Comments on: Calculating the Tour’s TV Revenues (Part 14 in a series)

By: Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 5) « Cyclismas | cycling satire and commentary

Fri, 04 May 2012 14:34:38 +0000

[…] TV rights for ASO events are currently sold in a package that includes the Tour as well as Paris-Nice, the Critérium International, Paris-Roubaix, the Flèche-Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Critérium du Dauphiné and Paris-Tours, and other ASO events. A race like Paris-Nice could, perhaps, benefit from the teams taking it more seriously, but is there much to be gained at Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège or even the Flèche-Wallonne? Or take the Critérium du Dauphiné – ASO are still trying to bed that race down having only taken it over in recent years, and the level of prize money being paid there suggests it is not yet profitable. But serving as it already does as one of the major pre-Tour warm-up events, can the teams offer ASO more at the Dauphiné? […]

By: Interview: Mark Johnson « Cyclismas | cycling satire and commentary

Interview: Mark Johnson « Cyclismas | cycling satire and commentary — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:37:04 +0000

[…] let the teams have a (greater) share of their profits, specifically linking this argument to the sharing of TV revenues. Let’s take that point to its logical conclusion: photographers, like you, should share a […]

By: Licensed to Thrill (Part 13 in a series) « Cyclismas | cycling snark and commentary

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:29:36 +0000

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