Fox and Sling

[Lue]

http://www.whatyoupayforsports.com/2015/05/22-reasons-why-fox-said-no-to-sling-tv/

 

[Foxbat]

Wait. So Fox gets $3.50 a subscriber for their Regional Sports Networks. If Sling made the regional FSN available for $5 per month, how does Fox lose money on the deal? If the Sling subscriber "cut the cord" then they've lost the subscriber and their $42 per year.

 

[meStevo]

3.50 just for YES. They don't want to devalue their offerings is why they aren't interested in Sling/a LA carte offerings.

 

[Mike_H]

They don't want to devalue their offerings is why they aren't interested in Sling/a LA carte offerings.

Precisely. AMC got hammered by DISH during negotiations because of their basically making most of the content available through other means. AMC doing that gave them other streams of income but devalued their content with their normal distribution group. Fox is trying to avoid that arguments when they are at the table.