RSN Changes

[zippyfrog]

I found this article interesting:

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2023/07/10/Insiders/sports-media.aspx

Basically, Charter is going to be putting RSN's in another tier - $10 more to get the RSN's in a package - as a way to slow down cord-cutting. Only going to be available to new subscribers or those who want to swich.

Reason I put this here is that this is what Charlie wanted all along - to put the RSN's in their own package. You have to wonder if Bally Sports or whomever would try and get a deal with Dish like this in the future just to try and recoup some of their losses. If they agree to a-la-carte and doesn't tax every Dish subscriber, you would think Dish would have to consider it. The RSN's are in a lot more trouble than they were 4 years ago when Dish started dropping the then FOX Sports RSNs.

 

[Jim5506]

I found this article interesting:

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2023/07/10/Insiders/sports-media.aspx

Basically, Charter is going to be putting RSN's in another tier - $10 more to get the RSN's in a package - as a way to slow down cord-cutting. Only going to be available to new subscribers or those who want to swich.

Reason I put this here is that this is what Charlie wanted all along - to put the RSN's in their own package. You have to wonder if Bally Sports or whomever would try and get a deal with Dish like this in the future just to try and recoup some of their losses. If they agree to a-la-carte and doesn't tax every Dish subscriber, you would think Dish would have to consider it. The RSN's are in a lot more trouble than they were 4 years ago when Dish started dropping the then FOX Sports RSNs.

Wasn't this called AT120+ or similar. I remember it was $10 more than AT 120 and you got the RSN's, etc.

 

[Tecmo SB Guy]

Yeah I believe that was it, America's Top 120 Plus.
AT120 with the regional sports channels added on.
It was a long time ago so I'm not completely sure though.

 

[bnewt]

Wasn't that the way it was?
I had the sports channels as an add on, before they were dropped

 

[Jim5506]

RSNs were an add on to AT120 at AT120+ but AT200 and AT250 included RSNs.

 

[zippyfrog]

RSNs were an add on to AT120 at AT120+ but AT200 and AT250 included RSNs.

Exactly.

To make the comparison as best I can to what Charter is doing and how it would look on Dish's core packages if they had it:

There would be 6 main packages - AT120, AT200, AT250, AT120+, AT200+, A250+.
AT120, 200, 250 would NOT have any RSNs or league owned networks (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL)
To get them, there would be a "+" add-on to give access to the RSN's and the league owned networks at any of the levels