About time. Only 16 months.
No kidding! But I'm not paying Fubo $79/month to get my RSN back. Yeah, I think it was about 16 months...
I still remember when they chose not to pursue getting them back. Their reasoning was that only 10% of customers watch them. Which is a load of crap.
It is actually a lot less, Forbes published the ratings last year, more like 3%.
www.forbes.com
The vast majority of subscribers do not want them, math and trends show us that, has nothing to do with Dish having/not having then.
Actually that analogy works both ways, people do not find enough content on linear services to keep them subscribing, so they leave and go to the streaming services.
Normally, I would prefer you ask these type of questions in the Cord Cutters Forum, to keep some from complaining, but since you brought it, what programming are you waiting for on D+, I prefer Star Wars/Marvel, this year, two series from each are premiering, the first in June, also some specials.
True, the analogy would work both ways. Guess it depends on what the viewing preferences of the subs are...
Yep, right now I am fine, I get all the network/cable channel shows ( along with the streaming shows) with just the services, when Football Season starts, probably try that new Live TV Sports Service or YTTV for the 5 months.
More than that, Star Wars:Skeleton Crew is this year also, for Marvel- Agatha Harkness and Eyes of Wakanda.
They want more then that, the base price is that $79, then they charge the RSN fee, another $14.99.
Seriously? $15 additional? Now that's completely nuts!
I've never cared for ratings. There's absolutely no way they are accurate at all. Unless every single receiver is connected to internet it's impossible to get an accurate rating. Idc what their algorithm is or that they've been doing it a certain way for decades, I've never once believed in their accuracy.It is actually a lot less, Forbes published the ratings last year, more like 3%.
For example, the NY Yankees ( highest watched team) averaged 231,000 Households in the NY Metro Area.
The total number of households in the NY Metro area is 8.8 Million, out of that, only 231,000 watch the Yankees, which is a tad less then 3%.
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they are all live action that I listed.
One of the reasons why RSNs are failing, people are tired of paying extra for a channel that they never/hardly ever watch.
Yes, your way is definitely more scientific then the methods Nielsen uses.
I'm not saying my way is more scientific, I'm just saying it's not accurate.Yes, your way is definitely more scientific then the methods Nielsen uses.
RSNs have lost about 55-60 Million subscribers ( out of 100 Million), if people cared that much about them, then services that carry them, their losses would not be as bad as they are, people would subscribe to those that have them.
DirecTV has a much higher percentage of losses then Dish, yet they carry all the RSNs.
Comcast carries them, yet have lost about 8 million subs, Charter just had their biggest lost ever in a quarter, it carries them.
YTTV, when they dropped the RSNs, were at 2 million subs and the price of $64.99 in 2020, since then, price is $73 a month and have gained 6 Million more subs with no ( except for a few NBCs) RSNs.
The services that report the biggest losses every quarter, are Comcast, Charter and DirecTV, who are the main carriers of the RSN, never a gain, last year they lost 6 Million per sub fees, this year estimated 7 million, by the end of 2025, they will be gone, totally unprofitable.
