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YogiStewart wrote:
there are two comments i can make.
first, Canadians are VERY active on the internet. lead the charge with Myspace and then with Facebook. Raptors' board is disproportionately active considering our TV ratings and such.
that can also skew the # of hockey-related posts, since most hockey fans live in Canada.
Mayonegg wrote:Brownman06 wrote:raptorschick wrote:
is that true people from western canada hate torontonians? why? what is the bigest NHL franchise here in canada?
It's very true. Just mention Toronto, just watch how they react. There's a lot of reasons why they hate Toronto (Maple Leafs, politics, culture, multiculturalism).
rofl. Yea, that's the reason.
Toronto dominates the national media at times which can get annoying. And the Leafs get a hugely disproportionate amount of HNIC spots.
I think that's about it tbh.
Reignman wrote:By the way, BBM Neilson has just recently invited me to carry around one of their new portable (mobile) devices. It's about the size of a pager and I'm supposed to keep it on me during the day and it picks up frequencies from cable, satellite and radio anywhere I go. My wife and I will both receive one, so I've decided that I will use my rec room tv for a little experiment. I'm going to leave one of the pagers next to the tv and leave it on The Score or Raps TV all day for as long as I can.
Hopefully I can add to the change that's already taking place.
I haven't received it yet but should in the next week. They do pay a nominal fee of $5 - $20 per month, depending on whether you leave it at home or carry it around with you.
FYI, if you get a phone call at home from BBM Neilson asking if you'd like to do a survey regarding TV and radio programming, do it, that basically qualifies you and your family members for these devices.
Seems Neilson is trying to change their approach to capturing true viewership numbers.
Reignman wrote:By the way, BBM Neilson has just recently invited me to carry around one of their new portable (mobile) devices. It's about the size of a pager and I'm supposed to keep it on me during the day and it picks up frequencies from cable, satellite and radio anywhere I go. My wife and I will both receive one, so I've decided that I will use my rec room tv for a little experiment. I'm going to leave one of the pagers next to the tv and leave it on The Score or Raps TV all day for as long as I can.
Hopefully I can add to the change that's already taking place.
I haven't received it yet but should in the next week. They do pay a nominal fee of $5 - $20 per month, depending on whether you leave it at home or carry it around with you.
FYI, if you get a phone call at home from BBM Neilson asking if you'd like to do a survey regarding TV and radio programming, do it, that basically qualifies you and your family members for these devices.
Seems Neilson is trying to change their approach to capturing true viewership numbers.
I do what I feel, not because people ask me to do this,” Bargnani says, holding his hands over his head and doing a strange chicken dance.
Brownman06 wrote:
Are you from western Canada? I been there before, trust me, they hate everything about Toronto.
A lot of western Canadians don't support Canada's multicultural policy and want Canada to adopt "melting pot" policy. Also, racism is a bigger issue in western Canada than it is in central Canada.
By the way, Coors recently had an ad in BC insulting Toronto, which later got taken down after complains. You can read this story here: http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/682810
Point is that hate for Toronto goes beyond hockey.
dacrusha wrote:Reignman wrote:By the way, BBM Neilson has just recently invited me to carry around one of their new portable (mobile) devices. It's about the size of a pager and I'm supposed to keep it on me during the day and it picks up frequencies from cable, satellite and radio anywhere I go. My wife and I will both receive one, so I've decided that I will use my rec room tv for a little experiment. I'm going to leave one of the pagers next to the tv and leave it on The Score or Raps TV all day for as long as I can.
Hopefully I can add to the change that's already taking place.
I haven't received it yet but should in the next week. They do pay a nominal fee of $5 - $20 per month, depending on whether you leave it at home or carry it around with you.
FYI, if you get a phone call at home from BBM Neilson asking if you'd like to do a survey regarding TV and radio programming, do it, that basically qualifies you and your family members for these devices.
Seems Neilson is trying to change their approach to capturing true viewership numbers.
Awesome.
So instead of 46 people watching some useless Raptor TV program at 130 pm on a Tuesday afternoon, Nielson is going to tally 47 because of your 'trickery'.
Should make a big difference to those fat, white, advertising execs.
double c wrote:tha-prince wrote:I havent read the thread but for what it is worth,
This is the last year NHL players get to compete in the Olympics. This is pretty major stuff, as the country bread on Hockey will never see their best players on the highest stage.
Secondly, international Olympics Hockey is one of those things that non sports fans and modest sports fans love to watch, just like the World Cup. Everybody and their mother will be watching this, and so the news story will have a couple more readers for the water cooler talks at work.
When those games start, every bar in Canada will be jammed packed and it will be one of the most fun things to do in recent memory. (Even if you hate hockey.)
Jammed on George Street all the way to Gastown.
Nothingface wrote:Reignman wrote:By the way, BBM Neilson has just recently invited me to carry around one of their new portable (mobile) devices. It's about the size of a pager and I'm supposed to keep it on me during the day and it picks up frequencies from cable, satellite and radio anywhere I go. My wife and I will both receive one, so I've decided that I will use my rec room tv for a little experiment. I'm going to leave one of the pagers next to the tv and leave it on The Score or Raps TV all day for as long as I can.
Hopefully I can add to the change that's already taking place.
I haven't received it yet but should in the next week. They do pay a nominal fee of $5 - $20 per month, depending on whether you leave it at home or carry it around with you.
FYI, if you get a phone call at home from BBM Neilson asking if you'd like to do a survey regarding TV and radio programming, do it, that basically qualifies you and your family members for these devices.
Seems Neilson is trying to change their approach to capturing true viewership numbers.
Reignman wrote:dacrusha wrote:Reignman wrote:By the way, BBM Neilson has just recently invited me to carry around one of their new portable (mobile) devices. It's about the size of a pager and I'm supposed to keep it on me during the day and it picks up frequencies from cable, satellite and radio anywhere I go. My wife and I will both receive one, so I've decided that I will use my rec room tv for a little experiment. I'm going to leave one of the pagers next to the tv and leave it on The Score or Raps TV all day for as long as I can.
Hopefully I can add to the change that's already taking place.
I haven't received it yet but should in the next week. They do pay a nominal fee of $5 - $20 per month, depending on whether you leave it at home or carry it around with you.
FYI, if you get a phone call at home from BBM Neilson asking if you'd like to do a survey regarding TV and radio programming, do it, that basically qualifies you and your family members for these devices.
Seems Neilson is trying to change their approach to capturing true viewership numbers.
Awesome.
So instead of 46 people watching some useless Raptor TV program at 130 pm on a Tuesday afternoon, Nielson is going to tally 47 because of your 'trickery'.
Should make a big difference to those fat, white, advertising execs.
Speaking to the rep it seemed that they are going to be sending out quite a few of these devices. I'm not sure how many of the old stay-at-home units are out there, but she gave me the impression that these will be sent to quite a few people. Now keep in mind, since most of these units will be on the street it won't just be about the stay-at-home mom/dad who watches soaps. Signals will be picked up from anywhere you go. Car, bars, electronic stores, etc.
I have no idea what it will mean in the grand scheme of things, but it does seem like an approach that will give them more data than what they've used in the past.
"I definitely knew he traveled, but I didn't know they were going to call it. That was one of them situations in which a great player made a move...and they called the call. And I was like, 'Oh, man, there is a God.'
hsb wrote:This thread is still going on, wow.
OK, 1 question:
1. If this is not the first sports story yesterday, what should be?
If it isn't, then I can understand the anger toward media outlets forcing this story onto viewers.
If it is, and I do not see why not, there should be no surprise.
Reignman wrote:hsb wrote:This thread is still going on, wow.
OK, 1 question:
1. If this is not the first sports story yesterday, what should be?
If it isn't, then I can understand the anger toward media outlets forcing this story onto viewers.
If it is, and I do not see why not, there should be no surprise.
How about Canada's mens basketball team that's actually playing games?
"I definitely knew he traveled, but I didn't know they were going to call it. That was one of them situations in which a great player made a move...and they called the call. And I was like, 'Oh, man, there is a God.'
Reignman wrote:hsb wrote:This thread is still going on, wow.
OK, 1 question:
1. If this is not the first sports story yesterday, what should be?
If it isn't, then I can understand the anger toward media outlets forcing this story onto viewers.
If it is, and I do not see why not, there should be no surprise.
How about Canada's mens basketball team that's actually playing games?
Forderon93 wrote:Reignman wrote:hsb wrote:This thread is still going on, wow.
OK, 1 question:
1. If this is not the first sports story yesterday, what should be?
If it isn't, then I can understand the anger toward media outlets forcing this story onto viewers.
If it is, and I do not see why not, there should be no surprise.
How about Canada's mens basketball team that's actually playing games?
That'd be awesome, but unfortunately there just aren't enough Basketball fans nation wide for that.
Are you going to market towards the entire country that wants to hear about the national hockey team? Or towards a select few areas that wants to see the national Basketball team?
I know it sucks being force-fed but Basketball fans are in the minority so why cater to them, when they could cater to the majority(hockey fans).
"I definitely knew he traveled, but I didn't know they were going to call it. That was one of them situations in which a great player made a move...and they called the call. And I was like, 'Oh, man, there is a God.'
Hendrix wrote:Grizzled wrote:We could get into a long discussion about this, but I’ll have to pick it up tomorrow. This is a couple of weeks old but it’s the first one that popped up in my search. Make sure you read the discussion about soccer at the top. I believe the Blue Jays are actually drawing a bit bigger numbers than they have in recent years. I think the start they had this year may have had something to do with that. Have a look at the NFL exhibition game numbers and the non-Blue Jays baseball numbers, and those were both weekend games where the numbers should be bigger than on weekdays. Also consider that the sports networks have been pushing MLB and the NFL very hard for years, and they haven’t promoted soccer very much at all.
http://thestar.blogs.com/sportsmedia/20 ... tings.html
This was one of the biggest soccer events on Canadian soil in years, promoted like crazy, and didn't come close to your regular everyday CFL, or Blue Jays game you can watch 100's of throughtout the summer. What am I supposed to take from this?
Postby D-Wins-RingsIMO:
I love soccer, but those Real Madrid numbers are a 1 time thing, b/c that was the equivalent of the circus coming to town.
TFC draws 20-50,000 viewers a game even on Sportsnet, which is a **** disaster. The MLS in the US draws like a 0.2 rating on ESPN which is horrid. Hell, their 7:45am season opener for Hull/Chelsea got bigger ratings than a Beckham game in primetime in MLS.
Sure, if there was a way to get EPL or Serie A games here in primetime they'd draw very well, but unfortunately we're stuck with morning games.
