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Hi, Robert. I have several comments/questions to make that I hope do not bother you.

1. Regarding CBS Sports Network: why does CBS not want to subscribe CBSSN to the Nielsen ratings system? It makes me think it's because they don't get good audiences on that channel? And maybe this is just unfounded speculation on my part, but a while ago I thought I read somewhere that CBSSN's distribution was ridiculously low. In that sense, do you think that CBSSN can follow the same path as the now defunct NBC Sports Network, with the aim of reducing economic costs among other things, and that all of CBSSN's sports content is divided among other cable networks (for example: MTV, CMT, Paramount Network, Showtime... As was done with NBCSN/USA) and its streaming platform Paramount+ (with the aim of increasing paid subscriptions)?

2. Reviewing previous posts, I have realized that the viewership for the Premier League's Newcastle/Brighton (Saturday, Sep. 16 on Telemundo) and the Champions League's Newcastle/Milan (Tuesday, Sep. 19 on UniMás) were not available. Do you have the viewership for those games available?

Thank you for your time!

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I can only guess re: CBSSN and that guess is they don't think it's worth the subscription costs for whatever benefit having it would add to advertising sales. don't have their distribution #s but I'd be surprised if it is "ridiculously low" since it's not hard to find a distributor who offers it.

I'll see if I can get it going forward but unfortunately I don't currently see any data for the Spanish language broadcast networks outside of primetime.

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Sorry, I didn't wanted to say distribution but to viewership. Maybe viewership on CBSSN is ridiculously low and that's why CBS doesn't subscribe CBSSN to the Nielsen ratings system, because they don't think it is worth. That would make sense, I guess.

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