ESPN + Fox Sports + Warner Bros

[exmediahack]

Once I get back into a sports betting state, I'm in. Especially if I can also find streams of Israeli soccer at 7 am.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Speaking of betting, ESPN's DTC flagship is supposed to launch in 2025 and will integrate with ESPN Fantasy and ESPN Bet.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/07/esp...-direct-to-consumer-service-in-fall-2025.html

 

[Alma]

Without non-sports fans subsidizing it, I can't imagine this package will be cheap.

ESPN's carriage fee is around $10 per month for cable subscribers - whether they are glued to ESPN all day or don't even know what channel it's on. That pricetag has been growing steadily as cord cutting increased. A decade ago, it was something like $5.50 per cable subscription went to ESPN. So if they are going to offset the loss of non-sports fans who pay to get ESPN, they will have to bump the streaming fees up and up. I'm guessing each of the three companies will want at least $20 per month per subscriber, so $60 per month is my over/under.

They could play station-to-station baseball and pull of their non-CFB/men's CBB college content off of cable/YouTube and onto ESPN+, try to pick up subs here and there that way. I just don't know how many will follow.

And will the app be navigable? Some of these apps suck. Prime app sucks on Smart TV. (I only have Prime App because I have Prime to buy stuff.) Twice, I've somehow managed to click on last week's NFL game, which, who hasn't turned on a game, walked out of the room for a sec, then returned. Only, with Prime App, it's last week's game because if I didn't finish that game it somehow shows up in a prominent place on the app where it's clickable.

I think it's Prime that has a horrible rewind glitch that throws me back too much no matter what button I hit.

 

[Alma]

Being a relic who still has cable seems to be working out for me these days.

You're not wrong on this. I've vacillated between YouTube TV and cable over recent years on the TV.

 

[Alma]

And then there's the Olympics every two years. I still like that stuff. Can watch hours of biathlon.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

And then there's the Olympics every two years. I still like that stuff. Can watch hours of biathlon.

Skimo is coming in the next Winter Games. Skin up the mountain, ski down, repeat a few times.

 

[dixiehack]

College football and basketball are about my only "gotta have it" viewing choices. And the powers that be are trying mightily to wreck my interest in those.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

 

[Readallover]

MLB Commish proposes league-owned streaming service
https://www.nexttv.com/news/mlb-com...-a-league-owned-dtc-streaming-package-in-2025

 

[maumann]

MLB Commish proposes league-owned streaming service
https://www.nexttv.com/news/mlb-com...-a-league-owned-dtc-streaming-package-in-2025

Manfred: "Once we get about 14 or so teams, we could make it profitable."

How many more do you need right now?

Manfred: "About 14 or so."

Cool. Let me know how that works out for you.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Even by the standards of 21st century sports commissioners, Rob Manfred is uniquely asshatian.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

MLB Commish proposes league-owned streaming service
https://www.nexttv.com/news/mlb-com...-a-league-owned-dtc-streaming-package-in-2025

How is this different from Extra Innings?