tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post6259660293624180297..comments2024-03-27T19:54:34.479+00:00Comments on Falling On A Bruise: Paralympic Viewing FiguresFalling on a bruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-29569389501987205642012-09-11T10:00:19.494+01:002012-09-11T10:00:19.494+01:00Bemoaning the Paralympics not getting as many view...Bemoaning the Paralympics not getting as many viewers as the Olympics is a bit like lamenting the fact that an independent art-movie, shot in black & white, about the liberation of Guatemalan women from rural servitude in order to achieve a more modern existence in the city, doesn't earn as much at the box office as 'Avatar'. <br /><br />Things need to be judged by what category they fall into. As such, the Paralympics has been a massive smashing, unprecendented success. 'Anony' is right that Channel 4 are over the moon about the games. Cheezynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-37604308887178011292012-09-11T09:46:25.991+01:002012-09-11T09:46:25.991+01:00"the viewing figures had dropped significantl...<i>"the viewing figures had dropped significantly from the Olympics and wondered why"</i><br /><br />I think it's something to do with the Olympics being the pinnacle of sport, representing the fastest/highest/longest (etc) that the human body can achieve, and having loads of famous people in it, to boot. Cheezynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-52084831306329140052012-09-10T17:01:27.333+01:002012-09-10T17:01:27.333+01:00Didn't we always love the Paralympics? I know ...Didn't we always love the Paralympics? I know i watched it in previous years when it was on BBC2, or rather the highlights they showed. My point was that the viewing figures had dropped significantly from the Olympics and wondered why. Lucynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-60898269618143324592012-09-09T23:51:42.699+01:002012-09-09T23:51:42.699+01:00Highest tickets sales ever, Channel 4 highest day ...Highest tickets sales ever, Channel 4 highest day time viewing figures ever, record viewing figures at all other times. At the end of the Games this blog looks a bit miss judged! This is the year we learnt to love the ParalympicsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-72473856085475741352012-09-04T17:37:29.261+01:002012-09-04T17:37:29.261+01:00I don't know Cheezy, i imagine the C4 bosses w...I don't know Cheezy, i imagine the C4 bosses would have been expecting higher viewing figures but credit to them for showing it anyway, apparently some countries are not showing any of it. <br />I do agree that it is great to see the stadium full though, there was an interview with a paralympian the other day, can't remember what sport, but she said at the event before the paralympics there was 6 people watching. <br />Lucynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-43266427155613917082012-09-03T10:23:12.363+01:002012-09-03T10:23:12.363+01:00The television viewing figures for these games are...The television viewing figures for these games are looking very healthy, all things considered. <br /><br />And the attendance figures at the different venues are actually phenomenal. <br /><br />So, all up, this will be - by a mile - the most viewed Paralympics in history. You need to compare these figures with previous Paralympics, not previous Olympics. <br /><br />No point wringing our hands and worrying that the figures are down on the main Olympic games that preceded it. <i>Of course</i> the figures are down on the 'main' games. It's utterly natural & normal & fine that many more people want to watch the greatest able-bodied athletes in the world, and disabled athletes not so much. <br /><br />It's also a mistake to think that the games should have been held at some other time. Sheer logistics means that it's got to be held while the existing infrastructure is still in place. <br /><br />And far from indicating a population that's had enough of the 'glut' of sport that we've had lately, the attendance figures suggest that many the hundreds of thousands (if not millions?) of people who are flocking to the venues are doing so partly because they failed to get a ticket to the Olympics that preceded these games. Cheezynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-79138576486409785682012-09-03T09:46:23.655+01:002012-09-03T09:46:23.655+01:00Lucy, perhaps the Paralympics should be held at a ...Lucy, perhaps the Paralympics should be held at a different time of the year.<br /><br />Many viewers have gorged themselves witless watching the best sports people in the world competing. <br /><br />To have that followed by unfortunate people who, by accident or birth, are doing their best in sports in spite of the severe handicaps they carry, is asking a lot!<br /><br />I admire their courage but I don't want to watch them. Sorry! But I'm not alone and more is the shame.<br /><br />david ghttp://www.dangerouscreation.comnoreply@blogger.com