Showtime is dead

[daggum]

NBC can easily do a PPV, all they have to do is the same production as a normal broadcast and just send the signal to a PPV channel instead of NBC. It's really not that hard to do, as stated it literally is just where the feed comes into.

There is nothing different with this deal except it being on NBC. These are fights that should have been on Showtime and that's what NBC is now. When there is a big fight they will simply put it on PPV and it will get even more buys because that many people are watching it on PPV. This really could be the future of all sport sadly, normal season and playoffs will be on free TV and you'll have to PPV conference finals and the super bowl.

except these playoffs will only be between haymon fighters. he will simply ignore all the other fighters that aren't with him. garcia-peterson is a good fight but only because they happen to be 2 of the top guys at 140. he really doens't have the top guys in any other division so if he doesn't work with other promoters its going to be crap. if crawford moves up and he refuses to match his fighters with crawford its going to be crap. if stevenson ducks kovalev crap. quillin and jacobs duck golovkin crap. etc...

[RSBonos]

Espinoza is a genius!

[creekrat77]

Showtime is far from dead. Maybe at a stalemate but CBS has the scrilla

[RSBonos]

Only a handful of fights will be on the prime network NBC. Most of the other cards will be on NBC Sports, which is a paid for channel in cable and satellite provider packages, no different than HBO and Showtime.

I did a quick search and see that NBCS is only available in the mid to upper priced packages, leaving the more budget minded individual out.

People need to keep in mind that nothing is free here just because it has "NBC" in it's channel name.

5 shows in primetime, 4 more in the afternoon (something like that, i'm lazy). That's a lot more shows on big NBC than anticipated.

[Ahmed_Ismail]

They're not really screwed at the moment, they still got the biggest name of the sport, the cashcow, Floyd Mayweather. He still have to fight 2 more times for them, and if the Pacquiao fight happens then they will end up making tons of money and Floyd was talking about a rematch clause, which will enable showtime to make even more money. That kinda makes up for the ****ty matchups as far as the viewership and the money are concerned. But to be honest, the future is not looking to bright either for them or for HBO with Haymon making his fighters fight on free TV, which is actually how the sport should be, not every fight should be a PPV fight, there should be maximum 4 PPV events in the year and the rest should be available to all the fans to bring more attention to the sport

[kjohn211]

Kevin Iole (@KevinI) tweeted at 5:21pm - 14 Jan 15:

Just spoke to @StephenEspinoza. Garcia, Guerrero, Thurman, et al, will all return to @SHOsports at some point this year.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Hopefully they can get back to the "no rights, just fights" vision they used to operate under. Have a working relationship with most promoters but be more selective...young fighters, niche fights/small weightclasses, tournaments, foreign grudge matches..great platform for those sorts of fights.

[MrRolltide91]

maybe they can signed roc nation

[paulf]

Im sure Haymon is still willing to take their money here and there.

[jas]

Lol haymon rinsed out hbo and now Showtime