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Buzzilla said:
Possibly. I still think people are becoming less and less inclined to pay for any of these. And collectively the annoyances, hassle and expense of multiple streaming platforms is going to drive even more people away.

Personally, I don't like multiple streaming services. I am an avid Youtube user and will subscribe to Youtube TV when necessary for college football. I could not care less about the rest of the main stream media content. To me, it's engineered propaganda and hot garbage and I damn sure won't pay for it and only watch it under duress.

I think fracturing sports products on multiple platforms is going to further negatively impact the overall viewership market and the strength of the product. Only the most avid sports fan is going to subscribe to multiple streaming services, and suffer the glitches of each, to insure they have full coverage of all the sports they want.

This is very bad business practice.

I personally believe there is going to have to be a centralized platform for the content at some point or they are going to suffer a decline in viewership. I think Youtube is the most likely and capable platform.

I generally don't like centralized anything because it gives power to a small number of people who almost always abuse that power, but in this case, I think the overall sports media market is going to decline without a centralized platform.
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You don’t use “main stream” streaming services because they’re “engineered propaganda” (I would argue most things are) BUT you are an avid YouTube user? YouTube’s algorithm is the KING of engineered propaganda.
 
TechRush said:
I'm not a huge fan of playing a B1G schedule but I'm less of a fan of playing a Conference USA schedule.
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This is what it all boils down to. Those complaining about playing teams in the mid west instead of the south east teams don’t appreciate the real “options” are either play the mid west teams in a major conference or play Tulane and FAU.
 
Dirty Jacket said:
You don’t use “main stream” streaming services because they’re “engineered propaganda” (I would argue most things are) BUT you are an avid YouTube user? YouTube’s algorithm is the KING of engineered propaganda.
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The impact depends on how you watch though. I find the stuff I want to watch, don't really use the feed, although I guess for me it's the same with Net Flix et al. Also with YouTube seems like it depends on your subs and viewing habits. I'm probably more likely to get a History of The Screw recommendation vs a How to Transition Your Newborn in 3 Easy Steps.

Be warned however if you do end up watching History of the Screw you're going to come away from that absolutely scathing at Canada for what they saddled us with.
 
juraitwaluzka said:
The impact depends on how you watch though. I find the stuff I want to watch, don't really use the feed, although I guess for me it's the same with Net Flix et al. Also with YouTube seems like it depends on your subs and viewing habits. I'm probably more likely to get a History of The Screw recommendation vs a How to Transition Your Newborn in 3 Easy Steps.

Be warned however if you do end up watching History of the Screw you're going to come away from that absolutely scathing at Canada for what they saddled us with.
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"History of the Screw" was the name of the short art video I made with your mom, oddly enough. I don't think it's on Youtube, though.
 
Buzzilla said:
Article: ESPN Starting A Streaming Service Is The Beginning Of The End Of Cable

"As media companies continue to prioritize streaming over their linear cable networks, the loss of original content and viewing to most cable networks has plummeted.... The recent plans announced by ESPN, coupled with the struggles of RSN’s will only accelerate cord cutting. By the end of the decade, the cable model will be extinct."

I have believed for a long time that all of sports media industry is in a huge bubble. While viewership numbers for sports are still better than all other content on TV, the overall TV viewership numbers are declining as evidenced by this move by ESPN. They are chasing where the eyeballs have migrated to. The question lingers, will sports content consumers follow to the streaming services in the same numbers?

In general, overall viewership of all sports has been stagnate and in some cases declining for a number of good reasons. Various leagues have been rigorously tinkering with the product with rule changes to try and improve the viewer experience. You don't do that unless you are concerned about a shrinking viewership market.

The networks are paying more and more for the content and spending more on creating new streaming platforms to chase the eyeballs while getting less and less in return from the customer.

The advertising revenue model is also highly questionable on many levels. The recent fiasco with Bud Light should highlight the point. Increasingly out of touch marketing strategies directed at a consumer base that is very tired of the off-brand message. The same off-brand message that has filled sports broadcasting over the last several years.

I predict a train wreck. Where Tech is when this thing goes off the rails is anyones guess but I suppose there isn't any "good" place to be on this train.
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Good luck finding all the Tech games on youtubeTV, I am switching to directTV streaming for FB season this year
 
gtleviathan said:
"History of the Screw" was the name of the short art video I made with your mom, oddly enough. I don't think it's on Youtube, though.
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She did say that it was a most glorious 14 seconds, and that while she doesn't regret the subsequent abortion, she does feel like in retrospect she could've used the child support payments. Live and learn is what I told her, maybe next time will turn out different mama.
 
Dirty Jacket said:
You don’t use “main stream” streaming services because they’re “engineered propaganda” (I would argue most things are) BUT you are an avid YouTube user? YouTube’s algorithm is the KING of engineered propaganda.
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What I said was I don't care for the main stream media content as it is mostly engineered propaganda. The main stream media includes the likes of NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN, et.al. You don't get to choose what they make available for consumption but you can choose to not consume any of it. That is what I do.

My YT feed is curated as much as I am able to influence which is a pretty good bit. I generally stick to watching material from content creators I have subscribed to. They have passed the sniff test and I generally enjoy the content they make. Anything outside of my subscribed content that I watch is in line with my interests. There is the occasional recommended video with YT/Google's social/political agenda that shows up in my feed that is clearly algorithmically promoted. It sticks out like a sore thumb. I usually chuckle and shake my head as I scroll right past it.

But yes, YT/Google, as well as the main stream media content creators, have an agenda and they are trying to force it on as many people as they can.
 
THWG247 said:
Good luck finding all the Tech games on youtubeTV, I am switching to directTV streaming for FB season this year
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I suspect it's going to be a problem for a few games regardless what service you use. There were a number of games last year that fell down to Bally's to pick up. I don't know what service providers carried Bally's but it wasn't on YT TV. Hopefully Tech does well enough this year to not be relegated to some carrier that isn't on YT TV.

This was my complaint about the whole ACC GOR deal to begin with. If ESPN doesn't want to show the game, who is left to carry it and will you have that carrier on your streaming service? There have been far too many Tech games that were "unavailable" over the last few years.
 
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Buzzilla said:
I suspect it's going to be a problem for a few games regardless what service you use. There were a number of games last year that fell down to Bally's to pick up. I don't know what service providers carried Bally's but it wasn't on YT TV. Hopefully Tech does well enough this year to not be relegated to some carrier that isn't on YT TV.

This was my complaint about the whole ACC GOR deal to begin with. If ESPN doesn't want to show the game, who is left to carry it and will you have that carrier on your streaming service? There have been far too many Tech games that were "unavailable" over the last few years.
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Fubo and DIRECTV stream are your choices for Bally.
 
The drive to Purdue or Indiana is virtually the same as driving to Louisville. In the end if we do not get increased conference funding, we cannot consistently compete with teams receiving twice as much from their conferences.
 
Buzzilla said:
I suspect it's going to be a problem for a few games regardless what service you use. There were a number of games last year that fell down to Bally's to pick up. I don't know what service providers carried Bally's but it wasn't on YT TV. Hopefully Tech does well enough this year to not be relegated to some carrier that isn't on YT TV.

This was my complaint about the whole ACC GOR deal to begin with. If ESPN doesn't want to show the game, who is left to carry it and will you have that carrier on your streaming service? There have been far too many Tech games that were "unavailable" over the last few years.
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When I still had directTV dish service all the Bally’s games were on there, and I believe the streaming version will as well
 
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