The ToC is a Billiards International event and as far as I know is a made for TV invitational. The only one who could answer this would likely be Gregg Hovey at Billiards International.
If memory serves, they select the players based on who's won certain events (hence the Tournament of...
The first episode generated a Nielsen rating of 0.12 (this is just the first run and does not include any Live +7 numbers). This is pretty much in line with what most billiards programming does from the numbers I've seen in the past few years.
Based on the pure visit numbers going to the forums, the traffic is still trending upward.
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Hi Chris,
I can't speak for any of the other companies that you mentioned, but I'm happy to explain why PoolDawg wasn't at the Expo. The overall cost for us to bring out our pop-up store booth is just simply too high for such a short show. We do get a 10x10 booth there from time to time to...
Samm runs the BEF, so that will likely be the best way to contact her. Here's the BEF contact info:
BILLIARD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
PO Box 5012
Denver, CO 80217-5012
(303) 926-1039
(303) 926-1133 fax
info@billiardeducation.org
Hope this helps!
Mike
Hello from PoolDawg!
As many of you know, PoolDawg has been curating instructional articles over the past few years. We are looking to further expand this project, so I wanted to see if there are any AZBers who might be interested in writing for us (don't worry, as I checked with Mike Howerton...
Like most products in the billiards industry, that ball set falls under Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) rules. Dealers were instructed to not advertise this ball set for more than 10% off MSRP (hence the $404 price).
Hope this helps!
Mike
It is unfortunate that the person posting that on Youtube stole the video and isn't crediting Josh Kuhn, the original creator of the "Halo" videos (and Halo's owner).
Here is the link to the original (with about 2 million views) and to his video channel...
Clearly they're better than what classic pool would pull. Keep in mind that current WWE wrestling programming typically pulls in the 3.0 to 3.3 range (as compared to new billiards programming which would typically pull around a 0.2).
This has been discussed ad nauseum. No one paid ESPN to...
I don't know what the situation is with the WPBA, but I can tell you that ESPN is not interested in billiards programming. This was made very clear to me by my rep at ESPN. This is why you won't even find old matches on ESPN Classic.
According to my rep, billiards programming is all getting...
Honey Boo Boo's most recent show pulled a 1.7 rating (approx 2 million households).
When ESPN was airing pool on TV, it averaged a 0.2 rating (approx 230k households).
I'd love to see pool back on TV on a regular basis, but given the viewership, there's no reason why any network would pay for...
In that picture, Oscar was about 4 months old. He's just over a year old now and is quite a bit bigger at about 125 lbs. He'll end up being on the small side for Saints.
We're all dog folks here at PoolDawg, so when people bring their pups into the office, it can get a bit chaotic. One of...
As always, PoolDawg will be at APA Nationals in force. We're in the Mini-Mania room (where most of the vendors are located). We're the first booth on the left when you walk through the main doors.
Be sure to stop by and meet the team!
If pool drew a 1.2, ESPN would be airing billiards events on a regular basis. For the past several years, pool has averaged a rating of around 0.2. The highest Nielsen number I've seen in the time I've worked in this business (about 9 years) was 0.64 that happened during the 2006 EnjoyPool.com...