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CBS/Viacom merger is apparently being looked at
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Originally posted by killakali View PostYou are failing to acknowledge that all of the higher ups won't still be around if a merger occurs. The fat gets eliminated. Jobs get cut. I could see Bellator staying at Spike and PBC staying at Showtime since they pay for boxing. But with Espinoza talking to Top Rank who knows how much budget will be there for PBC at Showtime.
As for CBS they haven't paid for one single fight in decades. They didn't go into their budget for Thurman-Porter. Provide some proof of that. I will wait.
Digging further into that. How many other CBS fights have you seen this year (paid by PBC or by Showtime). That will show you how dedicated they are too boxing. Not very.
This isn't AOL/TimeWarner, when the person with interest in wrestling got pushed out, leaving the folks with no interest happy to boot it when things turned a bit.
Beyond that, the fact that CBS pushed Thurman-Porter across all of their properties, in addition to pushing the fight during commercials on CBS, while also allocating nearly three hours or primetime on CBS (not paid for by PBC) for the fight makes it utterly obvious that CBS stepped up for the fight.
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Originally posted by Scipio2009 View PostLes Moonves is the Chairman/President/CEO of CBS Corp, and he's on board with boxing (was instrumental in bringing Floyd on board, put his loathing or Arum aside to make Mayweather-Pacquiao, etc).
This isn't AOL/TimeWarner, when the person with interest in wrestling got pushed out, leaving the folks with no interest happy to boot it when things turned a bit.
Beyond that, the fact that CBS pushed Thurman-Porter across all of their properties, in addition to pushing the fight during commercials on CBS, while also allocating nearly three hours or primetime on CBS (not paid for by PBC) for the fight makes it utterly obvious that CBS stepped up for the fight.
Yeah he loved boxing so much he had more shows in 2015 paid by PBC than the #1 card paid by showtime. Yeah 3 hours dedicated to boxing over 52 weeks I a year. He's really interested lol. So interested that they still haven't scheduled a follow up fight and we are 3 months removed from that fight. Yes boxing is really important and on the forefront of what CBS is interested in lol.
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Originally posted by killakali View PostLes Moonves is friends with arum. Of course he wanted to make the mist lucrative fight in boxing history.
Yeah he loved boxing so much he had more shows in 2015 paid by PBC than the #1 card paid by showtime. Yeah 3 hours dedicated to boxing over 52 weeks I a year. He's really interested lol. So interested that they still haven't scheduled a follow up fight and we are 3 months removed from that fight. Yes boxing is really important and on the forefront of what CBS is interested in lol.
Showtime/CBS are all under the same umbrella, and have continued to expand their investment in boxing since making the Floyd move.
nice try, though
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More cuck funding for Haymon. The well of cucks never ends.
They will pursue his vision at all costs.
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Originally posted by Scipio2009 View Posthearing how the mayweather-pacquiao negotiations went about, that first statement is false on its face.
Showtime/CBS are all under the same umbrella, and have continued to expand their investment in boxing since making the Floyd move.
nice try, though
As for CBS they aren't interested in putting boxing on CBS. Only Showtime. Which proves my point even more that they may end up putting boxing on only 1-2 channels if there is a merger.
If they really wanted more they would have already followed up on the success of Thurman Porter.
Instead PBC is on its last legs with no more big shows scheduled the rest of the year. Only small espn and fs1 cards and the two Spike cards that Spike actually pays for. Fox, NBC, CBS is all done and been done.
NBC just wants to collect their fees for the two shows they are owed in Jan/Feb and kiss the PBC goodbye.
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