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Originally Posted by Lew
You obviously missed the huge uproar when it looked like ESPN America was going to be dropped from the UK. Just because you don't like US sports don't presume to speak for others.
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Correction I DO! I am a big basketball fan and watch NBA regularly on ESPN, ESPN America barely shows any NBA apart from a highlights show as they dont have pan-European rights.
Because you WORK for Cable Forum dont presume to SPEAK for others either! Quite clearly that is your opinion and your comment I found a little rude to be honest.
If you did a poll on the site you quite clearly see most people would prefer Boxing to Ice Hockey or Baseball. ESPN are an American company who run an American sports channel. Because people complained on this and Digital SPy forum they kept the channel. Lets be honest they kept it coz they had to... charging sub fees for 1 channel after Setanta had more rights and were offering 12-14 channels on Sky and VM meant people were getting royally ripped off!
Check the BARB viewing figures of ESPN America and UFC have already said that the 2nd most watched sport in ESPN UK is the UFC showing that combat sports are very popular on the channel. Have been occasions down to scheduling conflicts that NHL or MLB has been given priority over Boxing which I find incredible as the ratings for them are a blip.
I tend to watch ESPN America for magazine shows like Sportscentre, NBA Tonight, Sportsnation etc for another basketball fix but college basketball doesnt really interest me that much.