ESPN might just focus on political and social opinion since it seems to be more important for them to share their thoughts.
jja79 said:
First thing we'll probably see is fewer televised CFB games and stiff PPV costs costs for bigger games.
The days of sitting home on a Saturday and flipping between games will be over. It will cost $35 to check in on a game.
And beerJDL 96 said:
Bottom line: we may not keep getting more sports than we pay for. Cable TV forced non-sports fans into subsidizing sports. New technology means people don't have to pay for as much that they don't want. ESPN, media deals, player salaries, stadiums, and owner profits, and maybe even youth sports will all shrink.
CAVEAT: gambling and sports betting may have a bigger role.
That is what happens when you start giving away participation ribbons instead of winning trophies.aggiehawg said:Fox has their OTA channel that helps. But yes, FS1 lost subscribers as well. Not as many because they had much fewer to begin with, but still significant.MSU/SECALUM said:
So if ESPN lost 621,000 did FOX also lose the same amount? Doesn't FOX have lower rated games than ESPN? What about ad revenue...it would be interesting to see how much ESPN charges vs FOX.
It's not that millennials are eschewing watching football on TVs, it's that they don't watch sports, period.
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Sideline reporter...fugdat! Basically a stripper with a microphone anyways! I dont need to hear pretty girl attempt to get a coach to say a bunch of coachspeak! Forget postgame interviews. Most coaches just spit out coachspeak then too, unless they lost and then its either we're young or injured or both.
bleedmaroondad said:
I wish Fox Sports would get their act together and take advantage of espn's stupidity. Real competition would make a difference.
The Mouse Network just acquired a stake in a company that is in the forefront for streaming technology.MiniShrike said:
It's not salaries.That **** is a drop in the bucket.
It's the rights fees that are unsustainable under the current model. And almost certainly under any new model that appears in the next 10 years.
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Walt Disney announced Tuesday afternoon that it is taking a minority stake in MLB Advanced Media's spin-off media company, BAMTech. Disney is making a $1 billion investment in two paymentsnow and in January 2017that will give it a 33% interest in the media company, with an option to become the majority stakeholder in the future.
Disney said that BamTech will collaborate with ESPN to launch a "multi-sport" subscription streaming service, including live regional, national and international sports events.
The splitting of payment is significant. While details of the amounts for the two installments have not been revealed, the payment in January of 2017 would be discounted to ensure the $1 billion matched today's dollars.
As part of the transaction, BAMTech was separated from MLB's broader digital business, MLB Advanced Media, which has set an industry standard for live digital streaming services.
Sorry, no link. Stolen from the Realignment Thread on the shag. So we'll see how they end up structuring the streaming availability within the next decade. The rights fees will probably have to be renegotiated to scale with demand at some point, I suppose.Quote:
The deal will allow ESPN to use the agile nature of BAMTech to quickly jump into the streaming of their content as more and more consumers move from the traditional television set to streaming services.
In a statement, it was noted that "current content on ESPN's linear networks will not appear on the new subscription streaming service. More details about the new service will be announced in the months ahead."
"Our investment in BAMTech gives us the technology infrastructure we need to quickly scale and monetize our streaming capabilities at ESPN and across our company," said Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company. "We look forward to working closely with BAMTech as we explore new ways to deliver the unmatched content of The Walt Disney Company across a variety of platforms."
Interesting info, thanks Hawg!aggiehawg said:The Mouse Network just acquired a stake in a company that is in the forefront for streaming technology.MiniShrike said:
It's not salaries.That **** is a drop in the bucket.
It's the rights fees that are unsustainable under the current model. And almost certainly under any new model that appears in the next 10 years.Quote:
Walt Disney announced Tuesday afternoon that it is taking a minority stake in MLB Advanced Media's spin-off media company, BAMTech. Disney is making a $1 billion investment in two paymentsnow and in January 2017that will give it a 33% interest in the media company, with an option to become the majority stakeholder in the future.
Disney said that BamTech will collaborate with ESPN to launch a "multi-sport" subscription streaming service, including live regional, national and international sports events.
The splitting of payment is significant. While details of the amounts for the two installments have not been revealed, the payment in January of 2017 would be discounted to ensure the $1 billion matched today's dollars.
As part of the transaction, BAMTech was separated from MLB's broader digital business, MLB Advanced Media, which has set an industry standard for live digital streaming services.Sorry, no link. Stolen from the Realignment Thread on the shag. So we'll see how they end up structuring the streaming availability within the next decade. The rights fees will probably have to be renegotiated to scale with demand at some point, I suppose.Quote:
The deal will allow ESPN to use the agile nature of BAMTech to quickly jump into the streaming of their content as more and more consumers move from the traditional television set to streaming services.
In a statement, it was noted that "current content on ESPN's linear networks will not appear on the new subscription streaming service. More details about the new service will be announced in the months ahead."
"Our investment in BAMTech gives us the technology infrastructure we need to quickly scale and monetize our streaming capabilities at ESPN and across our company," said Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company. "We look forward to working closely with BAMTech as we explore new ways to deliver the unmatched content of The Walt Disney Company across a variety of platforms."
If ESPN keeps losing cable fees, they will be at a serious disadvantage to the broadcast networks. Maybe Monday Night football moves back to ABC (Still a Disney product). The money will still be there for the big 4 broadcast networks IMO and they still reach the largest audience at no cost to the consumer. That is all driven by ratings though, so the NFL needs to watch its Ps & Qs.McInnis80 said:
I know much has been written about the ratings decline of the NFL, but I believe that CFB ratings are up, except for the Big 12. Thanks to penalties and poor play and sub optional matches ups, the NFL is no longer the must see appointment TV it once was, especially on Thursday nights and Monday nights. SEC fans will watch their team and other SEC teams. This also applies somewhat to the B1G, unless it is Maryland and Rutgers. This does as true fro Big 12, Pac 12 or ACC (except for basketball).
The big rights fees for ESPN are the NFL and the NBA. NBA ratings are up, but will they remain after LeBron and Steph? Don't expect the NFL to take a haircut come renewal time. The time could be coming soon when the networks and cable companies call the NFL's bluff. I don't really care about watching Jacksonville and Tennessee as a "feature" game.
I have the same problem with my wife as well. I still have a kid in the house and many streaming services only allow one stream at a time. Then I hear complaints about buffering issues when trying to watch a game with lots of eyeballs. Still some things to figure out before I am able to cut the cord.RDV-1992 said:
We pay for cable with most of the movie channels and high speed internet. I'd happily pay more for Texas A&M football, meaning ESPN and SECN. I don't know where my cutoff would be, but it would be pretty high.
I don't really watch much TV outside of whatever my wife is watching. She watches lots of TV - some cable, some on netflix, some on amazon prime. I guess its more than we need, but she likes the variety of shows, and I believe that a happy wife is a happy life.
My brother tried to "cut the cable", and asked me for our logins for HBO go, ESPN, Netflix and the like. I just laughed at him. That's not cutting the cable, its being parasitic. He's now back with the program and pays for cable. His kids eventually broke him.