Super 6 - UK TV

[GuyIncognito76]

So boxing fans will pay for this, I agree. Most casual fans however probably won't.

If it is true that Froch is getting a guaranteed $1 million, from Showtime, for the round-robin fights then wouldn't it have been in his, and Hennessy's best interest to "give away" the fight for "free" (that's £100,000) to a British broadcaster in the hopes of increasing Froch's UK TV profile and possibly ensuring more lucatrive offers further down the line?

Even taking the most basic of workings £100,000 is something like 7,650 thirteen pounds (This is of course before administration costs are taken into account). Also, there is advertising; they could obviously purchase commercials on SKY or Terrestial channels but they won't come cheap and if they don't advertise then buys will obviously be down. Oh, and then everybody has to divide up all the (hoped for) profits and I'm sure the people behind Prime Time will want most of that.

Anyone seriously think Hennessy and Froch are going to walk away from this deal with more that £100,000?

This is a disaster waiting to happen if you ask me.

[Kev]

So boxing fans will pay for this, I agree. Most casual fans however probably won't.

If it is true that Froch is getting a guaranteed $1 million, from Showtime, for the round-robin fights then wouldn't it have been in his, and Hennessy's best interest to "give away" the fight for "free" (that's £100,000) to a British broadcaster in the hopes of increasing Froch's UK TV profile and possibly ensuring more lucatrive offers further down the line?

Even taking the most basic of workings £100,000 is something like 7,650 thirteen pounds (This is of course before administration costs are taken into account). Also, there is advertising; they could obviously purchase commercials on SKY or Terrestial channels but they won't come cheap and if they don't advertise then buys will obviously be down. Oh, and then everybody has to divide up all the (hoped for) profits and I'm sure the people behind Prime Time will want most of that.

Anyone seriously think Hennessy and Froch are going to walk away from this deal with more that £100,000?

This is a disaster waiting to happen if you ask me.

I hope he doesn't. If the terrestial companies don't want to support one of our only two world champions, and arguably our most exciting fighter at the moment then I hope he tells them to go fuck themselves.

Why should he have to give himself away for free?

If the terrestial companies don't want them fight in America for Showtime and don't cooperate with British telly at all.

[superheavyrhun]

Problem is that Froch's success against Taylor has made him relatively interesting to an American audience, along with the American challenger, which has decided his fight will be late night in the UK to suit the American fans.

This means that audience for UK tv is going to be minimal for live coverage, and seriously devalues the proposition to tv channels in the UK. Vicious circle continues, Froch doesn't feel he gets proper money, goes onto this PPV, less people see him fight, fanbase and interest dwindles, and turns into a downward spiral. It's a sad situation for one of two legitimate British champions, but unless he deals with the mainstream networks to make it accessible to a large market, then the offers made to him will continue to go down, as the viewing figures for the PPV will not be very impressive.