ESPN, the sports network that has hemorrhaged 7 million subscribers in just two years, which translates into $1.3 billion in lost revenue.
Individuals get sick and tired of paying for an obscenely-priced cable or satellite package, or "bundle" — and a big reason for that obscene pricing is E$PN. Whether you watch E$PN or not, if it is part of your cable package, you are paying that outlet $6 a month carriage fee. A few other channels also charge a high fee to cable providers, to have them included in a 'bundle', a deal, of a lot of other unpopular channels.
(and as such, there are gobs of other less interesting channels, that financially survive, by riding the coat tails of being included in a 'bundle' with E$PN, and others)
Money- or the lessor amount of it - talks to some.
After raking in the dough, and politicizing sport$, for years, E$PN is now considering bowing to its money idol, and modifying it's busines$ plan.
(but it is not likely modifying its hidden objective - talking heads inclusion of political ideology while others are watching a game)
[ and some wrongly pretend, or 'believe' that sport$ / games are in a bubble and insulated from politic$. ss$$sssuuurrrrrre ...uh, huh.... ]
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollyw...-espn-cries-uncle-streaming-now-on-the-table/
p.s. I wonder what that (eventually) means, over time, to future Conference TV package$. (and by extension, ISU's annual cash flow...)
p.s.t
the freedom of not having cable tv and free-ing up time for doing other things in life, is good for the soul. The saving$....15 years...are o.k. too.
Freedom is not free.
It takes humbled, sincere, diligent, courageous, patriotic efforts.
And in a few cases, it actually pay$.
Looking back, did I truly miss a "game" (and it's embedded pol. propaganda )?
... hmmm....
imho
I do not know
Go ISU
Go TEAMS !!!
Individuals get sick and tired of paying for an obscenely-priced cable or satellite package, or "bundle" — and a big reason for that obscene pricing is E$PN. Whether you watch E$PN or not, if it is part of your cable package, you are paying that outlet $6 a month carriage fee. A few other channels also charge a high fee to cable providers, to have them included in a 'bundle', a deal, of a lot of other unpopular channels.
(and as such, there are gobs of other less interesting channels, that financially survive, by riding the coat tails of being included in a 'bundle' with E$PN, and others)
Money- or the lessor amount of it - talks to some.
After raking in the dough, and politicizing sport$, for years, E$PN is now considering bowing to its money idol, and modifying it's busines$ plan.
(but it is not likely modifying its hidden objective - talking heads inclusion of political ideology while others are watching a game)
[ and some wrongly pretend, or 'believe' that sport$ / games are in a bubble and insulated from politic$. ss$$sssuuurrrrrre ...uh, huh.... ]
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollyw...-espn-cries-uncle-streaming-now-on-the-table/
p.s. I wonder what that (eventually) means, over time, to future Conference TV package$. (and by extension, ISU's annual cash flow...)
p.s.t
the freedom of not having cable tv and free-ing up time for doing other things in life, is good for the soul. The saving$....15 years...are o.k. too.
Freedom is not free.
It takes humbled, sincere, diligent, courageous, patriotic efforts.
And in a few cases, it actually pay$.
Looking back, did I truly miss a "game" (and it's embedded pol. propaganda )?
... hmmm....
imho
I do not know
Go ISU
Go TEAMS !!!
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