Ticks me off!

It seems like it's more Sinclair against almost everyone. Direct TV stream is my only option for Bally Sports in Fort Worth. It's hard to understand what Sinclair is doing.

I hate it too. I miss watching the Stars. I looked in to DirectTV stream and it's more expensive than YTTV with no 4k. Stars hockey is pretty easy to follow on Twitter for regular season games. Once playoffs start I'll start heading out to watch them I guess

Launching a standalone streaming service, because they have leverage. Local sports is a solid business, but not one many companies want to build a network on from the ground up, so they own them right now. They're aiming at $23 a month beginning of next year and to me that's a steal of a price compared to paying a cable service during the non-overlap months of basketball/football.

Well the only thing I watch on broadcast TV is sports and it's better than paying $85 a month for Bravo that if sooner light myself on fire than watch. So from my perspective I'm saving $65 a month. One team follow on NBA League pass is $20/mo.

So yeah, steal by comparison.

hph6203 said:

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Launching a standalone streaming service, because they have leverage. Local sports is a solid business, but not one many companies want to build a network on from the ground up, so they own them right now. They're aiming at $23 a month beginning of next year and to me that's a steal of a price compared to paying a cable service during the non-overlap months of basketball/football.

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Who? Bally?

And that seems expensive.

hph6203 said:

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Well the only thing I watch on broadcast TV is sports and it's better than paying $85 a month for Bravo that if sooner light myself on fire than watch.

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Ah, you mean just to pay a la carte for sports and that's it. Makes sense.

Yes Bally. Compared to a cable package it's cheap. Compared to NBA League Pass it's cheap. Is it more than I'd want to pay? Yeah, but less than I presently have to.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not cheering Bally for locking out their product from cable packages, but that's the reasoning and I'll absolutely drop cable for that service.


https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/sinclair-aiming-for-23-month-streaming-plan-for-bally-sports-in-2022/amp/

A standalone ESPN package would barely be worth $23/month.... Not sure about Bally. Granted, I don't know what teams even currently have deals with Bally. But, you aren't paying it to watch all those national teams, you're just paying it to watch your teams.

hph6203 said:

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Launching a standalone streaming service, because they have leverage. Local sports is a solid business, but not one many companies want to build a network on from the ground up, so they own them right now. They're aiming at $23 a month beginning of next year and to me that's a steal of a price compared to paying a cable service during the non-overlap months of basketball/football.

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I realize they are planning on a streaming service, but in the meantime they are keeping their content away from customers for two years. Then they want to make it available at a price point that I think is too high. They are risking that people might just find better things to do with their time.

It's not exactly correct to say it's only $23 and that's cheaper than cable. Sports fans will still have to get cable to watch ESPN and other channels that carry sports content. Even if you are only interested in local teams you will still have to pay for cable to watch playoff games.

Really you have to add the $23 to whatever is the cheapest option for getting ESPN, Fox Sports, and the turner networks.

I would also be willing to bet that we would be shocked at the price if ESPN were to ever offer a streaming package only of their channels.

You mention not wanting to pay for Bravo and other channels, but that's a two way street. Many people are having to pay those large ESPN subscription fees when they don't even want it. Break that down to only sports fans paying for it and I bet it's almost as much as a full cable package.

So about their stand alone service plans:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cordcuttersnews.com/mlb-reportedly-wants-a-stake-in-bally-sports-rsns-streaming-service/amp/

htxag09 said:

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A standalone ESPN package would barely be worth $23/month.... Not sure about Bally. Granted, I don't know what teams even currently have deals with Bally. But, you aren't paying it to watch all those national teams, you're just paying it to watch your teams.

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ESPN has consistently said a stand-alone would cost over $30 and given the current cost in a bundle and the portion of bundle subscribers that watch ESPN the math makes sense. They're right about $8.50/month and about 25% watch it so simple math says $34.