why does showtime and hbo always schedule bouts on the same day?

[ExecutiveOutlaw]

i.e when the light heavys fought on showtime and hbo had cotto/gomez, or pavlik/lockett and the williams/quintana rematch. and theyre doin it again with klit/peter and mosley

especially when its not ppv and the fans aren't paying extra, why would showtime or hbo do that? if they had their own day then they'd get all boxing fans watchin instead of half or whatever

[Live Dog]

um...to compete with one another...

[ExecutiveOutlaw]

um...to compete with one another...

but you lose millions of viewers by doin it simultaneously

[Left2body]

They had previously had an tacit agreement and one had the 1st and 3rd saturdays of the month the other had the 2nd and 4th saturdays of the month.

HBO in order to put further strain on the lower budgeted Showtime started going into dates that were traditionally Showtimes. Its bad for boxing in general.

[Live Dog]

but you lose millions of viewers by doin it simultaneously

so does the network you compete against

[ExecutiveOutlaw]

so does the network you compete against

and this makes sense how?

if im showtime and red bull is sponsering me, do you think theyre gonna care that my rival is losing viewers as well?

[Xyei]

Because they are ****faces.

[ExecutiveOutlaw]

They had previously had an tacit agreement and one had the 1st and 3rd saturdays of the month the other had the 2nd and 4th saturdays of the month.

HBO in order to put further strain on the lower budgeted Showtime started going into dates that were traditionally Showtimes. Its bad for boxing in general.

i see, thanks

[Live Dog]

and this makes sense how?

if im showtime and red bull is sponsering me, do you think theyre gonna care that my rival is losing viewers as well?

It makes sense if you feel you have the better product. For example, Showtime scheduling the double header to compete with Mosley/Mayorga.

[williamhvx1]

that **** big time... i normally record one and watch the one that i got more interest for....