HBO Seems To Continue To Make Bad Decisions

[Bhopreign]

Not only from reading the Thomas Hauser article detailing how much money they waste by making bad decisions, they seem to continue and not learn from it, its really mindboggling. I dont understand why they would put Casamayor/Marquez on PPV and not only that, on the same date that Showtime is airing the Campbell/Guzman fight for free. HBO has grown accustomed to the notion that names sell and that the bigger portion of the pie is generated from casual fans, which may be true to a certain extent, but how can you expect people to continuously shell out $49.95 on dueling dates with Showtime which is airing title fights for free and not to mention Showtime 90% of the time is airing the more intriguing fight, it beats me guys, why this network does what it does and this is only boxing, which is a small portion of HBO, there is no telling what other bad decisions they make with other programming.

[warp1432]

I agree it's ****** to put Marquez-Casamayor on PPV. Especially when you have Jones-Calzaghe the next week

[Scott9945]

Not only from reading the Thomas Hauser article detailing how much money they waste by making bad decisions, they seem to continue and not learn from it, its really mindboggling. I dont understand why they would put Casamayor/Marquez on PPV and not only that, on the same date as Showtime is airing the Campbell/Guzman fight for free. HBO has grown accustomed to the notion that names sell and that the bigger portion of the pie is generated from casual fans, which may be true to a certain extent, but how can you expect people to continuously shell out $49.95 on dueling dates with Showtime which is airing title fights for free and not to mention Showtime 90% of the time is airing the more intriguing fight, it beats me guys, why this network does what it does and this is only boxing, which is a small portion of HBO, there is no telling what other bad decisions they make with other programming.

While your points are mostly valid, HBO takes a much lower risk with PPV broadcasts. They don't pay a fee like they would for their regular shows, the promoter puts up the money. HBO simply uses their company to broadcast it. Golden Boy is the one taking most of the risk here, and this looks like a very weak PPV main event to me.

[Silencers]

Yeah, HBO are making horrible decisions that could damage the sport, especially the deal with GBP to buy a certain amount of their fights.

Hauser also reported that HBO weren't interested in Duddy-Phillips unless GBP was involved.

[MissDeeCole]

its very foolish, greedy, and short sighted.

[Zarco]

While your points are mostly valid, HBO takes a much lower risk with PPV broadcasts. They don't pay a fee like they would for their regular shows, the promoter puts up the money. HBO simply uses their company to broadcast it. Golden Boy is the one taking most of the risk here, and this looks like a very weak PPV main event to me.

True that. I could have seen Campbell vs Marquez on PPV.

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

True that. I could have seen Campbell vs Marquez on PPV.

Not saying this in a bad way, but you're a prime example of how HBO has conditioned us to pay for fights that should be on regular HBO. There is no way in hell I would pay $49.00 to watch Campbell vs. Marquez.

[FUC_U_PAYME]

HBO is making horrible decisions

[Live Dog]

some things in life are worth getting upset over....this isn't one of them

[Antwuan Maxx]

HBO blew their budget when they put **** like De La Hoya-Forbes and Hopkins-Calzaghe on free HBO with no PPV revenue to fall back on. Also, this year they've had Cotto, Margarito, and Kelly Pavlik on regular HBO. That's a whole lot of $ they had to shell out, and 3 of those fights were pointless mismatches. With the hit their budget has already taken this year, no way would they be able to satisfy Mosley, Mayorga, Casamayor, and Marquez without going the PPV route.

Looking back, I think if maybe if Hopkins-Calzaghe would have headlined a PPV, with De La Hoya-Forbes in the co-feature (unlikely I know..but sensible given the poor turnout for Hops-Calz), a lot of these undeserving PPVs coming later this year would have been free, and that card could have done decent numbers on PPV.