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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4839932, member: 833"] Streaming. ESPN's problem is not simply streaming vs. cable. ESPN's problem is that it has a massive legacy revenue advantage because it makes so much money off every cable subscriber, whether they watch ESPN or not. That advantage is going away as cable shrinks and ultimately gets unbundled. This legacy revenue advantage enabled ESPN to do a lot of things (like play God with conference alignments) that will not be possible in a streaming world. I have seen estimates that ESPN needs over $40/month per subscription to be revenue neutral of streaming vs. cable. Good luck with that. Think of the BTN as a smaller, more vulnerable ESPN. [/QUOTE]