The feeling is mutual.
Type: Posts; User: jerrym
The feeling is mutual.
Great to see the improved viewership. Hopefully, if the league keeps up its Diversity program that will expand both attendance and the TV audience further over time.
Maybe what the CFL needs is a TV series about it like CBC's 21 Thunder about soccer that is airing this summer. :D
On the serious side, with the increasing media profile that soccer is receiving on...
An old but interesting article on how the CFL is winning over fans in the US.
http://www.macleans.ca/society/two-point-conversion-how-the-cfl-is-wooing-american-viewers/
The biggest boost this will give is just before and during training camp when the lack of Canadian teams in the playoffs will have sports media looking for alternative sources of articles and...
Forbes magazine discusses the effect of the lack of Canadian teams in the playoffs on Rogers viewership and revenue. Karma.
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Meanwhile Rogers' hockey broadcasts have had dropping viewership throughout the year, even in the early going.
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In case anyone thought otherwise, my comment about Buffalo watching CFL games, it was about Rogers' attitude. I was not surprised that there is interest in the CFL and the the Argos among the people...
In September CFL Commissioner Orridge reported that CFL viewership on ESPN is up 3% over last year and ahead of MLS.
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Thanks Neely2005 for all of this useful info.
Still this was a pretty mealy-mouthed way of excusing the fact that the Argos (a first place team) playing against a last place team (Winnipeg) in a game one could hardly say was a classic still...