YouTube Puts a Dent in PPV Revenue

[AntonTheMeh]

the devolution will be podcast

[Texanballer]

I did a rough estimate, 14k from youtube, 5k from sopcasr and aboout 1k from *******s, thats 20k possible buys meaning thats an estimate loss of about 10 million dollars

[kkisser]

a lot of those views were from people who've already seen the fight which wouldn't have translated to possible revenue ppv loss.

[LogWin]

All sports TV shows MUST be free.

[raysan]

Lets try to get rid of parties as well, I mean i was watching it with about 8 friends, if we didnt allow parties those other 7 wouldve paid 49.99 which equates to $349.93 of lost revenue that couldve went to Pac and JMM.

Really one of the dumbest articles ive read, Im sure most of the people who watched it on Youtube already seen it and went to check certain highlights, I swear people dont think.

And when talking about Mayweather, he hopes "that all 441 pounds of the “Big Show” trips and falls on him when they meet at Wrestlemania XXIV". Floyd even has so called writers wishing for his down fall, pretty low credintials to be a writer for Boxingscene. com or what?

[ИATAS]

I did a rough estimate, 14k from youtube, 5k from sopcasr and aboout 1k from *******s, thats 20k possible buys meaning thats an estimate loss of about 10 million dollars

yeah I downloaded the fight and I ordered the PPV. need a copy for my collection

[ИATAS]

All sports TV shows MUST be free.

yeah it should be. Or at least only the super fights should be PPV. PPV is one the biggest reasons I believe boxing isn't as popular as it once was.

[Texanballer]

yeah I downloaded the fight and I ordered the PPV. need a copy for my collection

also i was thinking out of the lets say few thousand ******* users, how many saw the fight and downloaded for their collection like you did

[el malo]

all i can say is thanks to sopcast and youtube when dlh vs pbf 2 happens!!!

[frankpaganini]

Youtube and other means of watching fights for free (like sopcast and others) are NOT the downfall of boxing...

PPV's are the downfall of boxing.

why not broadcast these fights on broadcast tv or cable tv?

need revenue?

thats what sponsors are for...

Fans of the NFL dont pay $50 to watch a playoff game or the superbowl...what do they do? charge 2 and a half million + dollars to advertise during the superbowl...

it earns all kinds of crazy money.

want even BETTER revenues?

allow more fans to go to the big fights...hold them in football arenas that hold 50-70K and up...

theres you revenue...bleeding the fans for $50 once a month (sometimes twice a month) isnt going to do anything but hurt boxing in the end...

how?
casual fans stop watching...
new fans dont get brought in (since its on PPV its not accessible to them...face it...if it was on your local channels and you were an average fan of a sport you'd tune in because its accessible and free...but you wouldnt pay $50 to tune in when you arent a huge fan...or a new fan at that who knows little about the sport)
for us here on the net we stop buying the ppv's and watch them for free via live web stream...

you cant blame the fans for not paying...how much money do they try and hustle from us fans every year in ppv's? hundreds and hundreds of dollars easily...

its not fair...

not everyone can spend $50 to $100 extra every month in addition to their regular tv bills...

not everyone (especially casual fans) are captivated enough to spend that much money for guys they dont know...why dont they know them? because they are hidden on PPV fights and rarley get free tv fights (like free HBO) and when they do they have unexciting "tune-up" fights...oh yeah...thats going to entice the casual fan...

its ridiculous...

i think ppv needs to go away...it doesnt really belong in sports...

lets be honest...how many of us would pay $50 to see the superbowl...the world series...the nba finals...or just big regular season games?

very few...