ESPN Losing Viewers

[JTrue]

https://deadspin.com/there-is-no-evidence-whatsoever-that-espn-is-losing-sub-1826305140

[OncomingStorm]

 

[NewEnglandBull]

14 minutes ago, OncomingStorm said:

 

They pooped the bed with that NBA contract

[charsibb]

Every cable outlet is losing viewers. Cable itself is losing viewers. If cable wants to stay relevant, they need to switch to an alacarte streaming service.

Pay for what I use, and ONLY what I use. No charging me for shows/ channels I don't watch.

And the meter only starts 5 minutes after I switch on a show, to make sure it's worth watching.

 

[The Great 8]

12 minutes ago, charsibb said:

Every cable outlet is losing viewers. Cable itself is losing viewers. If cable wants to stay relevant, they need to switch to an alacarte streaming service.

Pay for what I use, and ONLY what I use. No charging me for shows/ channels I don't watch.

And the meter only starts 5 minutes after I switch on a show, to make sure it's worth watching.

 

Prepare to pay a much higher rate for those channels, then. If demand decreases (because not all subscribers are opted into, say, HGTV) the cost of supply will simply increase.

We're moving toward a world where Disney, Hulu, Netflix, HBO, and ESPN are all $20/mo. This will equal out to cable when it's all said and done and many smaller channels/packages will simply die.

[NewEnglandBull]

39 minutes ago, charsibb said:

Every cable outlet is losing viewers. Cable itself is losing viewers. If cable wants to stay relevant, they need to switch to an alacarte streaming service.

Pay for what I use, and ONLY what I use. No charging me for shows/ channels I don't watch.

And the meter only starts 5 minutes after I switch on a show, to make sure it's worth watching.

 

But you still use rabbit ears with tin foil

[NewEnglandBull]

23 minutes ago, The Great 8 said:

Prepare to pay a much higher rate for those channels, then. If demand decreases (because not all subscribers are opted into, say, HGTV) the cost of supply will simply increase.

We're moving toward a world where Disney, Hulu, Netflix, HBO, and ESPN are all $20/mo. This will equal out to cable when it's all said and done and many smaller channels/packages will simply die.

This! Everyone talking about the $ they save on cord cutters the reality is the difference already is not that great...unless you had every channel. I know I way over pay for Direct TV but I also know when I watch ESPN3 on-line it freezes...especially during college football season. Thus, another issue is the quality/cost of the hardware needed. 

[ToroDeFuego]

An interesting test case to watch is Fubo.tv. They are doing without ESPN because they can't reach a deal with them. As far as their interface they are my favorite streaming service. YouTube ended up caving an added the Disney/ESPN channels and jacked their price up accordingly. The good thing about most of the streaming services is that they have no contracts like cable/satellite. I switch them out all the time.

[charsibb]

12 hours ago, The Great 8 said:

Prepare to pay a much higher rate for those channels, then. If demand decreases (because not all subscribers are opted into, say, HGTV) the cost of supply will simply increase.

We're moving toward a world where Disney, Hulu, Netflix, HBO, and ESPN are all $20/mo. This will equal out to cable when it's all said and done and many smaller channels/packages will simply die.

Far better to give the customer what they want, and ONLY what they want, than to charge some customers for things they don't want to subsidize other customers. If a channel can't survive on subscription fees, it deserves to die.  Capitalism > socialism.

[Capital H]

19 hours ago, JTrue said:

https://deadspin.com/there-is-no-evidence-whatsoever-that-espn-is-losing-sub-1826305140

They may not be losing subscribers but they are losing viewership around anything that isn't a live sporting event.

Regardless of which way they lean, I don't even bother with Sportcenter anymore because I don't even get the lame highlight package we used to. Anecdotally this story is repeated thousands of times on any sports platform, ranging from Barstool to Youtube. Advertisers hear this and do not want to pay for time slots that have no one watching.