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Re: ESPN announces layoffs - TreesAndBirds - 11-30-2017
Some stats...
"If we look at sports networks available in more than 50% of cable and satellite TV homes, $9.06 of each monthly bill goes to ESPN's top four networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network), whether the customer watches those networks or not, according to data from SNL Kagan (via Sports TV Ratings)."
So if you dont watch espn, for whatever reason, dont like sports, politics, etc, you are still paying over $100/year to espn. Not surprising that some would choose to cut the cord and buy programming a la carte. One possible answer is to make espn a la carte and charge more for it, and see what the market will pay.
Here is the whole article...
http://www.businessinsider.com/cable-satellite-tv-sub-fees-espn-networks-2017-3
Re: ESPN announces layoffs - unclechuck - 11-30-2017
(11-29-2017, 11:50 AM)cardcrimson link Wrote:[quote author=2006alum link=topic=18210.msg215619#msg215619 date=1511979533]
Not sure this has much at all to do with politics, unless you think people are canceling their entire cable subscription because of something political said on ESPN?:
Quote: Last month, TheWraps ESPN sources said that what ended up as todays round would be all about efficiency and cutting down on duplication. After all, the media landscape is nothing like it used to be, and few places are feeling the effects as much as ESPN.
Its been a rough couple of years for the Worldwide Leader in Sports, and cord-cutting has disproportionately impacted the priciest non-premium cable channel. That subscriber loss has been hard to absorb, particularly with the pricey talent contracts and sports rights ESPN had compiled over the years.
Not cancelling subscriptions, just not turning in to ESPN. The cable and satellite companies know what you're watching. Peruse the comments on any article about the layoffs--they've lost the base they are supposedly trying to reach. They push the SEC, then award Kaitlyn Jenner the athlete of the year. That doesn't play well in the red states. They'll watch college football, but are turning everything else out.
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Just read a couple dozen of the comments to the linked Yahoo article. Sentiments there are almost uniform, and hard to misinterpret.
Re: ESPN announces layoffs - dabigv13 - 11-30-2017
Online comments from a Yahoo article ranks pretty low on my list of reputable sources.
Re: ESPN announces layoffs - BostonCard - 11-30-2017
At the risk of running into the ban on political topics, I am deeply disappointed in how everything has become a political signal. Whether it is eating chicken (or refusing to do so) at a particular restaurant or watching a sport (or refusing to do so) the way that everything, even the trivial and non-political, has become a way of signaling which political "team" one is on is unfortunate.
BC
(sorry mods, this is a long-standing peeve)
Re: ESPN announces layoffs - ChicagoCard - 12-02-2017
Last night's ESPN broadcast team of Joe Tessitore and Todd Blackledge were, I think, awful. When Costello fumbled in the 4th qtr and it appeared to be recovered by Marx, there was a review. It turned out to be just about where to spot the ball. At the time, neither announcer was very engaged with the question of who recovered the fumble other than Blackledge's comment that it might be USC's ball. In the time they had, they could have gone into what actually happened on that play. I try to stay away from blaming players, or even Pac-12 refs, but this pair were just downright grating to listen to all evening.
Re: ESPN announces layoffs - Ratmandoo - 12-02-2017
(12-02-2017, 09:56 AM)ChicagoTree link Wrote:Last night's ESPN broadcast team of Joe Tessitore and Todd Blackledge were, I think, awful. When Costello fumbled in the 4th qtr and it appeared to be recovered by Marx, there was a review. It turned out to be just about where to spot the ball. At the time, neither announcer was very engaged with the question of who recovered the fumble other than Blackledge's comment that it might be U$C's ball. In the time they had, they could have gone into what actually happened on that play. I try to stay away from blaming players, or even Pac-12 refs, but this pair were just downright grating to listen to all evening.
Well, to be fair, they had to show more shots of Tee Martin in the USC booth and ask really compelling questions about his potential to be the next Tennessee head coach.
The telecast production was bad. They would come back from replays late showing long replays while USC is running a no huddle offense. In their discussion of Love at the half, they didn't mention at all that in Love's previous three games, he had mediocre first halfs but dominated in the second halfs (which would have been a good comment considering love have over 90 yards again in the second half last night). It didn't seem like Tessitore or Blackledge had watched any of the games USC or Stanford had played recently. And of course, they must have spent 10 minutes with graphics talking about Tee Martin and the dumpster fire head coaching search at Tennessee. Yes ESPN, in a tight close game in the first half, the audience tuning into to watch a Pac-12 game wants to hear MORE about the god damn SEC. Instead of showing some replays and missing some actual live action, their producer kept cameras on an assistant coach staring at the field.