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To: Lane3 who wrote (172018)	7/2/2006 7:21:06 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

was no red herring - my point was that they are 2 diff networks that need to be evaluated differently depending on geographical area of coverage. ESPN in US does not show cricket. ESPN in South Asia is nothing but cricket. does that help ?

To: Lane3 who wrote (172018)	7/2/2006 11:28:54 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

Rather than get caught up in your red herring, I will amend my example to ABC and the NBA Finals. It would be a shock to me were the broadcast to be made available free to the Chinese or Peruvian or Pakistani armies. Your post was the red herring. The point of Lindy's post was that Murdoch directed Fox to come up with whatever amouont FIFA was demanding to provide the feed to the troops. FIFA demanded money, and would not budge on that. While soccer is not a major sport in the United States, it's estimated that a quarter or more of the troops are fans, and would enjoy seeing some of the World Cup matches. However, once this situation became known, several wealthy Americans stepped forward to correct the situation. The first one to make a move was media magnate Robert Murdoch, who ordered his Fox Network to make arrangements, and pay whatever FIFA was demanding, to get the soccer games to the troops, as soon as possible. This was accomplished in 24 hours.