Broadcast Math

by Rev Halofan on Feb 13, 2006 12:59 AM PST in Angels News

FSN will be broadcasting 150 Angel Games each year for the next ten years.

They are tearing up the old deal and starting this upgrade with 2006.
(for you conspiracy theorists, the deal ends the same year as Arte has an out clause with the current stadium).

FSN is paying the Angels $50 Million a year. That factors out as $333,333.33 per telecast paid to Arte to air the game.

With two minutes of commercials between half-innings and two minutes of commercials after the opening titles before the first pitch, you have 36 minutes of commercials. Add two mid-inning pitching changes per game on average and that is 40 minutes of air-time to sell, minimum per game - not counting extra innings, delays, added pitching changes etcetera, all of which are spots for FSN to sell commercial time.

For 40 minutes of commercials to break even, FSN has to charge more than $8,300 a minute to air your commercial.

And this explains why you won't be seeing any commercials for Halosheaven.com on Angel broadcasts THIS season. But by 2007...

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Arte Moreno para el Presidente

by thewebb on Feb 13, 2006 6:44 AM PST reply actions

this deal would be so huge!!

I mean, what more can we say about Arte? If the Angels name had been the LA Angels or California Angels prior to him coming to the team, would anyone have ANYTHING bad to say about him? Moves like this are the difference between a team being able to trade a cheap midlevel prospect for an expensive star. More and more in free agency you hear people say 'I just want to go somewhere I can win.' Well, this and their farm system almost ensures the Angels will be in the running for the next 10 years. I wish Arte would buy my favorite team in all sports!

This is great: The package ensures that virtually all of the Angels' 162 games will be televised, with national broadcasts by Fox and ESPN filling out the rest of the schedule.

I still want an explanation of why MLB extra innings didn't air the '04 AL West clinching game in Oakland. I ended up driving for 3 hours listening to it! Hopefully this prevents that. Now if they can just change the rediculous blackout rules on these packages.

by thewebb on Feb 13, 2006 7:05 AM PST reply actions

L.A. Times vs. O.C. Register

Not surprisingly, the story about the new t.v. deal was broken in the L.A. Times instead of the O.C. Register. In fact, since the name-change dust-up began, virtually every big story about the team, both on the field and off, has been broken in the Times instead of the Register (which generally covers the team in greater depth than the Times). Could have something to do with the fact that the Times' sports page was generally supportive of the name change whereas the Register's was vigorously opposed.

by G Abbes on Feb 13, 2006 7:12 AM PST reply actions

TV deal

Bummer that there's no local station deal. It would be nice to have a channel that you can pick up at anyone's house with rabbit ears even if they didn't have cable.

The bottom paragraph of an article is almost always the most telling:

"Moreno says the Angels continue to pursue free-agent pitcher Jeff Weaver, but they would like an answer from the former Dodger right-hander by Wednesday, the day pitchers and catchers report to spring training. The Angels are believed to have bumped their original offer of one year plus an option for 2007 to two years. Weaver, who pitched 224 innings and was 14-11 with a 4.22 earned-run average last season, is expected to command about $9 million a year.... Moreno also said he would seek to recoup the Angels' attorneys' fees -- believed to be about $7 million -- from the city of Anaheim, which is liable for the fees because it sued the Angels and lost the case."

"I don't have to be nervous... It's a baseball game."

by proletariat on Feb 13, 2006 8:53 AM PST reply actions

I love that

The City of Anaheim is buying us Jeff Weaver for a year.

Will this count against us in the Luxury Tax (or is that basketball?)

Halo Country

by cupie on Feb 13, 2006 10:14 AM PST up reply actions

Something Tells Me

that Arte will strike a deal with Anaheim--foregoing the attorney fees in exchange for something, oh, like, getting rid of the "of Anaheim" in the name. Just a guess.

"Driven in to right-center field... Erstad says he has it..."

by mheumann on Feb 13, 2006 7:46 PM PST reply actions

Over-the Air Broadcasts

Here's some information about the possiblity of over-the-air broadcasts (O.C. Register):

"The new arrangement would leave the Angels without an over-the-air carrier. The team's deal with KCAL/9 expired at the end of last season. KCAL will show Dodgers games starting this year.

"FSN reaches approximately 90 percent of the cable households in the Los Angeles Designated Market Area, which includes Orange County.

"Although the vast majority of games would be on cable under the new deal, Freer said it is possible FSN will sublicense some games to a local broadcast station."

""There are a number of ways this could play out," he said."

Link:

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/abox/article_998117.php

by G Abbes on Feb 14, 2006 6:01 AM PST reply actions

Good to hear...

I'm suprised that 90% of the target market has FSN... good to know that there'll be some over the air broadcasts. I believe that the contract with PAX still stands... but that was a really tiny one.

"I don't have to be nervous... It's a baseball game."

by proletariat on Feb 14, 2006 9:08 AM PST up reply actions

More on Over-the-Air Broadcasts

Here's an update in the Times regarding the possibility of over-the-air broadcasts:

"The deal, which is expected to double the Angels' average annual local broadcast revenue, is for 150 games a year, but FSN West will televise only 100 to 110 of those games. Under terms of the agreement, Fox has the right to sell up to 50 games a year to another station -- probably Channel 13 or Channel 5.

"The over-the-air telecasts will enable the Angels to reach the estimated 10% to 12% of Southern California households without cable or satellite television."

Link:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/angels/la-sp-angelrep17feb17,1,2503316.story?coll=la-head lines-sports

by G Abbes on Feb 17, 2006 7:30 AM PST up reply actions

Angels vs. Dodgers

The Angels rumored deal with Fox would seem to earn the team more dollars from TV than the Dodgers are scheduled to earn. Consider this passage from an article in the O.C. Register:

"Angels owner Arte Moreno is on a roll. Days after his victory over the city of Anaheim in the name-change trial, Moreno is closing in on a package to place 150 Angels games a year on Fox Sports Net in a 10-year deal that could net the Angels as much as $500 million . . . ."

And consider this passage from the same article:

"The Dodgers' deal with FSN is reportedly for 10 years and $320million for 100 games per year. Their deal with KCAL/9 for 50 games per season is worth more than $9million a year, owner Frank McCourt said last spring."

If Arte concludes the rumored deal with Fox, the Angels will earn approximately $50 million in TV revenue this coming year. Meanwhile, the Dodgers appear on target to earn around $42 million in TV revenue this coming year. Are my numbers correct?

An amazing turn of events for Socal's "second team."

Link:

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/abox/article_998117.php

by G Abbes on Feb 14, 2006 6:18 AM PST reply actions

TV Deal Trails only Yankee, Red Sox Deals

According to ex-Dodger gm Fred Claire, who now writes for MLB.COM, the Angels new TV deal with Fox will give the Angels the third most lucrative TV deal among major league teams, behind only the Yankees and Red Sox.

Here's a link to Claire's article, which offers a pretty good overview of Moreno's offseason, business-wise:

http://anaheim.angels.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article_perspectives.jsp?ymd=20060215&content_id=1 312216&vkey=perspectives&fext=.jsp

by G Abbes on Feb 15, 2006 5:29 PM PST reply actions

TV Revenues

Arte's New Radio Channel 830 AM

Below is the link to the website of Arte's new radio channel, 830 AM, "the new home of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim," as it says across the top of the website. Of course, in two years, the station could become the new home of the Angels' english-language broadcasts.

Link:

http://www.la830.com/english/index.html

by G Abbes on Feb 16, 2006 5:39 PM PST reply actions