A thread about ESPN/Disney and the future of College Football broadcasting

ETBee said:
One point that loses me is that I paid for ESPN as part of a bundle when I had cable. I've since cut the cord and have YouTubeTV streaming, where I am paying for ESPN as part of a bundle. How is ESPN losing? Is the article predicting the coming of ala cart streaming and that is what will kill ESPN? Or is it that many of the streaming options don't include ESPN and many cord-cutters are choosing those options?
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also the article does some math and concludes ESPN would cost $40 / month and concludes nobody would pay that much.. i don't think $40/month is that unreasonable in todays market
 
ETBee said:
One point that loses me is that I paid for ESPN as part of a bundle when I had cable. I've since cut the cord and have YouTubeTV streaming, where I am paying for ESPN as part of a bundle. How is ESPN losing? Is the article predicting the coming of ala cart streaming and that is what will kill ESPN? Or is it that many of the streaming options don't include ESPN and many cord-cutters are choosing those options?
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ESPN is losing because many folks who cut the cord were not sport-watchers. Those non-sport watchers are watching Netflix, Hulu, etc. So the total number of bundled live TV subscribers between cable plans and YouTubeTV, etc. has gone down massively.
 
gt2690b said:
also the article does some math and concludes ESPN would cost $40 / month and concludes nobody would pay that much.. i don't think $40/month is that unreasonable in todays market
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You must've skipped the next part. $40/month if people held the plan all year, but people do that with streaming services. They tend to just sign up for the service during the season of the sport they watch. For a football fan, they may only be streaming for four months instead of 12, and that would increase the cost even further.
 
cajunjacket said:
You must've skipped the next part. $40/month if people held the plan all year, but people do that with streaming services. They tend to just sign up for the service during the season of the sport they watch. For a football fan, they may only be streaming for four months instead of 12, and that would increase the cost even further.
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i mean it was a long article
 
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