Tag: ESPN
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ESPN Hits an 11-Year Subscriber Low
2016 was a very bad year for cable TV channels…from a record number of subscriber drops and higher costs to retransmission fights that resulted in 2017 starting with a ton of blacked out local stations. Add it all up and it’s a bad time to own a cable TV network. Now we get a new…
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As Cord Cutting Grows ESPN Hits an 11-Year Low in Viewers
Cord cutting has continued to grow in 2016 and that has resulted in bad news for cable channels. Maybe one of the most impacted has been ESPN. In 2016 ESPN hit an 11-year low in viewers as traffic has been slowly dropping since 2011. What is even more scary for Disney is the fact that…
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After Losing 9 Million Subscribers Calls Are Growing For Disney to Sell ESPN
Last week a story started to spread all over the Internet that Disney should sell ESPN because of falling subscriber numbers. Many of the stories blamed cord cutting for the falling numbers. Although cord cutting is likely a big part of the reason ESPN and other networks are seeing dropping subscriber numbers that does not mean…
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Over 2 Million Cable TV Subscribers Canceled or Downgraded in 2016
2016 has been a great year for cord cutters, and now we are just finding out how great it has been. From new services to a flood of new channels joining Sling TV and PlayStation Vue, the good news for cord cutters keeps coming. We now have a look at just how many people have…
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Over 600,000 Cable Subscribers Canceled or Downgraded in October
2016 is quickly becoming the year of the cord cutter. Pay-TV providers may still have a huge subscriber base but it is shrinking quickly. For the first time in just one month 621,000 subscribers canceled or downgraded their pay-TV service. We get these numbers from Nielsen and really focus on ESPN, which has long been…
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Sling TV Adds ESPN3 Content & SEC Network+ to Their Streaming Apps
Today Sling TV adds ESPN3, a multi-screen digital network with thousands of live sporting events to Sling TV’s Orange service today. This is the first time that ESPN3 is integrated directly within a pay-TV provider’s channel guide. Sling TV also launched SEC Network+, a digital channel for additional SEC Network live events, allowing customers to switch…
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PlayStation Vue Adds The ESPN Goal Line Channel
If you love college football and have PlayStation Vue we have good news for you. PlayStation Vue seems to have added the ESPN Goal Line Channel to their service. ESPN Goal Line brings college football fans all of the big plays every Saturday. Similar to the NFL Network’s NFL RedZone, ESPN Goal Line is a…
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Disney Has Big Plans to Become More Cord Cutting Friendly
Disney’s CEO Bob Iger recently went into great detail about Disney’s plans to reach cord cutters. During their second quarter earnings call Iger talked about everything from their new ESPN streaming service to what they charge for streaming services such as Sling TV. Iger first went into detail about their current deals with services such…
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College Football Just Got Easier for Cord Cutters
This week ESPN announced a new major deal with Campus Insiders to bring more football games to cord cutters. With this deal the 2016 college football season is about to be the easiest ever for cord cutters to watch. The deal allows ESPN3 to stream Conference USA football games. ESPN3 is the digital streaming side…
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ESPN Confirms a New Standalone Streaming Service
The Walt Disney Company today announced that it is acquiring a 33% stake in BAMTech, a leading technology services and video streaming company previously formed by Major League Baseball (MLB). As part of the transaction, BAMTech was separated from MLB’s broader digital business, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM). As part of this deal, BAMTech will become…