Admitting a math error is one thing. It is another to admit that one's math error causes one's entire thesis to collapse. 3.1% in today's fractured viewership world isn't the "handful" that would support the idea that sports, or at least local baseball, are not keeping millions of customers with the luxury TV provider(s).
My thesis did not collapse, I always gave the number of people, just put the % in where I should not have, the facts are only only 400,000 out of roughly 13 million folks are watching, which is .031 of the viewing population, my problem with that is over 12 million people are paying for a channel that they have no interest in, being forced to pay for that RSN Fee with no option to get rid of it except switching/ending service.
I have no idea what Charter and Fios charge for a RSN fee, but DirecTV’s is $11.99.
Or form any basis for who, exactly, is the future customer base among those who just want "good enough TV" for Dish(mart).
Once again, are there people who buy Costco imitation spam flavored meat by-product and swear that they don't miss real steak that much? Sure. Its just not everybody, and the fact that the people who are out to save four cents jumped on it the day it came out does not indicate they are the early adopters of some universal trend. No, rather, in TV terms, they found a way to get the sports free (or, really content free) TV they wanted. Others have different goals. Which is why they still make real steaks. And why they still have luxury TV.
Because life is too short.
Again, just because my service (YTTV) is less expensive, does not mean it is not luxury, I get 1080P and DD+ on all the channels, you cannot get that with DirecTV, plus other benefits, instead of looking at it like it is the ‘Mart version of Live TV, think of it as a service that does not rip off their customers.
And if you compare DirecTV it to Dish, at least Dish is putting out new Hardware, DirecTVs has to be getting quite dated, have they announced any new boxes, imagine how bad their boxes will be in just 2-3 years, Dish is at least trying.
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