Comments Thread For: Santa Cruz-Mares A Huge Ratings Hit For PBC on ESPN

[Najuk]

Its not free. When you try to stream they will ask for Cable company info such as email address and password. Therefore, it is not free cause you're paying for the cable service.

thats why i dont get all this bs about free fights on PBC. They are not free.

[tiliheels]

espn is free tv...in this sense u only hbo and showtime packs are 20 bucks a month and all iwatch on it is boxing....tv bill is 50 bucks a month and thats for everything i watch not just boxin...THEREFORE I DONT HAVE TO DIG DEEP AS A HATER...its free get over it

[Fetta]

Get on board or start learning who the top rated tennis players are pbc is growing and not going anywhere

[Kagami Taiga]

thats why i dont get all this bs about free fights on PBC. They are not free.

There are PBC fights on CBS and NBC. U guys really are ******ed, huh?

[IMDAZED]

thats why i dont get all this bs about free fights on PBC. They are not free.

Because everyone and their mother nearly has cable or internet access. And if they don't, they don't matter in this conversation because they don't watch boxing. Some of y'all are dumb as ****.

[solo20]

There are PBC fights on CBS and NBC. U guys really are ******ed, huh?

he is talking about espn and spike NOT FREE

[Beater_of_ass]

Again but HBO is paying less money and is subscription based and in far fewer homes. I think HBO is in like 1/3 the amount of homes as ESPN. Being on Cable TV and paying more money and still they are not beating out HBO ratings. And they are not doing as great as people think they are because if they were advertisers would be beating down their doors. And ESPN is not free you have to pay for Cable or validate your cable service to access their streaming content. Free TV is NBC, CBS ect. The ratings are subpar because the amount of money PBC is pouring in. If this were operating on a FNF budget of course this would be a success. But when you paying 2.5mil Just for the main event and have no advertisers you need higher ratings.

They had commercials, thus they had advertising. But since you work for PBC, what sponsorship deals do they have exactly? And... you pay for ESPN, it costs 13 or 14 a month and HBO is $15 a month and ESPN has commercials while HBO does not. I'm sure your community college degree in cable subscriptions or accounting is second to none, but I highly doubt you have any clue on what makes money or not.

ESPN wouldn't care about losing money, Haymon paid them to be on TV.

[downklown]

Sorry but 1.2m is not even huge for HBO.

Dude, you're comparing a established boxing brand in HBO Boxing with a brand new boxing series in PBC.
Also remember, ESPN,Spike,Fox Sports 1,etc.. have apps/websites that live stream their events. Live streaming is actually one of the main reasons ESPN's TV ratings have dipped over the years.

[Kagami Taiga]

he is talking about espn and spike NOT FREE

That's not what he said. PBC offers fights over a spectrum of platforms and yes there are free fights. So ppl talk about free PBC fights because they exist. Period.

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

The purses are public records. It's a fact PBC is overspending. You got fighters making 1 mil to fight no named bums on most of these PBC cards. Purses like that are unheard of in boxing until PBC came around. So yes they are overspending and still getting subpar TV ratings. Last weeks ratings is only considered a success if you judge it on PBC's past failures in TV ratings. And most importantly they still have no TV advertisers which is why you see a million Corona commercials or rounds where they don't cut to commercials at all. If these ratings are so great why aren't advertisers beating down their doors?

I stopped reading after "its a fact". Why do you care about advertisers and the money so much?? Just watch the d.a.m.n fight and sthu.. You a freaking blogger talking like a financial adviser.