In 5 years there will be no CNN.
ESPN? Why watch ESPN?
I have DISH basic package and ESPN not included. Years ago ESPN was included until they got too high minded and went Premium. Then again I dont really miss them.
When I tune into my satellite receiver, the satellite people know which channel I am watching, unlike the old broadcast TV that had to rely on sampling. These providers know exactly what the subscribers are watching. Their fees are based on these data.
Since ESPN have ceased to become a Sports provider and have become a political agenda provider, their revenue has dropped. No more Sports Center, and very little sports programming in my house these days.
Yes! Offer you stuff free over the internet, and make boner drug manufacturers pay more for advertising.
OK...but after the World Series.
We have cut it before and then retired it during football season. This week, we will cut during football season. So fed up.
I cut the cable years ago. Cable sells channel bundles that don’t make any sense. For instance, every package comes with some overpriced ESPNs, but I only want family friendly shows, movies, and cartoons. Why is there no kid shows bundle? Why no cartoon bundle? Why must I pay for and buy MTVs and ESPNs when I don’t want them? So I went to Netflix and I have tons of shows and movies to watch for about 1/10th of what I was paying cable.
It’s built into your cable bill. And due to this racket, ESPN grosses over $7.3 billion per year.
ESPN definitely would receive an amount per month for each cable or satellite subscriber, but so would a fair number of other channels, and the cable and satellite companies would get their cut.
Some monthly cable or satellite packages that include a couple of ESPN channels are as low as $29.95 to $49.95. Hard to believe that ESPN would receive $6.61 from every subscriber's monthly bill.
The demise of ESPN cannot come too soon.
They’ve turned into MSNBC and Extra! combined.
Well they’ve ruined watching the two sports I used to enjoy watching. Now I listen to them on radio again, like I used to in the old days.
Baseball - pitcher catcher pitcher catcher random dugout guy watching game pitcher catcher windup pitch “Whhooom” sound effect. Repeat.
Football - celebration dance replays, constantly telling me what down it is and how many yards to go.
I really look forward to the day I can either cut cable or there is an alternative that meets my needs.
Got to have news, motorsports, a few documentaries. I don’t watch movies.
I remember when Sunday was race day on ESPN. They had everything, F1 cars/motorcycles, Busch Grand National, Nascar, hillbillies squirting motorized bathtubs across swamps [oops, that was TNN] the whole schmear. Not any more. I said for years Nascar’s money-grubbing France family wouldn’t be happy until they made race-watching pay-per-view, like wrestling. It used to be about the competition...
Cut my cable and get my news on the web and an online subscription to WSJ. Netflix and Amazon Prime fulfill all my TVShow and movie needs.
Only thing I don’t get is NFL football games but I was in Buffalo Wild Wings last night watching the Jets game. Much better watching the games in a sports bar.
You mean people actually pay to have toxic television programming in their house? Who knew!
The minimum service is already over $30/month with fees and taxes. I don't even get CSPAN or anything but the basics, but I do get two stations of people babbling in Illegalese.
The basic stations might come in without the box (that's what someone said). Whatever. If I can't choose what stations I want, it'll be better to live with the stations that come through with an antenna.
Sweet.
I cut the cable 3 years ago. I’m glad to have done my small part to help dismantle ESPN, which is the worst thing ever to happen to sports.
In case anyone is interested, Amazon is offering a one year prime membership for $67 this coming Friday, the 25th. Regular price is $99. Offer is good to new customers only. From 12:01 AM ET, to 11:59 PM PT.