I’m not sure what this means, but somehow I doubt that it’s good:
At the ESPN upfront presentation, Ed Erhardt, president of customer marketing and sales, emphasized the network’s effort to diversify its fan base in order to deliver sought-after demographics to advertisers.
Expanded programming focuses on the Hispanic and youth markets — and ESPN.com will introduce content for fans of extreme sports and a light-hearted take on the foibles and highlights of the day’s games.
On the plus side, there is this:
ESPN also plans to “make the opening of college football season a holiday” by televising 32 college games, Erhardt said.
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32 games. I assume that means from Thursday to Monday?
If they aren’t counting ABC, that would mean…
Thursday – ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Classic
– Figure ESPN and ESPN2 both getting 2 games. The others getting 1. That’s 6 games opening night.
Friday – Probably knock out another 4 games.
Saturday – 4 games on ESPN, 4 games on ESPN2, 4 games on ESPNU and 2 games on ESPN Classic. That’s another 14 games. That brings it to 24 games before Sunday.
Sunday – 2 each on ESPN/ESPN2. That’s 28 total games.
Monday – 1 prime time game plus 3 during the day across the family of networks.
That really isn’t that much more than what they usually televise on opening weekend. Is it?
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It’s all about the promotion, pwd. 😉
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It can’t be good at all. It reminds me of what NBC did to the Olympics. The complete feminization of the sport led to soap opera stories instead of real competition. I can’t watch it anymore.
I can’t watch ESPN…except when there is a ballgame on. ESPN today is like MTV a decade ago—fewer music videos and more filler programs that have nothing to do with music.
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I can’t watch ESPN…except when there is a ballgame on. ESPN today is like MTV a decade ago—fewer music videos and more filler programs that have nothing to do with music.
Funny, that’s exactly what I was thinking when I read this story in the first place.
We shouldn’t forget what the “E” in ESPN stands for.
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E-very
S-port
P-ossible
N-etwork
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I thought they were putting all those sports on “ESPN: the Ocho”.
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E-questrian
S-occer
P-oker
N-ascar
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Ugh, poker.
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