jerrym
06-01-2012, 02:24 AM
Bruce Dowbiggin in the Globe and Mail discusses the implications of the drop in CFL TV ratings and how it is related to the poor performance of the Argos last year.
[For the CFL, its TV ratings on TSN and RDS in 2011 were like a crack-back block. Unseen, unanticipated and a shock to the system. From an average audience of 876,000 on TSN and RDS in 2010, the average audience plummeted to 700,000 for televised CFL games (637,000 on TSN) in the 2011 season. For a league that had been trending to the positive and a broadcaster unaccustomed to reverses, the number hit hard in the days after the B.C. Lions’ Grey cup win. There were some tangible reasons for the fall-off. Even though the Toronto Argonauts struggle to put fans into the cavernous Rogers Centre, they remain a strong TV attraction in Southern Ontario. Their complete collapse on the field was reflected in very weak TV numbers.]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bruce-dowbiggin/cfl-looking-to-pick-up-ratings-fumble-and-run/article2448863/
A good season for the Argos, especially as Grey Cup hosts, (as well as Saskatchewan and their fanatic fans) is vital for the health of the CFL, as well as home attendance for the Argos. Go Argos!
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[For the CFL, its TV ratings on TSN and RDS in 2011 were like a crack-back block. Unseen, unanticipated and a shock to the system. From an average audience of 876,000 on TSN and RDS in 2010, the average audience plummeted to 700,000 for televised CFL games (637,000 on TSN) in the 2011 season. For a league that had been trending to the positive and a broadcaster unaccustomed to reverses, the number hit hard in the days after the B.C. Lions’ Grey cup win. There were some tangible reasons for the fall-off. Even though the Toronto Argonauts struggle to put fans into the cavernous Rogers Centre, they remain a strong TV attraction in Southern Ontario. Their complete collapse on the field was reflected in very weak TV numbers.]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bruce-dowbiggin/cfl-looking-to-pick-up-ratings-fumble-and-run/article2448863/
A good season for the Argos, especially as Grey Cup hosts, (as well as Saskatchewan and their fanatic fans) is vital for the health of the CFL, as well as home attendance for the Argos. Go Argos!
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