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ESPN Is Hemorrhaging Subscribers And Pretending It Doesn't Matter

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I cancelled DirecTV with ESPN,etc... I have PlayStation Vue now and pay at least $60 less per month and still have ESPN, etc. It wasn't the programming cost specifically, but those are lower, that were annoying me it was the myriad other fees and box rentals that DirecTV and cable companies end up charging. I added Netflix, Husky Access, and I'm still paying less than I was with DirecTV and only lost a little bit of content... and in terms of total content it was a net gain for far less money.
 
As ESPN moves to digital streaming and subscription services...it could change the model of how sports content is purchased....limited bundles...conference specific bundles, sports specific bundles...who knows?

"ESPN’s goal with the new service is to convince fans who currently do not have to a cable package to purchase a sports streaming standalone service. This idea reflects those of other streaming services that offer programming you can get on TV, such as HBO Now and Hulu. With this business model, ESPN may effectively make people switch directly from their cable bundle to streaming."
 
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1.9 BILLION for Monday Night Football?!? Just wow.

And 1.47 BILLION for the NBA? .
 
sammydabiz said:
If it wasn't for live sporting events, I would never even turn the clicker to ESPN, once they were bought up by Disney it was the beginning of the end.... I literally can't stand most of their personalities they have on tv today.
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Truth. ESPN shows have raised banality and braying to art forms. Moronic, unwatchable stuff.
 
Anyone tried VUE that can give a review?
 
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noeynox said:
A year ago espn was paying the bills at Disney, fast forward a year and they're a drag on the company stock? This happened mighty fast. Cord cutting is realer, than anyone could have imagined.
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I find that article a little deceiving. Iger dismissed the idea (admittedly may be meaningless but it's the only actual news in the article), but a few market analysts are suggesting that a split might sort of be a good idea for the mouse. It's an opinion piece derived from other op-ed's.
 
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I'm not a fan of ESPN, especially their televised WCBB games. Ever notice that after nearly ever made basket the camera/director "pulls back" so that you get a view of the game from the peanut gallery? Then as the offense moves into their court the camera moves back so that you can actually see the game. Usually, though, close-ups are restricted to foul shots, times out, and official play reviews.......which, by the way, seem to be more frequent and more time consuming than ever. Bah Humbug.
 
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It will be interesting to see how the entire cord cutting phenomenon plays out. Right now people are using a number of different services to bypass traditional cable offerings and are saving a good bit of money in the process. That said for many people, myself included, the cable company is also my ISP. What happens when the value of traditional cable TV goes down, but the demand for better/faster internet connections continues to go up? What happens when the companies that provide these services are one in the same? How do people expect to circumvent paying a premium for programming when the same companies provide the conduit for receiving it? Right now traditional cable is still profitable, but as subscribers move to streaming based services it is only a matter of time before prices escalate.
 
Big Cable consumers have just had enough...

When bills finally crossed the $250/month threshold (and I didn't have the absolute top end plan), I got sick of it.
At that number, it was more than some rents I was paying years ago. (Okay, Okay, Okay - I never lived at the Ritz) At that number, Comcast should have had a keg delivered to everyone's door and Kate Upton (or Julie Christie...) pulling the tap! The biggest surprise to me was that "Big Cable" didn't see it coming. The whole paradigm shift has already taken hold. If I wasn't such an dinosaur, I would have moved sooner.
 
SubbaBub said:
Anyone tried VUE that can give a review?
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Yes, I have Vue. I live in New Haven county. I pay 35/month and get the basic cable package with all the ESPN, Fox Sports, bein (all great soccer channels), i also get AMC, FX, TBS, etc. for most of the stuff I need. It's all pretty reasonable, honestly. And it's very responsive and I rarely have issues with bandwidth, etc. If you have bad internet, I'm not sure how it'd go.

Feel free to PM me any questions.
 
Ldandy said:
It will be interesting to see how the entire cord cutting phenomenon plays out. Right now people are using a number of different services to bypass traditional cable offerings and are saving a good bit of money in the process. That said for many people, myself included, the cable company is also my ISP. What happens when the value of traditional cable TV goes down, but the demand for better/faster internet connections continues to go up? What happens when the companies that provide these services are one in the same? How do people expect to circumvent paying a premium for programming when the same companies provide the conduit for receiving it? Right now traditional cable is still profitable, but as subscribers move to streaming based services it is only a matter of time before prices escalate.
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There was a good discussion on this a year or so ago. The cable companies are double-dipping and once the transition to stream-dependent services becomes more prevalent, it's likely that ISP's will move to pay-per-bandwidth (which some have already started to do). Either way, these guys hold the keys and they want their money.
 
Ldandy said:
It will be interesting to see how the entire cord cutting phenomenon plays out. Right now people are using a number of different services to bypass traditional cable offerings and are saving a good bit of money in the process. That said for many people, myself included, the cable company is also my ISP. What happens when the value of traditional cable TV goes down, but the demand for better/faster internet connections continues to go up? What happens when the companies that provide these services are one in the same? How do people expect to circumvent paying a premium for programming when the same companies provide the conduit for receiving it? Right now traditional cable is still profitable, but as subscribers move to streaming based services it is only a matter of time before prices escalate.
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It's already happened with me in Florida with Cox cable. They now have a basic internet data package of 1TB/mo. Exceed that and they start billing you in 50GB blocks.
 
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