American soccer will collapse long before any other sport does
DIRECTV unlikely to keep NFL Sunday Ticket
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Most nights, that 400k in the market is more than any other cable network channel. That’s why sports can demand and get what they do.
Also, nationwide, on aggregate, there are about 13 million people watching baseball on their local RSN… more than just about anything else, including the broadcast networks.
Have you looked at the finances of most European teams? Sure there are a handful of global brands, but outside of them, teams are struggling.
Blackburn Rovers… former premier league champ was recently in League One.
Barcelona is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Players leave South America because paycheck have been known to bounce.
MLS and USL are making money.
Is that REALLY why people go to these games ?
Thats not why I watch the games.
I can't believe you posted that.
I don't do the Apple thing (phones or tablets whatnot either)
However, I was able to make an Apple ID and found a way to watch the MLB Friday night game on Apple. Thankfully.
It an App, not a piece of equipment.
If you can't get the App on your TV, there are boxes that will work ROKU, probably Fire Stick I would imaging.
I didn't have any of those at home, so I logged in on the computer and eventually Casted it to my TV ...
Now that was Baseball, but I gotta thing, IF Apple does get it, the NFL will work much the same way.
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Unless you buy a Roku, yes, to me it is worth the $39 to buy a Roku Stick to not deal with all that casting stuff.
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You mean the losses of subscribers would be worse then it already is….hard to believe.
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Again, making my point, you are letting the few, again only .031% of the New York Metro Area Population watching on average, make the decision on carrying this channel and paying the high price for the many who do not watch it.
I am glad my provider does not carry it, I do not have to pay for a channel and the extra RSN fee for a channel I would never watch, if YTTV did start and carry it with a fee, I would drop them ( the benefit of no contract).
I just checked the RSN fee via DirecTV for the Orlando area, $11.99, that is $143.88 just for the extra fee, I just paid $69 for Extra Innings and ESPN+ ( Center Ice is included) is roughly $5 a month ( discount price bundled with Hulu and Disney ), that is only $129, so less then the extra RSN fee alone, now I get my favorite teams ( Detroit) and do not have to pay for a channel I do not want.
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How do you know since DirecTV does not report numbers, if a inside source, please elaborate.
No..all cable channels have low ratimgs...YES is a very popular cable channel despite how the Yankees disgust me
Anybody who wants high paying premium customers..Dishmart and many streaming providers who cater to lower priced end of the scale are happy with customers looking for the best deal at the best price...obviously both models work..and dishmart does make plenty of money even more without sports..there is room for competition so that all interests are served
- For most people, THAT LIKE SPORTS, the local RSN is the center of their sports viewing and, in many cases, of their viewing. That is me. There is nothing else really on TV of any value at all. Rerun channels, preachers and other axe grinders, commentators on the news (most of which could not pass a basic civics test), pointless middle-school level documentaries (you can get better on YouTube for free and yet better than that from your public library) and melodrama estrogen soaked movies. They could eliminate every non-sports channel in my package and I don't know that I would notice for several weeks. It is a wasteland.
- I am the only one who noticed "moving the goalposts" is a football analogy, in a sub-discussion about soccer? I will just let that go by for a called strike, although it is probably a slam dunk if I commented upon it, just like having a empty net because the goalie is off the ice.
- Juan is correct, as usual. Dishmart and all the streamers are aiming at the low end. They have that market, and it is profitable. Rally's and Golden Corral make money. I get that. But for many others life is not a constant quest to save four cents. And, increasingly, DirecTV is being left with the entire high end (I would call it mainstream (no pun intended) and high ends) for itself.
- Back to the topic. I do not see the NFL announcing this in-season. So if they don't announce a deal by the Fall, it will be next spring.
- I am the only one who noticed "moving the goalposts" is a football analogy, in a sub-discussion about soccer? I will just let that go by for a called strike, although it is probably a slam dunk if I commented upon it, just like having a empty net because the goalie is off the ice.
- Juan is correct, as usual. Dishmart and all the streamers are aiming at the low end. They have that market, and it is profitable. Rally's and Golden Corral make money. I get that. But for many others life is not a constant quest to save four cents. And, increasingly, DirecTV is being left with the entire high end (I would call it mainstream (no pun intended) and high ends) for itself.
- Back to the topic. I do not see the NFL announcing this in-season. So if they don't announce a deal by the Fall, it will be next spring.
AFAIK, only Directstream carries YES aside local cable and Directv. And who is dishmart? Never heard of them.
Well then they definitely don't carry YES. And as I said, only Directvstream carries it as a streaming service.
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