Posted on 11/26/2015 8:14:12 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
.... Walt Disney Co. has revealed that it lost three million subscribers to its sports network ESPN within one year.....
....Based on that, the loss of 3 million subscribers in one year would be taking around $216 million away from Disney's coffers.....
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
But perhaps some of this lost revenue is due to the notorious liberal bias being spewed out by ESPN, the love affair its "personalities" have with Obama, and the ridiculous "brave" award it gave to Bruce Jenner.
I think Disney also made American workers train cheaper foreign replacements before firing the Americans, too. Bad form, Disney.
And didn’t ESPN suspend Curt Schilling for not agreeing with Obama?
SCHADENFREUDE, BABY!
Don’t mess with Tom Brady and the Pats.
Sports, like everything else, has been taken over by the left.
Not to mention the kneepadders and their “Courage Award” to Michael $cam The $ham
LOL, he just got suspended again for comparing muslims to nazis via twitter
But Comcast, owners of NBC, is responding to cord cutters (who cut cable but still have net from them) by boosting internet prices for those who still want to watch a lot of TV that way.
>>At a time when consumers stream more video and more movies than ever before, Comcast wants to limit the amount of data its broadband customers can use. Customers in some states, mostly in the Southeast, will soon have data caps of 300GB a month, and the new pricing model may go national before too long...Cord cutting is clearly behind Comcast’s new broadband data caps. The company likely hopes to have these caps in place before cord cutting truly goes mainstream and eats into its traditional source of revenue: pay TV services.
>>Cord cutting is a national, not regional, phenomenon so it seems likely that the company will eventually go national with its new pricing policy. In fact, a Comcast executive said last year that he expects the company to roll out “usage-based billing” — in other words, data caps — to all of its customers within five years
I don’t watch ESPN. Their girlymen are too feminine acting for me. As an American male, they embarrass the hell out of me.
Why don’t they go for a la carte programming instead of their bundles.
I have been cable tv free since 2007. I would consider coming back if they offered a la carte.
I refuse to pay for liberal propaganda.
‘I don’t watch ESPN.’
Are they included in your basic package? If so, they still get paid whether you watch or not. ESPN gets a subscriber from the cable company.
REVEALED: Caitlyn Jenner’s reps ‘demanded ESPYs award in exchange for PR plugs and Diane Sawyer interview’
Caitlyn Jenner’s representatives asked ESPN that she be the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs
They offered PR plugs on Jenner’s upcoming reality show ‘I am Cait’
ESPN executives loved the idea
Talks hit a stumbling block and Jenner’s team threatened to pull out of the 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC
ESPN and ABC are both owned by Disney
The problems were resolved and ABC landed one of the biggest stories of the year
I starting getting tired of the racist,women, homosexual lectures when I am just trying to catch up on some sport recaps
Must control the means of communication, just as the “workers” control the means of production...
Chump change for Disney.
This has been my standard reply to people that advocate cord-cutting.
The internet providers will respond by hiking their subscription rates.
Other than going completely offline with over-the-air stations and no internet, you’re going to wind up paying for networks you don’t like one way or another.
Who wants to watch a Politico and NBA sports station
>>But Comcast, owners of NBC, is responding to cord cutters (who cut cable but still have net from them) by boosting internet prices for those who still want to watch a lot of TV that way.<<
That makes sense. Good thing for Comcast there are no competitors people can go to.
They'll make up for it by firing all the American workers and bringing in H1B foreigners to take their place at half the price.
>>Chump change for Disney. <<
Gross revenue of around $50 billion. So $220 million is the same as $220 out of $50 million.
Yep, change in the back of the sofa.
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