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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.

haven't been paying a lot of attention to the assistant coach cycle. Has there been any talk of Luke coming back on-board as a defensive film-study consultant or something similar? Don't think he's interested in a full coaching role, but figured team could utilize his strengths in film analysis that wouldn't eat up as much of his fishing time

It's more than others have done.* Seems to be a positive, and recognition by someone in charge aware of needing to win over/back fans. (*cough, vs former player keeping the wrong team image on social for months,cough*)

Lifelong Bucs fan buddy of mine tells me the same.

Illegal subscription services that steal films or TV shows bring in $2 billion a year in ads and their own subscriber fees. These streaming services have cost the economy an estimated $30b in annual revenue, and may have impacted 250,000 jobs. Global impact is estimated to be $71b. Users of the top US sites pay up to $10/month for access. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-24/streaming-service-costs-drive-new-era-of-hollywood-piracy

In David Venable's defense, he seems to be sincerely a Carolina fan - if google search of him supporting the Tarheels is an indicator of where his loyalties lie. So good for him, showing personal support rather than wearing a random team shirt

As seen when flipping past QVC this evening

Ended up not being a huge deal

Hearing "get out of here" from an outsider may not carry the same weight vs hearing it from someone you're familiar with Fingers crossed Dan has the ability to say it --- and Tepper has the humility to finally listen

https://www.si.com/nfl/falcons/news/cam-comeback-mvp-qb-newton-wants-sign-atlanta-falcons

They might still come back, if someone is willing to pay the licensing fee for the name. No idea who owns the legacy content, but there is some value there too. There's a market for smart sports reporting. Unfortunately for SI, that role is currently filled by The Athletic

Peacock isn't the first time a playoff game was pay exclusive. ESPN aired a playoff game as part of the 2015 season. You might remember it -- it was Arizona vs Carolina. Because the game aired on local broadcast, most Panthers fans probably didn't notice. But everyone outside of those markets had to pay that pesky cable ESPN fee to watch. https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/04/espn-nfl-playoffs-tv-nbc-wild-card https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/01/nfl-playoffs-ratings-espn-panthers-cardinals-eighth-most-watched-cable-program-wild-card/ The Panthers’ win ranks as the eighth-most watched program ever on U.S. cable television and the medium’s second-most watched NFL game

In an ongoing battle between ISPs, movie studios, and Reddit -- Reddit is trying to avoid sharing info about users (names, IP addresses, other contact info) who posted commentary related to illegal streaming Both sides have a point. Reddit says that just talking about piracy should fall under protected speech, but the studios say that the conversations lead to piracy and the offenders who tell people how to pirate content need to be taken to court. https://torrentfreak.com/film-companies-and-reddit-clash-again-over-anonymous-piracy-comments-240111/

How many players left us to find success elsewhere? CMC doesn’t count only because he was already awesome when he was with us. but Baker wasn’t great when with us, but look at him now.

23m average viewers. Up to 28m viewed some portion of the game. NBC says it was the highest internet usage day ever, but that detail has yet to be confirmed.