Tv Networks

[kkw1998]

Just throwing this out there. What if there was TV networks that like someone Mike Tycoon or top ranked managers in the game ran and signed top orgs in the game, maybe this can almost be a way for orgs like "Ascension", "Blitzkrieg: New York" "Nordic Fire Championship" can have something almost like PPV but much cheaper and have higher audience, but still the fixed cost , the on air length variable cost, cameras , commentary but adding something in there to do with commercials and other things like that . Orgs that are ranked high globally are on a MMATYCOON versions of Fox or somthing different depending on orgs country the cities in , and orgs that are in the top 5 of there of the countries based cities can get on a MMATYCOON versions of Spike TV , FX, or Showtime.

[minark]

Problem is what do you do to make it a legitimate company? All you do is sign an org and rake in money and popularity for the org. If there was an aspect to it that needed you to work at something and if there was a risk and reward factor I would probably love the idea. There needs to be some manager involvement and a risk and reward system though.

[kkw1998]

Problem is what do you do to make it a legitimate company? All you do is sign an org and rake in money and popularity for the org. If there was an aspect to it that needed you to work at something and if there was a risk and reward factor I would probably love the idea. There needs to be some manager involvement and a risk and reward system though.

Not for sure what would be the best idea, but here goes one. "TV network Relationship". Orgs will sign year contracts depending where its ranked high at, only a one year contrack if ranked high in the its cities country and multi-year contract if top ranked globally , every event they have should be graded and through each period of time, like lets say a game year, the Network owner and staff choose to keep the deal going or to end it or renew it if contracts runs out of events on it. Also who is a legitimate company should be decided by Network owner and staff. Who owns Networks should work like stocks or something like that and only the richest players in the game should own prime-time networks like MMATYCOON Versions of Fox ,but there can be people who own percentages of the network too and Networks like a MMATYCOON versions of SpikeTV can be cheaper to own since there not as big as a networks like Fox. Just some more ideas.

[Inferno1980]

I think this could work, but would require a massive amount of work from Mike, so may not happen. But what it could be is your Org pays for each event on certain channels. Like Public Access could be cheap, Major Networks expensive. And allow Gyms, Nutrition, Clothing, Bookmakers to buy advertising in all of them to help cover the costs. Ratings could be based on the fight ratings. Put on a bad show and maybe you lose your contract with the TV company. Or X amount of bad shows get low ratings, and the channel axes your show. I don't think Public Access should ever axe a show, and any org can do a show on it. Just spend a bit extra on the event. Having your show on TV gives the Org a small boost to hype. Having fighters on a TV show gives a small amount of popularity to them. Channels could go like:

City's Public Access

Network Affiliate

Regional Sports Channel (think Fox Sports South East)

Niche National Channel (like Speed or Outdoor Life or something)

Cable Channel (MTV2 or Comedy Central)

Cable Network (TNT or USA)

Sports Cable Network (ESPN)

Global Network (Fox or ABC)

 

As an additional money sink, Orgs could have preview shows and/or televised weigh ins. These would cost money and possibly drive up the rating of the event on the TV show, depending on how much an owner wants to spend on production, commentators, etc.

[markyosullivan]

There's been a TV show/ PPV carrier thread before where it gained a lot of support, a number of people added their own ideas onto it including myself. Think it'd be a great idea.