ESPN to televise college playoff

[gadgtfreek]

Get ready for them to start charging more to providers per sub!

Link

 

[Mr Tony]

http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads...-family-of-networks-was-already-too-expensive

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I have reopened this one because not everyone is a sports fan or reads the sports forum, and this is something that can effect every cable or satellite subscriber. While it may be a duplicate thread to the one in the sports forum this one should also be in the general cable area as well. I can see this as a big issue going forward as every time we hear about a new sports star signing a new contract for major $$ or a league has just signed a deal with a company like ESPN for Billions of dollars you really got to wonder who is paying for that.

The answer is of course us...

 

[jayn_j]

Thanks Scott. I will add that I can live without ESPN and FSN without a problem, but the significant added costs of paying for the sports channels were a major factor in deciding that cable was not worth $100/mo to me. Over in the sports thread, they analyzed that the cost will be over $.50/subscriber/month just for these playoffs. That probably means a $1.50-$2 increase in the monthly cable bill for something I will not watch.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Thanks Scott, That si why ESPN needs a competitor for competition for the programming

 

[zippyfrog]

I posted this in the RSN Thread about Time Warner Cable, but might be good here as well. Possibly the Dodgers on Fox Sports Net up to $280 million per year.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/exc...-for-25-years-were-out-if-not-done-by-nov-30/

 

[whitewolf8214]

Now the RSN's will go up with this deal and more to come Thanks for sharing