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I’ve been predicting the death of RSNs for like five years and they haven’t slowed down. I think at this point all these networks are testing the limits of what the public will pay. As soon as they see a significant dip then they’ll back off.
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MLS made a smart move by lining up all their broadcasting contracts for renegotiation after the 2022 season. When I say ‘all’, I literally mean all - regional, national, and international.
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i remember reading that espn priced separately would come to ~$30/month, so that sounds about right
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Vertical Lime posted:i remember reading that espn priced separately would come to ~$30/month, so that sounds about right I think Bally is fooling themselves if they think their content offering worth 66% of what ESPN is offering. For some people (baseball or basketball or NHL die-hards) it will be, but $20/mo is going to run a lot of people off.
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If not for TMobile’s deal with MLB I don’t know how much baseball I’d watch; the Nationals blackout bubble used to extend all the way to Raleigh, but good luck getting the RSN all the way down there. So so dumb.
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https://twitter.com/mlberrors/status/1408893805684797446 So uh... Wow Chip.
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doesn't he work for the braves lol
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MourningView posted:doesn't he work for the braves lol Yep lmao
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Braves broadcaster who only has his job by virtue of being the son of a beloved cubs broadcaster has to be just behind "the friends and family of Greg Maddux" on the list of people who should never forget that Maddux exists
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MourningView posted:Braves broadcaster who only has his job by virtue of being the son of a beloved cubs broadcaster has to be just behind "the friends and family of Greg Maddux" on the list of people who should never forget that Maddux exists He’s actually the grandson of Harry Caray. He worked for the Cubs for a little bit too.
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How does he even begin to think that that factoid is accurate, regardless of working for the Braves? There have been thousands of major leaguers and there are several common last names ending in X. You don’t need to remember Sandy Koufax, you can just remember that names like Fox and Cox exist.
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Jimmie Foxx and Bobby Cox are both in the loving HOF, not to mention Cox managed the Braves and Greg Maddox for loving ever. God he sucks.
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He could be the first major leaguer named "Hendrix" right? Maybe that's what he meant. Also who cares https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOJ9uNj9EY
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Sports are the only reason I even have or care about live TV, so if I could pay $20-30 a month to watch the Hornets/Canes/Braves and then just drop down to one of the basic streaming packages that has ESPN/Fox/etc. for football, that should save me some money. gently caress paying $65 for YouTube TV when no RSNs are on it, and I certainly won't keep doing that in addition to paying for a separate Bally service.
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RumbleFish posted:Sports are the only reason I even have or care about live TV, so if I could pay $20-30 a month to watch the Hornets/Canes/Braves and then just drop down to one of the basic streaming packages that has ESPN/Fox/etc. for football, that should save me some money. gently caress paying $65 for YouTube TV when no RSNs are on it, and I certainly won't keep doing that in addition to paying for a separate Bally service. Can you still get any of the basic streaming packages for less than $50/mo? What, maybe bottom-tier Sling?
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Bird in a Blender posted:He’s actually the grandson of Harry Caray. He worked for the Cubs for a little bit too. "Little bit?" He was their play-by-play guy for like a decade.
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Does Hawk have a lovely nepotism case failson?
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Bip Roberts posted:Does Hawk have a lovely nepotism case failson? The White Sox had one of his sons in their minor league system for a couple of years, but he was a scrub.
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Timby posted:"Little bit?" He was their play-by-play guy for like a decade. I try not to remember how long he was there.
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Bird in a Blender posted:I try not to remember how long he was there. I just remember Dusty Baker and a bunch of Cubs, notably Kent Mercker and I think Moises Alou, whining about Steve Stone and Chip Caray being too negative on the team. Got to the point that Mercker called the booth from the bullpen, and when Stone was told who was on the line, he said, "Who the gently caress is Kent Mercker?"
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https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1409615524699516929 a world class goal call for Paul Pogba's absolute banger. did not expect the language change at all.
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Bip Roberts posted:Does Hawk have a lovely nepotism case failson? even as someone who liked hawk longer than i should of because nostalgia is a hell of a drug, i would die/kill others to keep benetti and stone in the booth in prepetuity
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the espn package begins with the drafts https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1409628180521000965
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Vertical Lime posted:the espn package begins with the drafts on espn2
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General Dog posted:Can you still get any of the basic streaming packages for less than $50/mo? What, maybe bottom-tier Sling? I admittedly haven't looked in a while, but yeah, I was thinking of Sling. It's annoying, because I absolutely don't want to deal with their equipment and abysmal customer service, but I might legit just go back to cable if I can't cobble together something reasonably affordable with streaming services. It sucks there will never be an a la carte sports plan, because they're the only thing keeping pay TV alive and thus will never get separated out of larger packages.
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the full announcement of espn's hockey personnel https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/1409904963900280842
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Baba Oh Really posted:on espn2 Better than ESPNplus
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Vertical Lime posted:the full announcement of espn's hockey personnel Bring back Gary Thorne, you cock gobblers.
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Gary's like 75 and hockey very badly needs to stop living in 1997
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DJExile posted:Gary's like 75 and hockey very badly needs to stop living in 1997 Hockey needs to keep living in 1997, by which I mean the Detroit Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup
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AsInHowe posted:Hockey needs to keep living in 1997, by which I mean the Detroit Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup  The only thing I really wanted them to keep was the music, which they did so we're good. https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1409908995192672256
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Timby posted:Bring back Gary Thorne, you c-. word choice plz
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AsInHowe posted:Hockey needs to keep living in 1997, by which I mean the Detroit Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup can we cut off on June 12th though
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clean ayers act posted:can we cut off on June 12th though Yeah
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https://twitter.com/SteveGelbs/status/1410018644244013061 this is phenomenal lol
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DJExile posted:Gary's like 75 and hockey very badly needs to stop living in 1997 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4lMzKPQh4Q all lower case font is
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The times has an article on a situation with Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor regarding NBA finals coverage that i had no idea was going on. The TLDR is that apparently Nichols contract had wording in it that made it seem like she was supposed to host the NBA finals, but ESPN decided to give it to Taylor for the 2020 playoffs. Nichols went off while talking to Lebron's agent suggesting that Taylor was getting the job because of "diversity" on the phone but forgot that her camera was on. The video was stored on ESPN servers and an employee sent it around which caused lots of issues as one might imagine. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/sports/basketball/espn-rachel-nichols-maria-taylor.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage quote:Mendelsohn, throughout the conversation, strategized with Nichols about how she should respond to ESPN. “Be careful because that place is a snake pit,” he said. They considered a move that Mendelsohn described as “baller” but “hard to pull off”: telling Pitaro and others that having two women competing over the same job was a sign of ESPN’s wider shortcomings with female employees.
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drat Rachel really Grizzly Manned herself into every black employee hating her.
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