Hey!! Everyone!! Back for 24 hours from a two month road trip. I'll be gone again for two more months, tomorrow.
This board is like the war. Nothing said here will change anyone's perception of the company, whether good or bad.
But I want to throw in my 2 cents or a I guess one share of stock, since they are about worth the same to take on some production statements made on this board.
1. RR is NOT an Infomercial. Yes they do pay for time, however in this business it is called 'Cash/Barter'. With that kind of deal you pay an 'airtime fee' and the network gets half or more of your advertising time to sell THEIR clients.
How do I know this? and how can you know this. Infomercials are listed in your cable guide or TV guide as "Paid Programming" and NOT with the shows Title. RRGI "is" listed as Reality Racing in cable and TV guides. Infomercials DO NOT have 'Network Promotions' or advertising in them, just advertising for the products that the infomercial is selling. RR has SPIKE promos and network advertising.
2. UFC, WWE, Arena Football, pay for their airtime, and so do dozens of other independent produced programs. It is how the cable companies do business and how they have been doing it since at least 1997.
3. Sometimes, Its is a better deal than having the network pay you for the show. Because the Company OWNS the 'Copy Right and Trademark' of the show, which, if the show is somewhat successful can be worth more in international and internet syndication, then what a cable network will pay for the show. This show after its run of 13, can be sold into international markets by RRGI and they get to keep all the money, and compared to some of the programming in India, or Brazil or Bosnia, RR is at least just as good.
4. ReRuns, according to RRGI they have a 13 show contract with SPIKE. well now we just got an extra airing out of that contract, so maybe the program picked up some viewers, and as we know, the demographic of SPIKE would not be RRGI stock buyers,but more airings over more weeks can equal more viewers, So by airing a Re-Run we get a 14 week run instead of a 13 week run. Any more airtime is better than less airtime. Networks do midseason Re-Runs all the time to try and bring in new viewers to a program and extend the programs season. a Re-Run in mid-season is actually not called a Re-Run, but a" Repurposing" Re-Runs don't happen till the show airs its last episode.
5. SPIKE CHOSE to Re-Air RR. Usually a producer does not PAY FOR a Re-Air " I don't know if RRGI does or not. If RR was not doing good in it's time slot, then SPIKE would of Run any of it's other programs like UFC or something. So, no matter what the reason, 'delivery problem' on the RRGI side, it would have given SPIKE an opportuity to cancel RRGI and SPIKE didn't, which means SPIKE is selling sponsors into this show and it MUST have viewers. So now, if RRGI could/would get an agency to rep RR maybe they could sell some advertsing spots too.
6. Time Slot: Who says 9 am is a bad slot. Take a look at your cable guide and see what the other networks are airing at that time. There is a lot of quality and big name cable programming that airs at 9 am on Saturday mornings.
7. Notice that the IR guy also is a film and TV producer. "interesting"
8. Oh and I am not making any excuses for management. Information about the Re-Air should have come out before Saturday as curtsey to the investors and to prevent all this speculation and rumor. A crime? Hardly! Bad management?
I really am packing right now, so the computer goes off, I am not responding too, nor do I have the time, "I have a job" to sit on this board and follow the drama.
Well that's my 2 cents or one share of stock or 1.9 cents ....
