Few Broadcasting issues

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I've noticed a couple of issues relating to broadcasting on a long term sim of a converted database;

 

Not replacing lost deals

 

WWF lost their deal to show RAW on the USA Network in 2000. It's now 2007 and they've still not looked to find a new slot in the US to show the programme on. It's still running, being shown only on RTL in Europe and Sky Sports in the UK. They haven't started any new A-Shows, and their only other show is Superstars which is being shown in the US.

 

It seems to me like a company should always be making sure it's A-Show is being broadcast in their home country but that's not happening.

 

Companies not evolving their TV shows

 

WWF over the 12 years of the sim have grown their roster and their finances massively. Yet RAW is still a 1 hour taped show. It seems to me that with them being so financially well off, they should be choosing to run live.

 

Then with the fact their only A-Show is 1 hour long, and their only B Show is 1 hour long, it would simply not be possible to keep their huge roster happy.

 

They have 208 active wrestlers while at Medium size. I would expect that they either should be looking to expand the time of their existing A-Show as well as maybe creating a 2nd A-Show, or not building such a huge roster to begin with.

 

Owned by Media Group too restrictive

 

This may go down as more of a request as it could be working as intended, but being owned by a Media Group seems too restrictive. For WCW pre the Time Warner/Turner Group merger, it means that once WCW's deal with Time Warner for PPV expires, they do not get anything to replace it to run their events. So all of their events since have had no broadcaster.

 

They should either be seeking to use a non-PPV broadcaster from within their Media Group to show the events

 

Or Media Groups should allow you to seek deals a) where they have no broadcasters operating in a region (allowing for international expansion) and b) when they have no broadcasters of the type (Cable PPV, Internet Subscription etc.)

 

Passiveness

 

Finally, this is more of a feeling than anything, but companies just don't seem aggresive enough when it comes to expanding their TV deals. WWF never looking to get back into the US for RAW, but also not ever looking to expand into Canada, Mexico etc. with their deals.

 

ASW another example. started strong, creating a new TV Show on Challenge, and signing up with Sky Box Office for a PPV broadcaster towards the beginning of the game. Great. Now though, they are medium sized with mid 70s pop across the UK. Yet they've never moved to Channel 5 who are bigger, and set as accepting companies of Small size and above, with 71 pop in at least 2 regions (ASW are that in all regions of the UK)

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Own broadcasters

 

Also to add to this is there anyway you could offer alliance members tv slots on your own broadcaster as a way to make money and to also help them gain popularity?