Posted on 07/11/2015 1:10:10 PM PDT by 867V309
A perfect example of one of the many wonderful benefits of cutting your cable television cord arrived this week with the news that Keith Olbermann is out at ESPN.
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Cut the cable.
We cut the cord two years ago. We don’t miss cable. At. All.
I’m hearing it’s not that but Olbermann’s sniping at NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Supposedly ESPN got handed some lousy Monday Night Football games in retribution.
espn execs were told to cut $150 million from their yearly budget. KO was the only reason they had a studio in NY. They asked him if he’d move to CT or LA and he said no, so they didn’t renew his contract.
ESPN is typical media. Does/says whatever to pander. Olbie and Bob Ley are the Worst of the Worst. Oops, a slip up bashing Goodell instead of kissing his backside
Bye bye MNF
Cut the cord 2 1/2 years ago.
You’re welcome.
But it was liberating. I stream music most of the day and only watch the TV at night in which we will stream a movie or some TV episodes from Netflix or Amazon Prime.
Don't miss regular TV at all except maybe NFL football.
But last season, I started getting in the habit of seeing the games at a local restaurant, such as a Buffalo Wild Wings or some other sports bar. It's a much better way to watch football. Get to order a few rounds of chicken wings and beers and don't even have to clean up afterwards. That's how I'm going to spend my Sunday afternoons from October to January.
Maybe he can take some time to begin his novel or learn to play a musical instrument. Or maybe he can learn to do something useful, like reading stories to old people.
Sumpin'... because he's sure as hell running out of rich idiots who are willing to employ him.
Cut the cable 6 years ago. Don’t miss it.
I would’ve just thought that Keith got cut because he sucks
The Olber-moron? Didn’t know he was back on.
moved here to so. utah 12 years ago; ordered internet only.
movie collection 650 DVD and BRay titles, and still growing.
(figure i’ve saved 12 *12 * 40 = 5760 buckaroos)
This is going to end free media as we know it. You don’t pay for TV(or cable, or streaming) the advertisers do. You are the product, not the customer. There is a generation of people coming up that expect their entertainment to be free, and ad free.
That means the end of media as we know it. Not sure what comes next, but it won’t be like we have it now.
It’s kind of like stemming an inbound cesspool.
They should have never dropped the exercise gals.
Which is a good thing. As we will only pay for the content we use and not have drivel shoved down our throats because the advertisers are supporting it.
I happily pay Netflix $9.99 a month to stream their content and I'm sure they are keeping track of what I (and other paying customers) are choosing to watch. As Netflix continues to develop their original programming or license other programming, guess what? They will deliver the programming that their viewers want to see. And it likely won't be the kind of nonsense we see on the 100+ channels we are getting presently.
I'm thinking that the MSNBC and PBS types won't fare very well in this new environment.
Our bill is about $1 dollar less if we bundle basic cable with broadband. So we keep the basic cable. No ESPN of course but we can watch Sunday football at home.
So I guess I played a small role in that pig's departure.I truly hope that he doesn't have to resort to SSI and food stamps. /s
Depending where you are in CT you should be able to get Sunday and Thursday night games featuring the Patriots or the Giants/Jets (not that they play very often on those days).
The subscriber loss probably had more to with ESPN referring to “Caitlyn” Jenner as a hero.
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