv deal, and started to do on the extension, is argue for more DIGITAL rights, so they can stream shyt on esn and tnt.. which is coming along better than abc and broadcast networks with that

"You're going to see far more people enjoying this sport within the TNT brand not just on a linear channel, but all the digital aspects," said David Levy, president of Turner Sports. "That's how we are looking at this, as the aggregation of the eyeballs, people, viewers and consumers. We do see growth in this property."

which kinda answered my other question.. because i forgot... abc OWNS espn.. or same parent company... so they could give two fukks which network, they get paid either way

but again... viewership has been in a steady decline since they took it off broadcast


good lord... you think i was trying to troll nikkas or something... if you don't know just say you don't know... i did