Curious is anyone has news/perspective on bills in Congress to require unbundling..if that passes..and it should, IMHO it completely destroyed the economics of cable as it now exists. I’ve read that about 50% of cable customers do NOT watch sports, yet the fees for sports channels, like ESPN, are more than HALF of the cost of the average cable bill.
“I’ve read that about 50% of cable customers do NOT watch sports, yet the fees for sports channels, like ESPN, are more than HALF of the cost of the average cable bill.”
Professional sports in this country is heavily subsidized and shielded from market competition. From grand stadiums built with hundreds of millions of dollars of tax money, high salaries made possible due to the forced payments of the 50% of cable viewers who don’t watch sports, to tax subsidies at all levels of government the professional sports industry benefits from big government.
It is difficult to imagine the Congress critters, who are wined and dined in private boxes at professional games, will be quick to pass legislation unbundling cable TV and thereby knock one of the financial props under the industry.