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Kalli posted:But really, just cutting the chaff from Monday Night Countdown could probably makeup a sizable chunk of those cuts. Yeah, they could easily save a few million just by cutting down the 20-man MNF panel all mugging for TV time every week.
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Kalli posted:Maliciously hoping Barnwell gets let go so he can go rejoin Mays at the Ringer. This is a complaint I have for every NFL pregame show. You don't need 5 ex players on there making corny jokes, using dumbed down lingo, and tossing out softer hot takes to each other. CBS in the 70's/80's had this figured out. -One solid studio guy. (Brent Musburger) who anchors the crew. -One female reporter (Phyllis George) who goes behind the scenes, covers player's day to day lives, goes out in the field, etc. -One ex-player. (Irv Cross) -One degenerate gambler (Jimmy "I said some really horrible racist poo poo" The Greek") Do this for a half hour. Boom. That's all that was ever needed.
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Mar 6, 2017 06:48
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But who would ESPN get to be their horribly racist old man? They already fired Ditka
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AsInHowe posted:But who would ESPN get to be their horribly racist old man? They already fired Ditka Get the Ryan brothers, they'll be ridiculous and crude but entertaining as hell.
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AsInHowe posted:But who would ESPN get to be their horribly racist old man? They already fired Ditka Well guess who'd be coming BACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACK
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Mar 6, 2017 20:21
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Let me sell you on Tylenol Du-Du-Du and booze. It's got that POP!
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Mouth breathing dipshit Clay Travis is yukking it up about ESPN's subscriber losses and saying it's because of their politics; meanwhile he has no explanation for why FS1 lost even more subscribers
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ElwoodCuse posted:Mouth breathing dipshit Clay Travis is yukking it up about ESPN's subscriber losses and saying it's because of their politics; meanwhile he has no explanation for why FS1 lost even more subscribers I think it's safe to say at this point that FS1 as a competitor to ESPN was stillborn. At least NBCSN knows it doesn't have a chance against it.
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iospace posted:I think it's safe to say at this point that FS1 as a competitor to ESPN was stillborn. At least NBCSN knows it doesn't have a chance against it. Y'know what the funny thing is? NBCSN actually added subscribers. Not a ton, mind you, but the fact that they aren't losing them is a victory in and of itself.
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I always figured that ESPN, FS1, and NBCSports were all part of the same sports package on cable. Is there a way for someone to add NBCSN, but drop ESPN and FS1? Or is this a byproduct of NBCSN working there way onto more main cable packages and being less of an add on thing?
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Bird in a Blender posted:I always figured that ESPN, FS1, and NBCSports were all part of the same sports package on cable. Is there a way for someone to add NBCSN, but drop ESPN and FS1? Or is this a byproduct of NBCSN working there way onto more main cable packages and being less of an add on thing? The latter
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Bird in a Blender posted:I always figured that ESPN, FS1, and NBCSports were all part of the same sports package on cable. Is there a way for someone to add NBCSN, but drop ESPN and FS1? Or is this a byproduct of NBCSN working there way onto more main cable packages and being less of an add on thing? On sling I have NBCSN and FS1 but not ESPN but that's probably a fringe case
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Mar 8, 2017 01:11
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People want NBCSN because of the premier league. Only sport without easily accessible digital alternatives, no competitor access, full league at no added cost. You basically get the stupid add-on bundles the other leagues have for free.
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Jackie D posted:On sling I have NBCSN and FS1 but not ESPN but that's probably a fringe case Sling breaks their deal up into two things. One gets your all the fox and all the nbc stuff, the other gets all the disney stuff.
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Mar 8, 2017 01:31
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Basically the parent company will cut a deal for all of their networks and try to leverage the more popular ones to get the lesser ones on the basic packages. NBCS growing in audience is the result of this.
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sportsgenius86 posted:Basically the parent company will cut a deal for all of their networks and try to leverage the more popular ones to get the lesser ones on the basic packages. Turner Sports: "Oh, you guys want TNT for the NBA and March Madness? Well, you have to take this lovely truTV channel that nobody watches outside 2 weeks of the year."
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Benne posted:Turner Sports: "Oh, you guys want TNT for the NBA and March Madness? Well, you have to take this lovely truTV channel that nobody watches outside 2 weeks of the year." Did March Madness on Demand go to needing a cable login? I remember it didn't and was awesome when it first started. Well awesome minus the same four commercials you were forced to watch repeatedly in any break.
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Grittybeard posted:Did March Madness on Demand go to needing a cable login? I remember it didn't and was awesome when it first started. Pretty sure MMOD is free again, they're putting it on like a billion streaming devices this year http://awfulannouncing.com/turner/march-madness-live-app-available-15-digital-platforms.html
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It helps NBCSN that they don't have as high of a carriage fee as ESPN or what FS1 probably wants since they specialize in niche sports
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Benne posted:Pretty sure MMOD is free again, they're putting it on like a billion streaming devices this year http://awfulannouncing.com/turner/march-madness-live-app-available-15-digital-platforms.html They've done the gimmick where whatever games on CBS are free, but anything on Turner needs the cable login. I'd imagine that's the same deal here unless someone says something different.
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Vertical Lime posted:It helps NBCSN that they don't have as high of a carriage fee as ESPN or what FS1 probably wants since they specialize in niche sports Right, ESPN is still charging carriers a little more than six bucks per subscriber per month; FS1 is in the neighborhood of a dollar and NBCSN is like 28 cents.
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My regional fox affiliate decided to significantly increase their price, so my carrier dropped them. I dropped my carrier to pick up a streaming service instead. Should have done this a while back.
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Kibner posted:My regional fox affiliate decided to significantly increase their price, so my carrier dropped them. I dropped my carrier to pick up a streaming service instead. Should have done this a while back. Teams freaking the gently caress out as their RSN contracts expire and no one has the money to re-up over the next year or two is going to be amazing (and both the Astros' and Dodgers' networks are already in trouble, pretty sure FSN Houston defaulted on its payments a year or so ago). Say all the poo poo you want about Roger Goodell, but he had the foresight to sign broadcast and cable contracts that run for-loving-ever because the NFL knew the money wasn't going to be there soon.
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The Dodgers losing a bunch of TV is going to be hilarious/great. They wrote checks they couldn't cash, literally.
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The Astros/Rockets thing was a disaster from the beginning.
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C. Everett Koop posted:They've done the gimmick where whatever games on CBS are free, but anything on Turner needs the cable login. I'd imagine that's the same deal here unless someone says something different. I have a feeling this will be less of an issue than in recent years. With cord-cutters migrating to over-the-top streaming like Sling/Vue/DirecTV Now, the biggest sports players (ESPN, Fox, NBC, Turner) smartly hitched their wagon to those platforms. I just cut off Comcast and moved to Sling a couple months ago, and I'll have zero problem following the tournament because Sling has all the Turner channels. The CBS network proper is a different story, but if it's like you described, hopefully I can still see those games on the MMOD app.
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Mar 8, 2017 07:29
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CBS has listened to reason and cut back the selection show to 90 minutes instead of 2 hours. They also say they'll have the full bracket revealed within the first half of it.
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DJExile posted:CBS has listened to reason and cut back the selection show to 90 minutes instead of 2 hours. They also say they'll have the full bracket revealed within the first half of it. So first half to unveiling, second half over the interesting match ups?
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iospace posted:So first half to unveiling, second half over the interesting match ups? sounds like it, yeah
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Are they still gonna have Barkley give "analysis" like a kid giving a book report who didn't actually read the book
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iospace posted:So first half to unveiling, second half over the interesting match ups? 1st 30 is the unveiling, 2nd 60 is Charles vs. the Touchscreen
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Benne posted:Are they still gonna have Barkley give "analysis" like a kid giving a book report who didn't actually read the book Even his NBA analysis is rapidly declining but he has definitely never watched a complete college basketball game start to finish in his entire life
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Yes, because good luck getting another channel to pick you up. ESPN seems to be about to jettison its Indy coverage, and Fox can't give two fucks. Maybe CBS Sports may, but you'll get even less coverage then. And that's not going into the fact that F1 is more niche than Indy car when it comes to racing fandoms in the US.
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ESPN is breaking in the start of the new NFL calendar year with an eleven-person panel on NFL Insiders. 11 people It's like CNN on both meth and steroids
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Josh Lyman posted:The Dodgers losing a bunch of TV is going to be hilarious/great. They wrote checks they couldn't cash, literally. I know he probably didn't have a lot to do with it but in the Magic Johnson Wars I'll take any weapon I can get.
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Crazy Ted posted:ESPN is breaking in the start of the new NFL calendar year with an eleven-person panel on NFL Insiders. They are gonna fire them one at a time live on air. The viewers will vote on who to fire next and the ratings will be phenomenal. The severance package, less so.
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Crazy Ted posted:ESPN is breaking in the start of the new NFL calendar year with an eleven-person panel on NFL Insiders. I'm convinced they don't even need the different "personalities" and whatnot, people tune in for the yelling over one another. ESPN could just replace them all with overwrought toy poodles yapping hysterically while highlights play and the same audience would, well, lap it up. And now I'm kind of disappointed this isn't actually a thing.
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