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re: Rise and fall of ESPN
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:11 pm to lsuboi91
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:11 pm to lsuboi91
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The bad news: The cable segments profitability has decreased by one-third since 2014 (chart). Good news? Value Line believes ESPN's streaming strategy will enable it to increase its audience and expand market share.
So the article seems to imply that the fall in revenue may be a result of the broader movement of consumers from cable to streaming services (unplugging), but you seem to think it's political. What's that based in?
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Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:14 pm to Navytiger74
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So the article seems to imply that the fall in revenue may be a result of the broader movement of consumers from cable to streaming services (unplugging), but you seem to think it's political. What's that based in?
I honestly think it's a bit of both, or along the lines of "well, I have no desire to watch ESPN anymore because of their politics...and they were the one channel I was keeping cable for, so I'm cutting the cord."
That last part I would love to see statistics on, but would probably be hard to come up with reliable statistics for it.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:18 pm to Navytiger74
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So the article seems to imply that the fall in revenue may be a result of the broader movement of consumers from cable to streaming services (unplugging), but you seem to think it's political. What's that based in?
Every one of the currently available streaming services has ESPN and ESPN2 in the base lineups. Anyone that has any paid service has access to ESPN.
The amount of people going with just OTA and "free sites/scrapers" is fairly low.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:20 pm to Navytiger74
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So the article seems to imply that the fall in revenue may be a result of the broader movement of consumers from cable to streaming services (unplugging), but you seem to think it's political. What's that based in?
I think its more than that.
Haven't NFL's ratings dropped recently also?
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:22 pm to Navytiger74
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So the article seems to imply that the fall in revenue may be a result of the broader movement of consumers from cable to streaming services (unplugging), but you seem to think it's political. What's that based in?
I think there has been a double standard by ESPN on how they handle their commentators.. Kurt Schilling for example was fired, for his political tweets, yet others who have done similar things have only gotten slaps on wrist, because those latter tweets were in line with democrat or progressive positions. I also think they are collateral damage for fallout from NFL, which is also inconsistent on how they apply their "rules". Colin K and many others allowed "free speech" and kneel during national anthem with no comments from NFL, yet a team wants to honor police or some other first responders with stickers on helmets and they are told "no" by the league.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:32 pm to Navytiger74
Not entirely true. I, and many others like me, used to watch sportscenter every morning at breakfast, and watch it before bed at night.
I used to watch college gameday nearly every saturday.
Once they stopped showing highlights and started focusing on "so and so said blank on twitter!" (usually Tim Tebow or Tony Romo), who's in trouble with the law or the commissioner, and talking about bs political issues, I stopped watching. Once they started just covering athletes like celebrities instead of talking about the game, I started cutting back my consumption.
Now, I almost never watch ESPN except during college football broadcasts, and I watch far fewer games than I used to.
There are millions like me. It's not all chord cutters.
I used to watch college gameday nearly every saturday.
Once they stopped showing highlights and started focusing on "so and so said blank on twitter!" (usually Tim Tebow or Tony Romo), who's in trouble with the law or the commissioner, and talking about bs political issues, I stopped watching. Once they started just covering athletes like celebrities instead of talking about the game, I started cutting back my consumption.
Now, I almost never watch ESPN except during college football broadcasts, and I watch far fewer games than I used to.
There are millions like me. It's not all chord cutters.
This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:53 pm to Navytiger74
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What's that based in?
Reality.
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ESPN was entirely to blame for an 11% drop in the company's cable operating income to $864 million. Other cable networks were flat.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 8:14 pm to Navytiger74
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So the article seems to imply that the fall in revenue may be a result of the broader movement of consumers from cable to streaming services (unplugging), but you seem to think it's political. What's that based in?
The best part about streaming services is that I can choose my programming down almost to the individual channel. My family used Sling. First, we dropped ESPN after college football, and then we dropped Sling altogether. So your streaming services argument is just the tip of the iceberg.
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