Neal Pilson Quotations

If history is any guide, there seems to be an insatiable appetite for sports content in an immediate format. While people may not watch an entire event, people will know they can catch the end of the game just after 11 o'clock, or the start on Monday Night Football on their way home from work.

He was the most talked about television personality of all time. Whether you loved him or hated him, people wanted to hear what he had to say.

Some of the folks in pools tune in who wouldn't watch the tournament except they have a piece of the action. It helps generate additional casual viewers.

It makes the channel a major factor in sports television. They are now the authoritative, 24/7, TV/video platform for golf.

It may or may not be good business. They may find they are so restrictive in terms of information and access that they find the public is losing interest in their sport because the public can't get access to it.

I would suggest that the Nancy Kerrigan story was viewed for what it was - it was a criminal act to one of the future, anticipated stars of the Games. She then stages a comeback. And both of them make the Olympic team? I mean, we got a 48 rating for the short program and a 44 rating for the long program. That was a much more negative story than Miller.

Golf ratings are up with or without Tiger. Nobody's going to argue the point that he impacts ratings. At the same time, golf is a highly profitable, highly successful sport. This isn't a doomsday scenario for golf.

NBC's ratings are so much better than what they were getting with their primetime, so it's a net benefit to them. I think they will hit their ad guarantees.

NBC's ratings are so much better than what they were getting with their prime time, so it's a net benefit to them. I think they will hit their ad guarantees.

There is actually more video from those events than can be presented on television. And also, much of what happens takes place during non-peak television-viewing hours.