ESPN considering going all in on stand-alone service
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The problem is I would still need to be able to watch FS1 somehow because we usually have games on that
It probably will depend on the number and quality of competitors, If some offer seasonal options and coverage that is comparable to the front-runners, it could be very popular.
Tech is changing so rapidly, no one knows what is in store for the future.
KidSilverhair
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So, let’s see, we want to watch sports on TV, but cable is too expensive. So let’s:
-pay $40 a month for ESPN
-gotta pay for whatever Fox Sports streaming service they come up with
-don‘t forget Apple and Amazon, as they have MLB and NFL (and maybe CFB soon)
-NFL playoff games are now on Peacock, gotta pay for that
-somehow you gotta have access to TNT and TBS, that’s not free
-better get your antenna hooked up for the regular network games
Good golly, Miss Molly, this is getting ridiculous. Perhaps some smart entrepreneur could come up with a service that conglomerates some of the most-watched streaming apps into one sign-up, maybe offering an add-on that option to include extra sports streaming options, perhaps call it a “Sports Pack.”
”Congratulations, my boy, you’ve just invented cable TV, except for streaming.”
”But what if people only sign up for a month or two and then cancel?”
”We’ve thought of that - we’ll require a one-year term, paid up front. Genius, I tell you! Our stockholders will hold parades for us!”
-pay $40 a month for ESPN
-gotta pay for whatever Fox Sports streaming service they come up with
-don‘t forget Apple and Amazon, as they have MLB and NFL (and maybe CFB soon)
-NFL playoff games are now on Peacock, gotta pay for that
-somehow you gotta have access to TNT and TBS, that’s not free
-better get your antenna hooked up for the regular network games
Good golly, Miss Molly, this is getting ridiculous. Perhaps some smart entrepreneur could come up with a service that conglomerates some of the most-watched streaming apps into one sign-up, maybe offering an add-on that option to include extra sports streaming options, perhaps call it a “Sports Pack.”
”Congratulations, my boy, you’ve just invented cable TV, except for streaming.”
”But what if people only sign up for a month or two and then cancel?”
”We’ve thought of that - we’ll require a one-year term, paid up front. Genius, I tell you! Our stockholders will hold parades for us!”
And then I'd have to convince my wife that we needed this on its own merit, rather than convincing her that the streaming service with the best sports package has the best overall channel lineup.
the thing i hate about all these stand alone streaming services is that you don't have the ability to switch back and forth like you do on YTTV.
i don't want to have to go into completely new apps just to switch over to a game.
i don't want to have to go into completely new apps just to switch over to a game.
I mean sure, nobody can predict the future. But who is poised to seriously challenge ESPN?
Guarantee that the ESPN service will be tied into Hulu just like ESPN+. Doesn't help with Fox programming, but at least that is seamless.
I wonder if the NFL will have regrets signing up with YTTV with their Sunday Ticket package? If this goes through, YTTV may be the dying dinosaur much the same way DTV was by the end of the contract. Once live sports leaves the streaming package, what do they have to offer? Everything else can be accessed through on demand services.
I don't think this is a sign of every channel being a single streaming service, satellite tv started out similar and eventually went to essentially the same model as cable. Streaming will be the same. Yttv, Hulu live, etc... Will be the norm.
Not every channel. But you're going to see packages. Disney channels + ABC + ESPN will be a single package. NBC owned channels will be a package, ect. It'll be similar to how things are now with Paramount, Peacock, Hulu. But they're just going to drop their primary channels and run everything through their app and their service. There aren't any 'standalone' channels on streaming anyways. They're all owned by a larger company that has a group of channels.
