Comments on: Transcript of CBS Executive Kelly Kahl’s interview with Fanhouse

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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:41:02 +0000

[...] by being under the CBS/Showtime business model. There was a reason last week why I transcribed the interview Kelly Kahl did with Fanhouse. He talks a big game in terms of what CBS has done for Strikeforce in terms of promotion and either [...]

By: David M

David M — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:40:26 +0000

for those who said Fedor isn’t a star in Russia, his fight against Rogers is airing on 4 hour delay on Channel 1, a government run channel reaching 120 million homes.
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/fedor-rogers-airing-in-120-million-homes-in-russia-20780

By: brent

brent — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:23:14 +0000

meltzer is saying that UFC 104 is trendening towards 475k buys. thats quite impressive and at least 100k more than what alot of people thought. advertising pays.

By: Detective Roadblock

Detective Roadblock — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:34:49 +0000

Where are Loretta Hunt and Josh Gross with their big fight week hit pieces?

I thought for sure they would do a story on SF and how they’re in bed with unsavory Russians, how there is a nontitle fight on TV tonight (wasn’t that a huge comaint of the PRIDE haters), how they booked a gimmick fight between the Brandon Veras wife and Randy Coutures ex, how they are using Herchel Walker as a publicity stunt and nothing on Antonio Silva and his steroids suspension?

Anytime there is an annonymous rumor about UFC the week of a big fight they do a stop the presses alert. This should serve as a prime example and a reminder of what yellow journalist hacks those two are.

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:20:40 +0000

You’re saying Spike TV doesn’t have the capability of playing something live on the east and west coasts at the same time? Interesting.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:06:44 +0000

From a technical aspect…. One is impossible… The other one is possible. So yes, it is easier. SpikeTV doesn’t have the technical ability to do so last time I checked. As in even if they wanted to, their network isn’t set up like that.

CBS’s is. They have change the feeds at any point based on the programming they have. They can do a staggered feed for sitcoms. They can do a live feed for the entire US for sports or the President speaking.

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:42:11 +0000

You think it’s easier to move time slots on CBS than Spike?

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:55:05 +0000

The main difference being that SpikeTV didn’t have the ability to do it the way their feed works. That might have switched, I’m not sure, but it was the case for a few years.

CBS has the option and isn’t doing it. It’s also playing after midnight in certain markets….

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:58:08 +0000

“It’s a very big deal for every West Coast viewer who can go online and find out the results ahead of time before they can watch it.”

This is the same for every single Ultimate Fight Night card as well. Settle down Beavis.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:13:48 +0000

This guy is full of it in a few cases here.

1) He’s trying to play it off that MMA being treated as entertainment and not a sport isn’t a big deal. It’s a very big deal. It’s a very big deal for every West Coast viewer who can go online and find out the results ahead of time before they can watch it. And his excuse about sports being a weekend thing? THIS EVENT IS ON A SATURDAY!!! Not to mention the World Series on FOX was on during the week a lot… And that still fell under FOX SPORTS!!

2) When it comes to having a deal with MMA… Wish he would just be honest and say the truth… Which is basically…. The UFC would cost us money… Strikeforce we basically get for free because they have no worth right now.

One thing that he did say, and shows some knowledge of MMA… Is that he questions how many people know who Fedor is. Sounds like a lot is banking on this one card. That’s a lot of pressure compared to signing a multi-card deal with a network.