re: Sling TV Releases Sports Package - $5 Per Month

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So you're paying $36 for ESPN and then $44+ for ESPN2, ESPNU, etc.

That makes no sense. ESPN2, et al aren't paying leagues for additional content.

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Uhh, they kind of are. They have a ton of programming on those channels that they need to pay for. They can't do that with just ESPN.

WWE Network is $10 a month and that's just for wrestling that they own. ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3 have a far wider variety content to air than that and thus would have more costs to pay off deals with content providers. SECN alone would easily command $15 a month.

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And you are selling short the number of subscriptions that ESPN would sell a la carte.

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No I'm really not. The vast majority of TV viewers DO NOT watch sports on a regular basis.

Their highest average ratings are for the NFL in the fall with Monday Night Football. Those are around only 13 million a game. You won't get much more than that subscribing in the fall and after the NFL is done their ratings go way down. Their subscription during the rest of the year would take significant hits and that would force them to charge more to make up the difference.