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re: Sling TV Releases Sports Package - $5 Per Month
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:35 pm to KosmoCramer
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:35 pm to KosmoCramer
That doesn't necessarily mean people are not willing to pay for cable. There could be any number of factors.
For example, the economy has been pretty crappy with lots of unemployment. People may have dropped cable out of necessity.
For example, the economy has been pretty crappy with lots of unemployment. People may have dropped cable out of necessity.
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Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:42 pm to PrimeTime Money
ESPN et al are an outdated model and people are moving on.
You can continue to bury your head in the sand but there is a changing current.
Cable Providers are trying anything they can to sustain the model such as offering Sling TV to keep the more technological savy customers tied to them while keeping the people that don't really care about the cost yet or unable to see how they can get their content cheaper in the fold.
The numbers are in front of your face but you still continue to ignore them. Sure there might not be a 100% correlation/causation there as with anything, but to ignore the numbers completely is disingenuous.
It will be very interesting to see how this changes, but I'm nearly 100% certain that ESPN will offer it's content directly to it's subscibers in a cheaper and easier interface that will likely include MORE content such as streaming old games for free, etc.
The model is crumbling and the vaunted 200 Million market share or whatever you're tauting for ESPN that makes the change nearly impossible as you state is eroding as we speak.
You can continue to bury your head in the sand but there is a changing current.
Cable Providers are trying anything they can to sustain the model such as offering Sling TV to keep the more technological savy customers tied to them while keeping the people that don't really care about the cost yet or unable to see how they can get their content cheaper in the fold.
The numbers are in front of your face but you still continue to ignore them. Sure there might not be a 100% correlation/causation there as with anything, but to ignore the numbers completely is disingenuous.
It will be very interesting to see how this changes, but I'm nearly 100% certain that ESPN will offer it's content directly to it's subscibers in a cheaper and easier interface that will likely include MORE content such as streaming old games for free, etc.
The model is crumbling and the vaunted 200 Million market share or whatever you're tauting for ESPN that makes the change nearly impossible as you state is eroding as we speak.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:52 pm to PrimeTime Money
I really think you underestimate the power of the free market in this case.
People are going to continue to cut the cord. This is going to force ESPN to either adapt to maintain the same pricing for remaining subscribers or they will charge more to current subscribers, which will just exacerbate their cord cutting problem.
Either way, ESPN and other live TV is becoming less and less necessary to people and this will force their hand...not the hand of consumers.
People are going to continue to cut the cord. This is going to force ESPN to either adapt to maintain the same pricing for remaining subscribers or they will charge more to current subscribers, which will just exacerbate their cord cutting problem.
Either way, ESPN and other live TV is becoming less and less necessary to people and this will force their hand...not the hand of consumers.
This post was edited on 2/9/15 at 1:54 pm
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