I have heard a couple of writers mention that this years HBO budget cuts are mainly due to Time Warner's losses, they but back across the board. Time Warner laid off about 10 percent of their workforce.
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Originally posted by Rich2123 View PostI have heard a couple of writers mention that this years HBO budget cuts are mainly due to Time Warner's losses, they but back across the board. Time Warner laid off about 10 percent of their workforce.
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/time...rs-1201678197/
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Originally posted by AddiX View PostA lot of HBO's financial gain was through ppv. Without the stars the budget is going to drop. If you give them guys they think can be the next Pacquiao or next Floyd, they'll raise there budget.
The budget has been dropping for about two decades give or take. They had ~$100M around the late 90's, they had ~$60M around the late 00's & now they got ~$25M from most accounts in 2016. This suggests HBO boxing isn't pulling its own weight or HBO is slowly but surely getting out of the boxing business to me. Or maybe both.
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*****s love using the race card but forget boxing NEVER HAD a specific race, there has ALWAYS been that dominant black champ and everyone else was the "white hope". Then the fact that there has been world champions from every corner of the planet. I cant stand when *****s wanna ride haymon or floyd like its the pro black thing, them *****s are the ones juicing you coons.
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Originally posted by Eff Pandas View PostI disagree. If the budget dropping was a recent change I might agree with you, but I believe the budget has been dropping pre-Manny & Floyd becoming superstars to during Manny's & Floyd's boom to now almost post-Manny & Floyd.
The budget has been dropping for about two decades give or take. They had ~$100M around the late 90's, they had ~$60M around the late 00's & now they got ~$25M from most accounts in 2016. This suggests HBO boxing isn't pulling its own weight or HBO is slowly but surely getting out of the boxing business to me. Or maybe both.
There just isn't enough quality fighters for larger budgets anymore. And boxing doesn't do those kinds of ratings anymore anyway.
Guys like Naseem Hamed were putting up HUGE numbers back than. The stars today don't do that anymore, and there is a lot less stars.
So, really, little reason to have a large budget. It says more About the sport than hbo.
Even a replay of a Oscar De La Hoya fight would have bigger ratings than any fighters today do live.Last edited by AddiX; 03-25-2016, 10:06 PM.
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