Fox sports 1 ratings are behind SPEED

Not surprising. Not only do you piss off racing fans but you also don't have enough content to drive viewers to your station. Going against Sportscenter with Fox sports live was doomed right from the start.
 
It's a process. They have college football double- and triple-headers from this weekend on through November. 40 MLB games on Saturdays starting next year. College basketball doesn't start until November. All they've really had is NASCAR and UFC with a select few soccer games sprinkled in.

Hopefully FS2 is available in more homes sooner rather than later, though.
 
I think the amount of angry racing fans and their comments are running off some of the stick n ballers. They aren't going to switch if they see racing on FS1. there aren't that many switch hitters out there. Most racing fans aren't stick n ball fanatics is my theory. going thru a bad time right now, but I think in the future a full on racing channel will come back. Speed was mis-managed. they should have had series races..dirt, asphalt, flat track in the evenings, instead of all the phoney attempts at family entertainment.
 
Speed used to have a lot more racing content, but I guess it didn't help ratings.

The whole world knows that auto racing in general has taken a huge tumble in popularity in the past few years.
 
FenderBumper said:
Speed used to have a lot more racing content, but I guess it didn't help ratings.

The whole world knows that auto racing in general has taken a huge tumble in popularity in the past few years.
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according to you I suppose it has taken a tumble?.
this "the whole world knows" sees the ratings as being pretty flat for a long time..that indicates to me a loyal audience..that now, BTW is not being served very well.
 
StandOnIt said:
I think the amount of angry racing fans and their comments are running off some of the stick n ballers. They aren't going to switch if they see racing on FS1. there aren't that many switch hitters out there. Most racing fans aren't stick n ball fanatics is my theory. going thru a bad time right now, but I think in the future a full on racing channel will come back. Speed was mis-managed. they should have had series races..dirt, asphalt, flat track in the evenings, instead of all the phoney attempts at family entertainment.
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MAVTV and NBCSN is where it's at.
 
FLRacingFan said:
The motorsports.
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even using your off topic answer, mavtv and fs2 are two low viewership stations. My point is that the whole FS1 "sports?" channel, can't do better viewer ratings wise than a dedicated racing station without any stick n ball. AND I bet I would have seen the truck practice, Nationwide and Truck qualifying without having to either buy more channels, or switch providers to do so. FS1 so far is not only failing as a sports channel, but also as a racing programming entity.
 
Too bad if you are a purist racing fan. Fox Sports is not meant to broadcast racing 24/7.

FS1 Main goal is to challenge ESPN on an all-sports type media broadcasting station.

Its common sense they will struggle in the ratings the first year. They're not just going to have a herd of people migrating to the channel. Its something that happens gradually.
 
StandOnIt said:
even using your off topic answer, mavtv and fs2 are two low viewership stations. My point is that the whole FS1 "sports?" channel, can't do better viewer ratings wise than a dedicated racing station without any stick n ball. AND I bet I would have seen the truck practice, Nationwide and Truck qualifying without having to either buy more channels, or switch providers to do so. FS1 so far is not only failing as a sports channel, but also as a racing programming entity.
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NBCSN is in almost 80 million homes. I can only hope FS2 and MAVTV gain wider distribution in the near future, but those are basically your motorsports channels now.

FS1 still has plenty of time to grow though. They're not even a full two weeks in and the only things they've televised are NASCAR, UFC, and soccer. It's an incredibly small sample size to draw from.
 
From what I read on here FOX S1 doesn't seem to be available to as wide an audience as Speed was..... At least at the moment. How can anyone expect to have the ratings be equal if that's the case? What part of this story am I missing here?
 
FLRacingFan said:
NBCSN is in almost 80 million homes. I can only hope FS2 and MAVTV gain wider distribution in the near future, but those are basically your motorsports channels now.

FS1 still has plenty of time to grow though. They're not even a full two weeks in and the only things they've televised are NASCAR, UFC, and soccer. It's an incredibly small sample size to draw from.
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According to some, the sky is falling already. :rolleyes:
 
FLRacingFan said:
They're not even a full two weeks in and the only things they've televised are NASCAR, UFC, and soccer. It's an incredibly small sample size to draw from.
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Its incredible what people expect right out of the gate.

Not even 3 weeks in and people are talking how this network is a fail already? I wonder what they base that on.

This channel bread and butter will be Baseball. Just wait and see. I'm fine with that btw.

As long as they keep it interesting with a variaty of shows I'm good. ESPN has Football as its golden child and I expect Fox to take up Baseball.
 
oh yeah they blah blah blah advertised it to death before they took it over ad nauseum. Even their flagship sports program Fox sports live is in trouble.

But what is discouraging for Fox Sports 1 are the viewership totals for their flagship program, Fox Sports Live. Fox Sports Live is crashing back to earth at warp speed. The debut episode on August 17th registered a 0.2 rating and 476,000 viewers. Monday's program registered a 0.0 overnight rating. That's... that's not good.
 
StandOnIt said:
It is real simple statement.
Fox sports 1 ratings are behind SPEED
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Just out of curiosity, are you taking viewership in months or partial. You cant compare a month worth of ratings to a handful of days.
 
StandOnIt said:
It is in the article.
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Maybe 'The sky is falling' approach is a little premature?

Also in the article.....

And to tell the truth, that's what should be expected for a network that is barely more than a week old. It's going to take time for Fox to even surpass the old Speed viewership totals and build an audience that sees the network as a destination point and not just a place to watch a game or two. FS1 is going to be dependent on their live sports programming to draw in viewers for some time moving forward.

ESPN wasn't built in a day, and the same is going to be true for Fox Sports 1.
 
man..they have a long way to go.

In viewing the ratings comparison between Fox Sports Live and SportsCenter, you can see just how large the gap between FS1 and ESPN truly is at the outset and the challenge FS1 faces. From the week of August 19th-26th at 11 PM ET, SportsCenter averaged 1,002,588 viewers. Fox Sports Live averaged 61,451 viewers. SportsCenter had 16 times the audience of Fox Sports Live.

Here is another one of my points. Do they think they at FS1 are going to get an average of 1 million new viewers? or are they going to steal half of ESPN million, so they both have a whopping .5 million viewers.
 
Dude you're comparing apples to oranges right now.

Any ESPN programming will beat that of any FS1 shows right now and for the forseeable future. ESPN has been the number 1 destination for all sports for decades.

You're trying way too hard.

Like King said, we'll revisit this thread in a year from now or maybe even six months from today. Stay tune.
 
There are several news channels. But news is more universal than sports. People tend to be loyal to news channels and I expect the same for a couple sports channels. Over time, the best talking heads will cause changes in the ratings. I'm a bandwagon fan for the ball and stick sports and keep up on my teams through the local media. ESPN and Fox1 cater to the major markets and I'm not part of that so I don't watch. I'm more interested in motor sports so I hope someone will cater to that market like Speed did. (I think Speed got a little nuts with some of their programming, I prefer Velocity for general car related programming).

Pass Time - where are you!
 
StandOnIt said:
man..they have a long way to go.

In viewing the ratings comparison between Fox Sports Live and SportsCenter, you can see just how large the gap between FS1 and ESPN truly is at the outset and the challenge FS1 faces. From the week of August 19th-26th at 11 PM ET, SportsCenter averaged 1,002,588 viewers. Fox Sports Live averaged 61,451 viewers. SportsCenter had 16 times the audience of Fox Sports Live.

Here is another one of my points. Do they think they at FS1 are going to get an average of 1 million new viewers? or are they going to steal half of ESPN million, so they both have a whopping .5 million viewers.
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So you're saying racing viewership is stagnant?

I'm sure I said that earlier.

Well, you ARE a nascar fan, because you're going in circles.
 
It's way too early to draw any conclusions. Fox has experience hanging tough through low ratings. See the history of their broadcast and news networks. They're in this for the long term; at least six or seven years.

ESPN spent its first years showing the Division II women's field hockey quarterfinals and Lithuanian water polo. Look where they are now.
 
I posted the ratings for two weeks.. a true statement..the expert..or should I say semi spurt wankers came out of the woodwork. Their first two weeks suck, they spent tons of money advertising for months before hand and the can't out rate the station they replaced. Their flagship sports show is a big flop at present. These all all true statements...no sky is falling, apples to oranges, or betting on the come. Oh yeah, and who on this board thinks the racing coverage is an improvement?
 
StandOnIt said:
I posted the ratings for two weeks.. a true statement..the expert..or should I say semi spurt wankers came out of the woodwork. Their first two weeks suck, they spent tons of money advertising for months before hand and the can't out rate the station they replaced. Their flagship sports show is a big flop at present. These all all true statements...no sky is falling, apples to oranges, or betting on the come. Oh yeah, and who on this board thinks the racing coverage is an improvement?
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I can't be bothered spelling all of that. You win.
 
I do wonder if MAVTV will try to focus more on motorsports.
Another option would be if Nascar started producing more of their own pre and post race stuff and just streaming it on youtube or something.
It's a niche audience, but there's still money in serving a niche.
UFC streams early prelim stuff and their post-fight press conferences on Facebook and Youtube.
 
StoneTown said:
I do wonder if MAVTV will try to focus more on motorsports.
Another option would be if Nascar started producing more of their own pre and post race stuff and just streaming it on youtube or something.
It's a niche audience, but there's still money in serving a niche.
UFC streams early prelim stuff and their post-fight press conferences on Facebook and Youtube.
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Nascar marketing itself is piss poor.
 
2 words describe my reaction

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