ESPN Cutting Costs
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NFL to release a new streaming service
http://cordcuttersnews.com/the-nfl-is-about-to-release-a-new-streaming-service/
http://cordcuttersnews.com/the-nfl-is-about-to-release-a-new-streaming-service/
Games in any sport typically don't stop unless there is some cause to declare the game complete or suspended.
Play stops even in soccer but the clock doesn't and that's why the clock doesn't mean as much as it does in other sports.
I think that does depend on other networks. They can't let them have it and they don't. Depends also on how sure they are UHD will actually be availble anytime soon. (I don't mean one or two programs like 3D was)
Are you implying that Hispanics can't possibly have the same or more interest in US sports?I might remind the soccer naysayers that California's population is better than 50% Hispanic...
Are you familiar with American football ? An NFL game typically lasts over (3) hours. It has a (1) hour "clock". The actual playing time takes up less than (15) minutes. Most "plays" (from the time the QB starts the snap count until the ball carrier is downed) last what, 15-20 seconds ?
NBA games last almost 2-1/2 hours while the actual play time is (48) minutes. Timeouts in NBA games are (2) minutes. Did anyone know that in playoff games they are 2-1/2 minutes ? Gee, I wonder why or who dictated, errr, I mean, suggested that ? Wouldn't have anything to do with (30) additional seconds for commercials which is convenient when more people are watching as it's a playoff game.
No, what am am implying is that Hispanics have a very large interest in soccer..... Soccer is very big in California at all levels. youth, high school, college, and pro....
You will change your tune when the Lions are in the Super Bowl!!
I guess you haven't heard of global warming.
More People Would Pay for the Weather Channel A La Carte Than ESPN
Not looking good for ESPN
Unbundling and cord-cutting appear to be the way of the future
http://thebiglead.com/2015/06/17/espn-poll-weather-channel-a-la-carte-cable/
Not looking good for ESPN
Unbundling and cord-cutting appear to be the way of the future
http://thebiglead.com/2015/06/17/espn-poll-weather-channel-a-la-carte-cable/
This comment belongs in an X-Box forumYou will change your tune when the Lions are in the Super Bowl!!
In both cases, you can be relatively sure when the game is going to end. Such is not the case with soccer as you're presented with neither the overall game time or an accurate play clock.
You can never have any idea who long either a football or basketball game will last. To deal with that, most people basically set aside 3-1/2 to 4 hours. What happens with football on TV when one game ends and another hasn't started yet ? They show you a different game that's still in progress.
Go to a high school football game and you'll be confused why you are at the game such a "short" amount of time.
A soccer match will NOT last more than 2-1/2 hours. There's official play time of 90 minutes (2 x 45 halves), 15 minutes for half-time break, plus "stoppage" time. This great unknown of stoppage time, in my experience, has never exceeded 5-6 minutes. Three minutes or less is very common.
Go to a high school football game and you'll be confused why you are at the game such a "short" amount of time.
A soccer match will NOT last more than 2-1/2 hours. There's official play time of 90 minutes (2 x 45 halves), 15 minutes for half-time break, plus "stoppage" time. This great unknown of stoppage time, in my experience, has never exceeded 5-6 minutes. Three minutes or less is very common.
Just wanted to post a link, for a member here, who has been posting links almost non stop...
http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/satelliteguys-rule-change.350729/
http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/satelliteguys-rule-change.350729/
The stakes are high for Disney. ESPN will contribute roughly 25% of the company’s operating profit this year, according to Nomura Securities. ESPN’s fortunes are being closely watched in the media world as cord-cutting picks up and consumers gravitate to streaming services.
With Disney being drug down by ESPN it will be a lot cheaper to negotiate prices with them. meaning cheaper prices for everyone. Sling TV for example. 20 bucks
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/es...t-mounts-1436485852-lMyQjAxMTA1MjEzMDkxMjAwWj
With Disney being drug down by ESPN it will be a lot cheaper to negotiate prices with them. meaning cheaper prices for everyone. Sling TV for example. 20 bucks
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/es...t-mounts-1436485852-lMyQjAxMTA1MjEzMDkxMjAwWj
ESPN's biggest problem is the staff has been dabbling into political issues. I don't know if that is by design, by edict from the parent Corp or what.. All I know is that my ESPN viewing has been slashed to a bare minimum. I no longer watch sports center. I avoid all of the special shows like Outside the Lines and the Sports Reporters because invariably the discussion devolves into some politically correct limp wristed tripe.
I don't want politics in my sports. I watch sports to escape from the realities of everyday life.
I think that having announcers call games remotely is cheesy and cheap. I'd rather ESPN just pick up the feed of one of the teams ( MLB Network and the NHL Network both do this on regional games)
ESPN will continue to lose viewership if the service continues on this course.
Soccer is not popular among Americans.
The kids who play the game are usually done with by the time they hit their early teens.
