ESPN for $35 a month

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It would be absolutely toxic for all the other streamers and ESPN alike if they pulled all of their content and went exclusive.

People arent going to pay $50 a month for sling/youtubetv and $35 a month for ESPN. Nor are they going to pay $35 for just the ESPN channels.

I'm ready for the chaos.
 
Deep Dish Pizza Goat said:
It would be absolutely toxic for all the other streamers and ESPN alike if they pulled all of their content and went exclusive.

People arent going to pay $50 a month for sling/youtubetv and $35 a month for ESPN. Nor are they going to pay $35 for just the ESPN channels.

I'm ready for the chaos.
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So much for all that hoopla about cable being expensive and streaming being more cost effective.

Makes you wonder if anyone is ever telling the consumer the truth about anything.
 
RobBase (c) said:
So much for all that hoopla about cable being expensive and streaming being more cost effective.

Makes you wonder if anyone is ever telling the consumer the truth about anything.
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It was only going to be a matter of time before streaming services started raising prices just like cable. It is still a business and I am pretty sure a business wants to make a profit
 
Red_Alert said:
Not familiar with Amazon streaming service so I guess not.

I get all of the ESPN's and ESPN+ on Hulu. I'm good with that.
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I imagine that would go away with this deal.

Now if Amazon wanted to enter the streaming market with a $35 package and it included the ESPN/Hulu/Disney+ suite, that would be competitive and awesome to the consume.

But fucking lol @ Amazon giving a shit about the consumer at all in the last ten years.
 
huskers1217 said:
once apple buys espn. hulu wont carry ESPN anymore I'm sure.
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Apple Buying ESPN and moving their content exclusively to Amazon.

lol.

Leaving YoutubeTV (see: Google) on the outside looking in on an Disney/ESPN/Apple/Amazon mega deal would be fucking AWESOME, because fuck Google.
 
Deep Dish Pizza Goat said:
Apple Buying ESPN and moving their content exclusively to Amazon.

lol.

Leaving YoutubeTV (see: Google) on the outside looking in on an Disney/ESPN/Apple/Amazon mega deal would be fucking AWESOME, because fuck Google.
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no, fuck you. i just got youtube tv, don't fuck it up for me. ya fucker.
 
Red_Alert said:
Not familiar with Amazon streaming service so I guess not.

I get all of the ESPN's and ESPN+ on Hulu. I'm good with that.
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Deep Dish Pizza Goat said:
I imagine that would go away with this deal.

Now if Amazon wanted to enter the streaming market with a $35 package and it included the ESPN/Hulu/Disney+ suite, that would be competitive and awesome to the consume.

But fucking lol @ Amazon giving a shit about the consumer at all in the last ten years.
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huskers1217 said:
once apple buys espn. hulu wont carry ESPN anymore I'm sure.
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Sounds like suicide for ESPN then.

How they gonna pay that SEC contract without being bundled across all cable, satellite, and streaming services?

I can watch a lot of CFB on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX for free.
The NCAA Basketball Tournament is on TBS, TNT, TruTV, and CBS.

ESPN controls bowl season though, so I'd maybe sign up just for the Dec/Jan months then turn it back off. I could see them eventually losing that control over bowls though.
 
Level of interest in college football in the United States as of April 2023
CharacteristicShare of respondents
Avid fan22%
Casual fan35%
Not a fan at all43%

Say goodbye to the 43% who were paying for ESPN content anyway because it was bundled on their cable, satellite, or other streaming service.

Say goodbye to the majority of the 35% who are just a 'Casual fan' and might tune in occasionally.

That's a 78% economic haircut right there.

How many of those 22% 'Avid Fans' are gonna say "Piss Off"? Big 10 country has a large population footprint and a lot of 'Avid Fans'. However, they can get their fill on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, FS1, etc.

"i KnOw, LeT's aLiAnAtE TeH EnTiRe BiG 10 PoPuLaTiOn fAnBaSe AnD lEfTcOaSt FrOm oUr CoNtEnT" - ESPN

It's economic suicide IMO.
 
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Nope. I dont need to watch games live when I can log on to twitter and follow play by play accounts.
 
It's a no for me dawg.
 
Grant Ward said:
Nope. I dont need to watch games live when I can log on to twitter and follow play by play accounts.
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If it's games I'm not watching, I just pull up 'CBS College Football Scoreboard' on my phone or laptop for live scores.


ESPN's kind of full of themselves and not thinking clearly here. Someone needs to grab management by the shoulders and shake them like a baby.

They've got SEC and ACC fans by the balls though. They can literally charge them what they want to make up for lost Big 10 and left coast revenue.
 
Diamond Sports Group would like to have a chat with them first. Taking it exclusively to streaming would be a terrible idea. So many people pay for ESPN right now without ever watching it, would be stupid to leave that money on the table. They would need to leave least ESPN and ESPNNews on the streamers and move the hardcore content behind their own paywall (ESPN2, network channels, etc).

I could pretty much drop YouTube TV and between Prime+Disney+paramount+Hulu I can get everything I need. And as for the channels being all over the place, get an actual AppleTV and it solves that for you.
 
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