- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Puzzled by the new ESPN approach to internet programming
Posted on 9/1/12 at 8:33 am
Posted on 9/1/12 at 8:33 am
Seems custom made to drive people to other avenues for their sports programming.
I'm in an airport killing time and figure "hey, I'll watch Gameday on the computer"... but they want sign in information and I don't feel like that even though I do have ESPN through my cable provider.
So I switch over to foxsports and then notice there's a 8AM Notre Dame/Navy game and now I'm watching this cbssports instead of listening to the Gameday folks.
Doesn't this seem like a really bad idea if you are ESPN? Shouldn't you still make money on the commercials by streaming your product to whoever wants to watch it? Now I'm just doing it with CBS instead of them.
I'm in an airport killing time and figure "hey, I'll watch Gameday on the computer"... but they want sign in information and I don't feel like that even though I do have ESPN through my cable provider.
So I switch over to foxsports and then notice there's a 8AM Notre Dame/Navy game and now I'm watching this cbssports instead of listening to the Gameday folks.
Doesn't this seem like a really bad idea if you are ESPN? Shouldn't you still make money on the commercials by streaming your product to whoever wants to watch it? Now I'm just doing it with CBS instead of them.
2
Posted on 9/1/12 at 8:35 am to molsusports
quote:
Doesn't this seem like a really bad idea if you are ESPN? Shouldn't you still make money on the commercials by streaming your product to whoever wants to watch it? Now I'm just doing it with CBS instead of them.
Cable companys pay espn so people can stream it, so they're getting paid. Sucks cox isnt one of the cable providers that is in on it.
Posted on 9/1/12 at 9:32 am to molsusports
Posted on 9/1/12 at 9:32 am to StraightCashHomey21
that site is going to get so many clicks this year 
Posted on 9/1/12 at 9:35 am to rocket31
its legal over here 
Posted on 9/1/12 at 12:58 pm to rutiger
Apparently Uverse isn't one of the approved providers for online streaming. 
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News