Fuel is on channel 398 and is available in the America's Top 120+, America's Top 250, America's Everything Pack and the Multi-Sport package.
Official word on FOX Sports 1?
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Fuel is on channel 398 and is available in the America's Top 120+, America's Top 250, America's Everything Pack and the Multi-Sport package.
"TV ratings company Nielsen found that only a measly 4% of households watch sports on average, but in order to offer an attractive lineup of channels to consumers, cable providers are still having to pay these fees that are being passed along to the consumer. However, cable providers are considering cutting down on sports networks in order to offer lower monthly bills for customers. Both AT&T and DirecTV have already begun doing this." Wow that is a direct contradiction of what is usually posted here. So the 96% pay for the 4%. Hmmmm.....
What I still think is sports needs to be separated from all other programming. Then the sports providers will really see what their product is worth. But wait for it.......its all Dish's fault.
I can't imagine that stat is very accurate. I'm curious what they are basing the percentage on, the amount sports are watched each day? According to them only 4% of Americans are watching football on Saturday and Sunday during the season? Even people who don't care a lot about sports still watch Monday Night Football.
See what this site found out. According to them, 43% of pay TV subscribers would not cut the cord because they would miss their sports.
http://www.whatyoupayforsports.com/...s-adults-are-hooked-on-pay-tv-because-sports/
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Either way I'm stuck because I just renewed for another 2 years. So if negotiations fail with Disney and channels are lost and fox 1 isn't carried I'm out of luck. Etf will be way to high to cancel. The wife and I are quite happy with dish. The wife loves the hopper. I think it's quite impressive myself. I watch espn sometimes but not enough for what espn charges per subscriber now. I'm hoping fox one is a huge success and that it gives espn a run for its money.
I know when it launches and if it's not on direct or dish you can bet their Facebook pages will be loaded with complaints. Most who are blaming dish when they should be blaming fox. Look what happened when dish was forced to pull the Amc channels. People were furious at dish when it was Amc who was in the wrong. These channel providers are getting quite greedy these days. Like others have mentioned see how fox one does its first year then fox can come back and renegotiate the contract if it does well.
I do agree that sports should be in its own packages so if you don't want the espn channels you don't have to have them . So if fox one is to carry MLB games in 2014 then will the fox sports regional channel be blacked out if your team is playing on fox one ?
I know when it launches and if it's not on direct or dish you can bet their Facebook pages will be loaded with complaints. Most who are blaming dish when they should be blaming fox. Look what happened when dish was forced to pull the Amc channels. People were furious at dish when it was Amc who was in the wrong. These channel providers are getting quite greedy these days. Like others have mentioned see how fox one does its first year then fox can come back and renegotiate the contract if it does well.
I do agree that sports should be in its own packages so if you don't want the espn channels you don't have to have them . So if fox one is to carry MLB games in 2014 then will the fox sports regional channel be blacked out if your team is playing on fox one ?
43% sounds a bit more accurate than 4%. My Dad, for example, isn't a hardcore EVERY sport fan but if they mess with his NFL games or NASCAR Sprint Cup races he would make his voice heard. Many of the people I work with aren't HARDCORE fans but EVERY Monday and Tuesday morning through fall and early winter consist of the football results.
I think both the 4% and 43% numbers could be accurate. 4% may be the total percentage of time that sports is watched of all TV viewing hours (counting soaps, news, sitcoms, kids programs, etc.). 43% would not cut the cord over sports even if they only watch as little as 1 event a week. There's room for both figures.
Oprah also asked for some ridiculous rate increase and she never received it because of low ratings. There is no question you will get Fox Sports 1 as soon as it is available. Fox will not get more money for the channel until the next negotiation which might be years away.
Didn't the original 4% number specifically exclude the viewing of NFL games?
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Wow can't believe she'd ask for an increase. From her tv shows and other things she's done the last thing she should ask for is that. I've never watched her own channel. She's a multi millionaire. Pure greed.
That makes more sense. I just thought it was odd based on my customer base. I know for sure that half of my customers need to have some sports or they would switch providers. The AT120 is our most popular package and it's because of the sports channels it includes.
Seems like a dumb stat to put out if that's true. Is the article trying to prove that more people like to watch football? It seems like it was posted to prove that only a small percentage of people need to watch sports on TV at all.
The NFL is the last professional sports league that people can watch OTA (with a couple of games a week excluded). So maybe it was excluded for that reason.
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That's not a bad point but there are plenty of sports on OTA channels. Most golf tourneys are on the networks along with any major events. College football is on just as much as NFL. Don't forget NASCAR as well.
For golf, those tournaments that are on OTA are generally just the last 2 days of the event, ie; Sat and Sunday. They are showing more of them this year than in the past, but still just the last 2 days.
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Those are the days that most people want to watch. What's the difference? It's still on every weekend just like football except the season is longer.
That is true, however, the only regular scheduled cable show to crack the top ten ratings for the year of 2012 was monday night football. Was that also excluded?
Not that it really matters, but check out the top ten single telecast programs for the year. All except one, the last one, was sports related. (and three of the top ten recurring programs were)
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2012/nielsen-tops-of-2012-television.html
But then, if you look at overall ratings for pay-tv channels, only one sports channel is in the top 20:
http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/201...istory-tbs-lifetime-up-mtv-nick-at-nite-fall/
Also, all of the top 10 telecast programs were broadcast (available OTA), so in the context of pay-tv subscriptions, not very relevant.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/201...istory-tbs-lifetime-up-mtv-nick-at-nite-fall/
Also, all of the top 10 telecast programs were broadcast (available OTA), so in the context of pay-tv subscriptions, not very relevant.
Lots of difference, but yeah, most people just watch on the weekends as they are working during the week.
I'm retired so I watch during the week also.
As to being on every weekend, just not true, though it is closer to true these days. But even now, most weekends do not have golf on the OTA channels.
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I would say there is some form of a sporting event on one the OTA channels every weekend. Whether it be football, golf, hockey, tennis, basketball, baseball, soccer, racing, extreme, swimming, olympics related........ The list goes on.
