Awesome news, great catch!!
The plan is working perfectly...
Mwuhahahaaaaa
May the trend continue. Unfortunately plenty of ‘conservatives’ seem determined to keep tithing to the libs via their cable dish bill. I guess it’s practice for the Jizya. Which they will embrace as well. They seem to crave funding their own demise.
Well Football is more important than their country I suppose...
the new buzzword is “curated tv”. IOW tv which is selected just for you. (ioow marketing BS)
IGER said he expects espn to go unbundled. they just want to ensure profits.
They can do it if they dump the political BS of the talking heads.
ESPN leftist thugs.
The upshot of this is that ESPN could probably gain back some of those lost viewers if the cable companies would/could unbundle (no idea of technical issues here, if any). The a la carte choice to spend that $6 for the sports coverage they desire and reject the MTV, Comedy Central, etc. would bring some back. ESPN is probably the only reason I didn’t go all OTA and AppleTV/ROKU/Amazon/Netflix etc. in a recent home technology upgrade.
The douchebag contingent on late night network TV would be significantly reduced had we not all been contributing to Comedy Central for the comedy “stylings” of Stephen Colbert.
I pulled cable completely in 2012. My reasons were:
1. The overall quality of cable TV had prummetted to new lows.
2. It was costing me TIME (hours in the evening) that I would catch myself watching reruns of Pawn Stars and American Pickers, etc.
3. I realized that my cable bill (basic at $60/month) was subsidizing channels I don’t watch and don’t even support (MSNBC, CNN, Bravo, Lifetime, etc., etc., etc.)
It was cold turkey for a while but I did it. And I have more free time in the evenings and I can watch things (of my own choosing) on the internet.
Maybe if ESPN wouleyd reduce the number of talkers on various sporting events, they could lessen the pinch. Monday Night Football doesn’t need 7 analysts.
Why don’t they just sell more advertisement time to DraftKings and FanDuel? Their commercials are NEVER on.
When my digital BASIC plan with DirecTV went from $60 to $100 I decided I had enough. We now have an HD over-the-air antenna on my amateur radio tower and I easily pick up some 60+ stations. Granted, many of them are complete CRAP but I get enough that I can find something reasonable to watch when I want to.
We also purchased a ROKU device and subscribe to Hulu and Netflix for a whopping $16/mo. Add Amazon Prime @ 99/yr and I have far more choices than I ever had with DirecTV at a fraction of the price.
One of the best decisions we've made IMO.
The same thing with Comedy Central. Nobody watches Comedy Central. Not enough people watch Comedy Central to support it via advertising. Ditto MTV. But they all get a percentage of everything you pay monthly to cable to sustain them. And Millennials are leading the way, unknowing about this impact, in taking away some of that staying power.
ESPN has been vocal in that they mostly covet the 18 to 39 yo demographic. That isn’t working out so well for them is it?
A lot of speculation that Disney is about to spin them off.
I’m going on 3 years since I fired the wire.
The savings are really adding up.
Considering most of us are struggling to live independently, cable is the last thing on our minds.
90% of ESPN is trash anyway, unless it’s an actual sporting event. I can’t wait for a la carte programming.
The Left sowed the seeds of their own destruction.
ESPN? The same channel that awarded Bruce Jenner for his bravery?
Hope the financial failure of this network is epic.
We cut the cable earlier this year. Initially we missed it, but it didn’t take long to find there were other options than the pap that satellite has to offer.
I cut cable 2 years ago, but obviously I still need Internet. And Time Warner's internet service is far better than AT&T.
So, sooner or later the cable companies are going to jack up the price for internet access, and that money will probably trickle down to the hated cable channels.
Also, I have a Sony Blu-Ray player that has lots of streaming video icons on it such as Amazon Instant video, Netfix, Hulu Plus and others. I've never tried using them but I'm wondering what the quality of the stream would be on my large-screen TV. Has anyone used the streaming services and how is the quality?
ESPN is on Sling tv.