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martyb
on Wednesday November 01 2017, @11:58AM
from the American-game-of-FOOTball-which-is-played-using-your-HANDs dept.
from the American-game-of-FOOTball-which-is-played-using-your-HANDs dept.
ESPN pays $2 billion a year to the NFL for Monday Night Football and one NFL wild card playoff game. I've written for the past couple of years that as ESPN's business collapses that ESPN's decision on whether or not to bid to keep Monday Night Football would be the first big test of how rapidly that business is deteriorating.
What's a deteriorating business look like? In the month of October ESPN lost over 15,000 subscribers a day in October per the latest Nielson estimates.
15,000 a day!
Losing 15,000 subscribers per day is a lot, but is that because of the NFL anthem protests or because cord-cutting has finally reached a tipping point?
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ESPN Can’t Afford Monday Night Football Any More
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The decision doesn't have to be logical; it was unanimous.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday November 01 2017, @03:33PM (1 child)
I assure you that it not universally true. More Cable companies are starting to allow a la cart selection, as are satellite providers.
And even if it is, I refer you to the cord cutting topic in this discussion. When you cut the cord you can still get ESPN, via a variety of means, for a variety of prices ranging from free to just under 8 bucks. In 2011 ESPN was paid less than $5 per subscriber per month. This year it is being paid $7.86. And even if you pay, you probably still get the ads.
ESPN is, true to it's name, Focused on Eastern teams, both in its selection of coverage and in the bias of its comentary, and this does no play well west of the Mississippi.
ESPN is facing competition from several large sports networks, such as Fox, Root, and a MLB Net, etc, and probably a few I'm unaware of.
Both these two issues can figure into dropping revenue.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 01 2017, @04:43PM
But not with ESPN. ESPN is not an a la carte option on any cable or satellite provider. Sure other channels are starting to become available a la carte, but not ESPN.
WTF? the "E" in ESPN is "Entertainment" not "Eastern".