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Is Fox Sports Better Placed For Cable's Future Than ESPN?
"FOX Sports launched FS1 to challenge ESPN. That rise has not been without hiccups. But, the network’s mission is starting to take form. Recent hires, completed or speculated, suggest FS1 will try to be a personality driven “FOX News” to ESPN’s CNN.
Those programming machinations, of course, are more interesting within the media. Studio programming is window dressing for a sports network. It’s all about the live events.
ESPN has an outstanding array of live sports rights. It is perceived to have an overwhelming advantage. But, those rights deals are expensive. ESPN will depend on a core of “national” sports fans to pay a lot for them.
The question is how many sports fans are “national” vs. “regional.” If fans truly care about their local teams, that could leave FOX Sports better placed with TV rights moving forward.
We know the cable model will change. We don’t know the scale, the mechanism, or what precisely will replace it."
"FOX Sports launched FS1 to challenge ESPN. That rise has not been without hiccups. But, the network’s mission is starting to take form. Recent hires, completed or speculated, suggest FS1 will try to be a personality driven “FOX News” to ESPN’s CNN.
Those programming machinations, of course, are more interesting within the media. Studio programming is window dressing for a sports network. It’s all about the live events.
ESPN has an outstanding array of live sports rights. It is perceived to have an overwhelming advantage. But, those rights deals are expensive. ESPN will depend on a core of “national” sports fans to pay a lot for them.
The question is how many sports fans are “national” vs. “regional.” If fans truly care about their local teams, that could leave FOX Sports better placed with TV rights moving forward.
We know the cable model will change. We don’t know the scale, the mechanism, or what precisely will replace it."