Comments on: BAM Tech — The Next Big Media Giant Flying Under The Radar https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/bam-tech-the-next-big-media-giant-flying-under-the-radar/ Ideas Involving Pittsburgh Tue, 14 Feb 2017 02:09:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 By: Kevin Creagh https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/bam-tech-the-next-big-media-giant-flying-under-the-radar/#comment-4862 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:48:29 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=3432#comment-4862 Thanks for the compliment about the site.

In relation to other MLB cities, Pittsburgh is a “small market”. It’s the 23rd ranked metro area in the US with 2.3M people in city and surrounding areas, right behind Charlotte, NC and ahead of Portland, OR (neither of whom have teams).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

The ROOT contract was a 20 year deal signed about 5 years. They have most likely missed the window for the prime TV deals before this bubble bursts.

]]> By: Morgan the Pirate ... fan https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/bam-tech-the-next-big-media-giant-flying-under-the-radar/#comment-4842 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 14:07:50 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=3432#comment-4842 ? Small Market? What are you talking about? What geography of Cyberspace defines the Pirates as a small market? I live 250 miles away from PNC while I and my family of four sit on top of the Pirates market bell curve. (Apparently you’d count us as being in a “larger market” where (I can tell you) nobody roots for the home team.)

Great Companies … Humble Beginnings … ala carte style of viewing, This needs a longer view. The Root contract will expire. There are big cities where nobody has roots and there are smaller cities from which everyone has roots. The current media & MLB model hasn’t caught up to that yet but ala carte pricing will change that structure. You’ve blemished an otherwise exceptional article using that short sighted and backward term.

Thanks for your site its really good.

]]> By: Charles https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/bam-tech-the-next-big-media-giant-flying-under-the-radar/#comment-4835 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 11:34:09 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=3432#comment-4835 I would be surprised if the players see any of the non baseball related revenue; the owners will try their hardest to keep it away. One of the reasons BAM TECH has been spun off is to shield that revenue from the players. L

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