Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Bull94]

3 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

Not if they tier their content they won't. First, I fully expect that Disney/ESPN will have partnered with a tech giant by 2025 before they are offering a standalone package. People are willing to pay $500 for a season of the NFL Sunday Ticket, I can certainly see SEC fans willing to pay $300 a year for access to all SEC programming. Soon, they won't have a choice. 

nobody is buying the sunday ticket. it's $300. google knows they way overpaid for it. that's why direct tv walked away.most only want the redzone channel.

I totally get that streaming prices will go up considerably for college fans but ESPN was able to charge every single cable subscriber in the US $10 per month. That's $8Billion a year.

I don't care how many sec fans there are it won't make up for carriage fees losses even at $300 per year.

during the zero interest rate environment companies were way overpaying for content especially live sports content. those days are gone. you will see those companies raise prices and cut costs.

[Brad]

50 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

markets won't matter anymore when everything goes to streaming. only subscriptions will.

Independence with our own Bulls+ Network?

[flsportsfan83]

Just now, Brad said:

Independence with our own Bulls+ Network?

you trust USF Athletics to run its own network?

[Bull94]

14 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

Not if they tier their content they won't. First, I fully expect that Disney/ESPN will have partnered with a tech giant by 2025 before they are offering a standalone package. People are willing to pay $500 for a season of the NFL Sunday Ticket, I can certainly see SEC fans willing to pay $300 a year for access to all SEC programming. Soon, they won't have a choice. 

ESPN+ is already at 25 million subscribers. They just need a strategic partnership and they will be fine. They have cut a lot of fat already. 

they only have that many subscribers because they were tied to hulu and disney+ package. their standalone subscribers are believed to be around 5M at like $9 per month

[Bull Matrix]

But the bottom line is that we will eventually see these super conferences fall apart due to greed. It is getting pretty obvious now with how the realignment is going 

[BullyPulpit]

3 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

nobody is buying the sunday ticket. it's $300. google knows they way overpaid for it. that's why direct tv walked away.most only want the redzone channel.

I totally get that streaming prices will go up considerably for college fans but ESPN was able to charge every single cable subscriber in the US $10 per month. That's $8Billion a year.

I don't care how many sec fans there are it won't make up for carriage fees losses even at $300 per year.

during the zero interest rate environment companies were way overpaying for content especially live sports content. those days are gone. you will see those companies raise prices and cut costs.

ESPN already has. The have seen the cable money drop. They already have 25 million ESPN+ subscribers. They won't be as profitable as they once were, but they aren't going anywhere. 

[Bull Matrix]

Just now, Bull94 said:

they only have that many subscribers because they were tied to hulu and disney+ package. their standalone subscribers are believed to be around 5M at like $9 per month

They are a sinking ship…

[BullyPulpit]

5 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

they only have that many subscribers because they were tied to hulu and disney+ package. their standalone subscribers are believed to be around 5M at like $9 per month

If ESPN content is only available directly through ESPN (or one of their partners) they will not struggle getting subscribers. Also, the partnership with Penn Gaming to create ESPNBet is going to drive things for them as well. ESPN has been cutting the fat and diversifying. Bob Iger has them moving in the right direction for a partnership/selloff. 

[Bull94]

2 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

ESPN already has. The have seen the cable money drop. They already have 25 million ESPN+ subscribers. They won't be as profitable as they once were, but they aren't going anywhere. 

again that number of subscribers is misleading. they package espn+ with disney and hulu.

I get that package and have never opened the disney app. How many never open the espn+ app?

There are believed to be around 5M paying the $9 per month for espn+.

do the math. that's like $600m a year compared to the $8Billion per year they get in carriage fees. they are deathly afraid of having to go streaming. that's why they are looking for partners. even with the leagues. I guess signing on with gambling companies will help them.

ESPN doesn't create the content.

they are just the dumb pipes that bring it to us. Lucky for them they own the rights but it won't be forever.

[Bull94]

Just now, BullyPulpit said:

If ESPN content is only available directly through ESPN (or one of their partners) they will not struggle getting subscribers. Also, the partnership with Penn Gaming to create ESPNBet is going to drive things for them as well. ESPN has been cutting the fat and diversifying. Bob Iger has them moving in the right direction for a partnership/selloff. 

it's not espn's content.well I guess those annoying talk shows are theirs. they just own the rights for now.