[Streaming] ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery launching a sports streaming platform this year

Probably neccessary for them to survive as is rather than stupidly bidding against each other during contract negotiations.

 

Goodbye Xfinity subscription. You were hardly worth it.

Dammit Mouse...take my money and give me sprts.

 

More ways to force a separation of people and their money.

In the end, streaming will end up costing more than cable, if these companies have their way.

 

Exactly, they aren’t doing this to save us money. I wouldn’t be surprised if someday I end up just watching what I can get off my over the air antenna. Back to the old days.

 

Pretty much. When the market is too expensive due to monopolies that control the price, black markets and theft gain popularity, which is what we saw with downloadable media 20 years ago. Netflix saw the trend of VOD and streaming media and innovated towards that end. Other companies followed suit and price wars ensued. Now we're seeing consolidation of companies again, leading to price control, which will lead to another black market/theft cycle which should lead to more innovation down the road, something the market demands.

 

Antenna is pretty bad but a great backup for times when the power's out.

 

At this point you need

Netflix - 20/mo
This package - I'm guessing 30/mo at least
Disney+/Paramout/Peacock/HBO (on rotation) - 15/mo

That's still around 65/mo and is cheaper than most cable packages right now. Plus you get the better selection of shows. Combine this with an antenna so you can catch NFL games you are set.

 

This is going to be $75+ at least. And of course it will massively increase in price after the first year or two. It will compete against YouTubeTV more than it will against on-demand streamers.

 

This package won't be 75 lol. YouTube TV is around that and includes all the other networks. This is sports only. I can see 30 maybe 40 a month

 

I don't understand how this is forcing anything on anyone.

You still want cable/satellite for your stuff...go for it.

You don't want that, but want some sports, then subscribe to this.

 

https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/espn-fox-warner-bros-discovery-streaming-service-blindsided.html
NFL executives felt "blindsided" after being left in the dark on the announcement of the planned streaming service.



NFL is going to be the one that tanks this idea in the first place. No network is going to want to piss the NFL off, they can easily just take ALL their content to CBS and NBC in order to protest what fox and ESPN are doing

 

Ugh NBA broadcasting is going to stay mediocre to bad isn’t it?

 

If they offer "Team" packages where I can stream just the Rockets or Astros games at a reasonable price then I'm in. I hate the league season passes because I didn't have that kind of funds and don't have time to watch all those other games anyway.