That's true, but I wasn't talking about team ownership.You make this too easy. Ever hear of Josh Harris? He founded Apollo Management. He now owns the Washington Commanders.
Group led by Josh Harris finalizes deal to buy Commanders
A group led by Josh Harris has finalized a deal to buy the Commanders from Dan and Tanya Snyder for what sources told ESPN is a record $6.05 billion. It is subject to NFL approval.www.espn.com
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One of the Biggest Cable Companies Says Cable TV Isn’t Working / Can ESPN Survive?
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The NFL itself is owned by the teams.
Disney and Charter finally end their cable TV fight—with Charter getting the streaming services it wanted
Disney and Charter finally end their cable TV fight—with Charter getting the streaming services it wanted
The House of Mouse and cable giant Charter’s “transformative” agreement will provide one of the first cable and streaming combo bundles.
In the "wholesale agreement," Charter received its main request: free access to Disney’s streaming services for its customers. Charter cable customers will now have access to the ad-supported versions of Disney+ and ESPN+, according to the announcement. The financial terms of the agreement were not released.
Don’t we think other cable operators will ask for this ASAP? Similarly, will ad supported versions of Paramount Plus and Peacock end up on cable systems? The striking omission from Charter’s deal is the ad supported Hulu
Don’t we think other cable operators will ask for this ASAP? Similarly, will ad supported versions of Paramount Plus and Peacock end up on cable systems? The striking omission from Charter’s deal is the ad supported Hulu
I agree with your other points. I think Hulu was left out because it's not yet 100% owned by Disney.
Keep in mind that Comcast owns NBCUniversal. Until just a few months ago, Comcast customers received Peacock Premium free of charge for about 3 years - I know we used it extensively during the past 2 Olympic games to stream games and contests we were interested in. Now Xfinity X1 customers can get a selection of NBC programs but if you want either level of Peacock, you must subscribe and pay for it. At the time they first cancelled the free offering, X1 customers could get Peacock at a discounted rate for a year. If you were a premium level Comcast subscriber, you could still get Peacock free.
corus is a whole notta ballgame
I've admittedly not been able to watch any football yet this season, college or pro, due to scheduling conflicts. Also, I know how contracts for carriage work, but I still find it pretty shocking that, throughout the day today there are several games throughout the NFL and yet ESPN isn't carrying a single one. If I'm not mistaken, games begin at 1 PM, 4 PM, 8 PM and if there are contests on the west coast, they start even later. Yet when I look at ESPN's programming schedule today, I see women's college volleyball matches at 1 PM and 3 PM then primarily docuprogramming and SportsCenter through the wee hours. On ESPN2 it's documentary type programming, boxing, UFC, X Games and other programming. No NFL football to speak of.
Is this a case of "My How Far ESPN has Fallen"??
Is this a case of "My How Far ESPN has Fallen"??
No, it's a case of "The NFL requires all Sunday afternoon games to be on broadcast networks." In the early 1950s, it was regionial networks, mostly on Dumont. Then it was the NFL/NFC on CBS and the AFL/AFC on NBC, with its first few years on ABC. Now, it's CBS and Fox. ESPN has never been in that picture.
What you're missing is the Sunday morning game, Atlanta @ Jacksonville in London, on ESPN+
ESPN has a game this morning from Europe on ESPN+ (pay provider)
ESPN carries Monday night football and has for years.
Yeah, but that's a paid subscription service, separate from what I'm already paying for the ESPN networks via my cable bill. This snippet below is from one of the articles linked to previously in this RD thread:
So I'm paying $120/year to get ESPN through my cable provider (which adds up to more than $1Bn/year to ESPN considering the amount of people paying the $9/month through their cable/satellite providers), to get crap, 2nd and 3rd tier programming (documentaries, women's college volleyball and X Games coverage) throughout the full day on a Sunday when there are both NFL and MLB games happening throughout those leagues. There outta be a law! Lol
Correct. A lot of the MLB and NHL games are only available that way. Or through various paid packages directly from those leagues. It's really all heading towards a paid streaming model rather than the networks or ESPN.
Congress looked into it. As pointed out, there was congressional action about the NFL and networks:
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