Actually the problem is Dish Network
I was a avid football fan, but my interest is fading. There's too much money involved now. The average family can't afford to go to a game. The stadiums aren't named after the area they are in, but some corporation. If you buy a season ticket, you also got to buy your seat. What the %<\k ? And yet the taxpayers paid for our stadium.
I see the Super Bowl becoming Pay per View and everything going down hill from there.
The Super Bowl is by far the biggest event on TV every year. They also charge the most money of any TV broadcast by far. There is no way in hell they could come close to bringing in the same kind of revenue they are currently getting from advertisers by going PPV. Not gonna happen.
Dish actually played on that this last year. The reverse autohop. It auto hopped over the game, and only showed the commercials during the SBI think the loss in advertising revenue would outweigh what they made in PPV revenue.
I honestly could care less about the super bowl. For me having your friends over or going to a friends house and eating chips and pizza is what makes the super bowl appealing to me.
The ads are nice, but I could care less about who wins.
IMO it's the networks that don't want it to succeed. As it is with "American" sports, especially football, the networks control the game. "TV timeouts" ? Give me a break ! Or, why does the last (4) minutes of a basketball game take (15) minutes ?the major sports don't want soccer to succed
What you mean is, the game doesn't stop....I think one of the biggest problems with TV soccer is that the ref's control the clock
Like fouls in basketball ? The strike zone in baseball ?The whole red card/yellow card thing is very confusing to the casual viewer..no clear rules on who gets what..its at the ref's discretion
No.its more political..but I won't go thereIMO it's the networks that don't want it to succeed. As it is with "American" sports, especially football, the networks control the game. "TV timeouts" ? Give me a break ! Or, why does the last (4) minutes of a basketball game take (15) minutes ?
What you mean is, the game doesn't stop....
Like fouls in basketball ? The strike zone in baseball ?
I think the loss in advertising revenue would outweigh what they made in PPV revenue.
I honestly could care less about the super bowl. For me having your friends over or going to a friends house and eating chips and pizza is what makes the super bowl appealing to me.
The ads are nice, but I could care less about who wins.
You think Dish is not going to loose subs to online TV?LUE, you should post in the Broadband forums, or ANYWHERE else.
Of course they don't. They're in competition with soccer. If it fades away, the other major sports could only benefit.They we're watching an event not soccer..let me put it this way. .the major sports don't want soccer to succed
No. The biggest problem with TV soccer is people don't understand the game (aside from 'put the ball in the net'). That's changing though as people who played soccer as youths are growing up or parents of youth players are watching. In my younger days (and I'm talking <30), I wouldn't be able to watch 30 seconds of game. All three of my kids have now played, two of them on travel teams, and I actually find the game exciting. The number of people understanding the game will continue to increase. As someone pointed out earlier, the Women's World Cup Final had more viewers than the NBA.I think one of the biggest problems with TV soccer is that the ref's control the clock..the clock on the scoreboard is not the official time. The whole red card/yellow card thing is very confusing to the casual viewer..no clear rules on who gets what..its at the ref's discretion.Sometimes teams get to play well past the time on the scoreboard others tend to get screwed.
Please tell me you're joking. Your statements make no sense. Whether they want to or not, Dish HAS paid for ESPN.Actually the problem is Dish Network not wanting to pay for these sports networks to begin with.
The teams get less viewership due to Dish and have to pass the higher costs on to the customers who have gone with other service providers to get their favorite team or sport.
Of course they don't. They're in competition with soccer. If it fades away, the other major sports could only benefit.
No. The biggest problem with TV soccer is people don't understand the game (aside from 'put the ball in the net'). That's changing though as people who played soccer as youths are growing up or parents of youth players are watching. In my younger days (and I'm talking <30), I wouldn't be able to watch 30 seconds of game. All three of my kids have now played, two of them on travel teams, and I actually find the game exciting. The number of people understanding the game will continue to increase. As someone pointed out earlier, the Women's World Cup Final had more viewers than the NBA.
Please tell me you're joking. Your statements make no sense. Whether they want to or not, Dish HAS paid for ESPN.
I agree with Lue, the problem is cord cutters. If you have a Dish (or Direct, or Cable) subscription, even if you never turn on ESPN, you're still paying for it. For ESPN to say they're losing money because of subscription loss, it has to be cord cutters.
That one may have gone over your head... It's ok, expected.You think Dish is not going to loose subs to online TV?
The Sports Bubble popping not going to hurt Dish? Dish is still on the hook even if people are dumping their subs.
Eventually, cable’s asking price will reach a level too high for too many pay TV customers, and many more of them will become former customers. That’s not good news for ESPN. One recent report suggested that only 35.7% of pay TV subscribers would keep ESPN in an a la carte lineup. Add that to the rising cost of broadcast rights for major sports — including that shiny new NBA TV deal, which has ESPN on the hook for more than $13 billion — and you can begin to see why some Wall Street analysts are beginning to feel bearish on ESPN’s long-term future.
until you remember that the carriage fee ESPN receives from pay TV carriers increases 6.5% per year. So even if ESPN loses 2% of its customer base every year, its carriage fee income still increases year over year, because the remaining customers end up paying more. Plus, when customers drop cable for a service like Sling TV, ESPN ends up getting more per customer than they would from big cable companies.
http://www.whatyoupayforsports.com/2015/07/how-much-is-cord-cutting-really-impacting-espn/