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Commercials or commercials+subscription. Netflix is the only streamer making money, and their most popular plan is the ad tier. someone has to pay the people running the cameras, manning the equipment, reporting and reading the news and weather. Write the funny comedies, etc. money to pay for all that has to come from *somewhere*. If not commercials or high fees, then where?

Truthfully, it’s turning out that way. while streaming has offered massive accessibility and convenience, cable just “worked” and was simple/straightforward

Byron Allen is making a bid. Warner has too much debt already to be a viable suitor, so while it could happen, Warner is not a financially reasonable choice here

A dedicated streaming service for All Sports Content isn’t a bad idea as it eliminates one question of “which service do I need to watch XXXXX?” In this case, almost everything will be here. Ex: for the NFL you’ll get all the FOX, ABC, and ESPN games in a single app (subject to local broadcast rules as always)

Blame the channels, not the providers. theres a terrific history of ESPN book that explains the origin of the channel (in this case, ESPN) holding their content hostage for a higher royalty rate per subscriber from the cable company the cable companies want to keep their rates low, but are forced to pass along the carriage fees requested from the channels to the consumers. It’s a system that’s worked for decades until the fees became so large that consumers became fed up

Expect commercials with live sports regardless. Can’t fast forward through timeouts or tennis breaks between sets

It will be an add-on for Hulu subscribers, not provided free.

(Also posted in Nerdvana) it’s not an exclusive service. If you have access to ESPN or the other sports channels via other subscriptions, then you won’t need this one. but if you’re looking for sports (like March Madness) and have cut the cord, this is another way to watch TNT/TBS games . interesting that NBC and CBS didn’t participate.

It is poised to have sports networks including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNews, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, and truTV. The new service will air games from the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL), along with NASCAR, PGA Tour Golf, Grand Slam Tennis, and more. Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max users will also get the option to bundle the new service.

FOX, Warner Bros Discovery, and Disney are looking to combine their sports programming under one streaming roof. Subscribers would get access to ESPN, ABC, FOX, TNT, TBS, TruTV, ESPN+, and more. Each company will own 1/3 of the new venture. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-fox-espn-streaming-spots-joint-venture-1235900161/

thought there'd be more gambling-controversy "points shaving" vs "points waxing" comments.

(on the bright side, we can be fairly confident the to-be-announced team won’t be us)

The Philadelphia Eagles will be the host team for the NFL's first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6 — a day after the 2024 season opener

5G Home Internet is only going to be as good as 5G cell service in your area. And a cell connection is never going to be as reliable as a wired connection. Doesn't matter how good the wifi setup is inside the house, it's all about the connection from the router base to the outside signal. As others have said, weather is just one of many variables that could affect things. is it a reasonable good idea? Sure. Will it work for everyone? Possibly, or not.

Do the best you can to get access (either now, or passwords/2FA later) to *all* online accounts and email. You'll be surprised what you might run across that'll unexpectedly require 2FA and you don't have access to the phone/email where msgs would be sent. Worst case, if you just have access to the email you might be able to get things reset. But it'll still be a PITA

Per Shark Tank - there's at least two companies that can convert loved ones into something more practical. a) one of those fake diamonds b) converted to a collection of assorted rocks, for decoration inside the house or in the garden. Perhaps "practical" isn't the right word. "Decorative" certainly isn't. But... something more than sitting in a box.

Morgan on player toughness: "when teams drive up to BoA, they know they're going to be in for a dog fight" don't you mean, "cat fight", from a branding perspective?

he stuck to the prepared written notes

audio sounded fine on the replay

almost would have wanted to be within earshot to hear Nicole rip him a new one when that happened. you know she did.

hopefully the press (and any leaky insiders) will help ensure/confirm that this stays true.

and all the streaming subscriptions (maybe not all active at one time, but they're available). If there's something I want to watch, I have a way to watch it legit. it also helps that some of it is subsidized through work for legit work purposes

Sounds like to Morgan.

People were'nt that concerned with Ads, with TiVo's Ad Skip technology or other DVR usage allowing people to zip through them. Was more about overall carriage fees charged by the Channels being passed to consumers by the cable companies. Non-sports folks didn't like having to pay $13/month for ESPN, a channel they didn't/rarely watched but was required as part of the basic cable package. Consumers wanted more of an a la carte model. But there was too much focus on being able to pick-and-choose-the-channels rather than on the ads/who pays for content conversation.

The only streamer making money is Netflix. Their biggest subscriber base? The lower-cost Netflix+Ads subscription. Prime Video was always an add-on bonus to being a Prime Subscriber. That it started as ad-free is important to note, but nobody subscribed to Prime specifically/only for the Prime Video offering. Similar story: Prime users get a basic version of Amazon Music with a subset of songs... but if you want full Amazon Music access, it'll cost (about) $7/month extra. Compared to how other services have handled price increases, Amazon is taking the correct approach with Video: you're not losing any content by staying with the default plan and we aren't going to change your overall Prime subscription cost. However, if "no commercials" is important, then that's going to cost an additional $X. Amazon could have raised the overall Prime subscription cost, which would have annoyed any Prime subscriber who doesn't take full advantage of Prime Video. They chose a route with least price resistance.