Quote Originally Posted by Rantcatrat View Post
A ridiculous post. I don't really understand it. There are a few very good articles on this. Thomas Hauser wrote one. Check it out. Showtime and HBO have increasingly similiar audience numbers and CBS said it would get involved in the promotion, which will increase ppv sales. Meaning more money. And Arum was bitter at how HBO treated Cotto etc.
That could be the reason, but how often is the reason given the truth? Hardly ever, and they are going into this blindfolded because nothing has duplicated the ppv numbers generated between hbo and their 247 series