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Back to the bundle in just 10 years! Funny, I want access to the WEC events on Max, but don't want to pay for the other stuff. We'll be back to square 1 in about two years, just without the expensive equipment in the home, and everyone will be whining about how they want a la carte back.

...I smell insolvency and vultures picking the bones.

I'd say the big contributor at this point will be the transition of broadcasting content away from cable/sat. Some sports programming was shown only on cable/sat channels or you need a subscription to sat/cable to gain access to the sports online. With this transitioning to flat out simulcast...

$515 million in interest for one quarter, and they have $300ish million in hand? I smell a merger.

Of course, this is household to household thing. My point is a la carte will be problematic regarding come and go and comeback and go again churn due to the lack of newer content. Personally, I get weary of nickel and diming with all of the services, and prioritization becomes a thing.

Did what in 5 years? You listed two companies and the basis for them saying they made profit is open to less interpretation. What does Disney+ being profitable actually represent in a non-accounting gimmick sort of way? They bought it because they were smart and debt was nearly at no...

The profitability of (or lack there of) these services always seemed like a shell game. I don't see how ESPN+ makes "money" in any sense of the word that is credible, other than the cost to distribute the signal is less than the revenue from distribution. My problem is where is the cost of the...

I'm not trying to imply it is a Great Wall, Bruce was however making it sound like it'd be just flipping a switch. I do think it is a bigger deal that others consider. This will involve a transition to "how things will be done". The leagues could do it on their own, might need to, or they can...

Yes, but the game coverage will still need to be produced. If it isn't Bally, it can be someone else, but there would need to be a someone else.

The games don't exist via magic for broadcast. If Bally isn't producing the game coverage, the game coverage would need to be produced by others.

It is about value. Cable/Sat providers pay the channel owners money to be able to provide the channel. If the channel owner is providing the channel(s) themselves, that liquidates the value of the channel(s). The pressure for cable/sat to provide the channel(s) is greatly reduced, as their...

If it isn't sports related, I almost never watch Peacock, but I do watch enough sports on it.

Not like Pittsburgh has. But some portions have changed notably. The Flats are nicer, for certain. I was in the Tremont area and it was redeveloped housing wise in the few years since I was there, I hardly recognized that I had been there. Other areas have been getting redeveloped for housing...

Funny how Ergan was first to this party of shoving the RSNs off as a must carry. Browns owner wants a new stadium, and want $1 billion or so in public dollars. The Haslam's have effectively doomed the long-term future of the team with a short-term gamble with Watson, that hasn't paid off well...

I'd say the DVR killed ads rates which made life harder for locals.

I wish it'd stop being called "cutting the cord", unless it is on Dish's new 5G streaming service, exclusive to Boost Infinite subscribers. ;) People didn't cut the cord, they went a la carte (older people) or they never got the cord (younger people). A great deal of people want access to...

One thing I hated about Sling was the ad insertions. I tried sub'ing to Willow on Sling because you need the live TV angle to get access to some of the things like the IPL. And when watching on demand, trying to fast forward, because some cricket requires that (!), it'd hang up on me and I had...

Channels used to have a niche. Now only Food Network/Cooking (kind of), Cartoon Network, ESPN, Comedy Central, and TCM remain in that niche. The History, Science, and Arts channels don't exist anymore. Anyone remember what TLC / Bravo used to be like? I think I might reuse that line in another...

With the recent college playoff announced, got to wonder how long the YTTV model will survive. Sports costs are exploding.

It left a massive void. They tried to temper that by making the last two seasons nonsensical, but in the end Game of Thrones was just huge and impossible to replace.

Welcome Pack died years ago as a bargain. Dish has Flex, which blows away the competition, as you can sub to ESPN for a day! Add in half-off movie pack, and for the price of YTTV, you get the Hopper 3, the potential of 2+ TB of additional programming storage, a good slate of channels, cheap...

I think Game of Thrones was simply too big.

Odd, I was getting the vibe that you hated streaming and thought the traditional cable/sat TV model was destined to be the go to for the next several decades. Meanwhile, Discovery et al has the MotorTrend thing going, and they announced and began their WEC coverage. They showed the Dubai 1812k...

Okay, so the cups that happen so often, and the continental cups in the Western Hemisphere of which only one really matters. They used to have everything that mattered from Serie A, Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, Europa League, I think Scottish Premiership too.

What soccer does Fox have? For the most part gave soccer up. They had so much of it.