Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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617
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Sports
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Abstract #312221
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Title:
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Choosing Most Popular NFL Games in a Local TV Market
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Author(s):
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Scott Grimshaw*+ and Scott Burwell
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Companies:
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Brigham Young University and FOX 13 Television
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Keywords:
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TV ;
Nielsen Ratings ;
Sports Analytics ;
Demand for Sport
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Abstract:
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This paper models the TV audience for NFL games in a market without a local team. The model is estimated using all NFL games shown in the Salt Lake City market over the last ten years. Team popularity varies season to season, with fans preferring high scoring close games between good teams. The primary motivation of the model was to advise the local station in week-to-week selection of high TV audience games from the slate of FOX games. In 2013 the most popular team was the San Francisco 49ers and the local station broadcast more of their games than any other team. While the predictions offer modest discrimination between popular games, the predicted error precision must be reduced to compete with local station expertise.
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