ESPN loses 621,000 subscribers last month alone
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http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-loses-621-000-subscribers-worst-month-in-company-history-102916
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Maybe if they actually wrote about sports instead of headlining stupid political shit they'd actually have people read their bullshit. Who the fuck goes to ESPN to read about the election and honestly who the fuck cares which players kneeled during the national anthem. I don't need 100 stories on the topic.
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How will those people find our which Kardashian was at the Knicks game last night?
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Anything besides live sports that bspn has done over the past 10 years has turned to shit.
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They lost 621,000 people that subscribed to a package that included ESPN. 0 of those people might have actually watched ESPN the month before.
The only thing that matters is ratings, which could be dropping too, but that isn't what's being talked about in the article. ESPN isn't selling spots to advertisers based on Grandma's cable subscription that happens to include ESPN, they sell it based on how many people actually watch their channel. -
And even their live sports have issues with the dreck of announcers on all sports networks.Fire_Marshall_Bill said:Anything besides live sports that bspn has done over the past 10 years has turned to shit.
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Not quite true...they get paid by the cable company per subscription:UWhuskytskeet said:They lost 621,000 people that subscribed to a package that included ESPN. 0 of those people might have actually watched ESPN the month before.
The only thing that matters is ratings, which could be dropping too, but that isn't what's being talked about in the article. ESPN isn't selling spots to advertisers based on Grandma's cable subscription that happens to include ESPN, they sell it based on how many people actually watch their channel.
http://www.whatyoupayforsports.com/numbers/
Long term ratings matter, but their $$ from cable companies is through subscribers, their money through advertisers is ratings. -
You're right, I did forget about that.HoustonHusky said:
Not quite true...they get paid by the cable company per subscription:UWhuskytskeet said:They lost 621,000 people that subscribed to a package that included ESPN. 0 of those people might have actually watched ESPN the month before.
The only thing that matters is ratings, which could be dropping too, but that isn't what's being talked about in the article. ESPN isn't selling spots to advertisers based on Grandma's cable subscription that happens to include ESPN, they sell it based on how many people actually watch their channel.
http://www.whatyoupayforsports.com/numbers/
Long term ratings matter, but their $$ from cable companies is through subscribers, their money through advertisers is ratings.
Fuck these TV contracts are really feeling like a house of cards. CFB could be majorly fucked in the near future. -
I'm just relieved no schools floated stadium bonds based on projected future revenues
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Helps Trump IMO
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Digital media disrupting the traditional cable business model is finally happening. Figuring out what's next for live sports in a world where "cord cutters" are becoming more and more common is the challenge for everybody involved.HoustonHusky said:
Not quite true...they get paid by the cable company per subscription:UWhuskytskeet said:They lost 621,000 people that subscribed to a package that included ESPN. 0 of those people might have actually watched ESPN the month before.
The only thing that matters is ratings, which could be dropping too, but that isn't what's being talked about in the article. ESPN isn't selling spots to advertisers based on Grandma's cable subscription that happens to include ESPN, they sell it based on how many people actually watch their channel.
http://www.whatyoupayforsports.com/numbers/
Long term ratings matter, but their $$ from cable companies is through subscribers, their money through advertisers is ratings.
We would have dropped our cable subscription by now if there was a good option for watching live sports on an a la carte basis.
I've got to guess that at some stage the bullshit bundling model will get broken. It will pretty much have to be.
