Tag: ESPN
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ESPN Lost Over 4 Million Subscribers in One Year as Cord Cutting Grows
Cord Cutting is growing far faster than cable companies want you to believe. ESPN, one of the main reasons people pay for cable TV, is feeling the pain of the cord cutting movement. In July of 2016 ESPN had 88.781 million subscribers, down approximately 4 million from July of 2015 when they had 92.940 million subscribers. The…
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ESPN is About to Make Sports More Cord-Cutting Friendly
Sports has long been one of the main reasons people stick with cable. Your favorite shows may be something you can wait until tomorrow for, but live events, such as sports, are something people watch as they happen. Last week, Disney, the parent company of ESPN, bought a 1/3 stake in MLBAM, the backbone of…
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ESPN May Be Releasing a Standalone Streaming Service Soon…
Sports is one of the top reasons people are hesitant to cut the cord. Shows, such as the Walking Dead and Better Call Saul, are just as good the next day, but live events, such as sports, are something many cord cutters understandably want live. Last summer a Disney executive who oversees ESPN talked about the…
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ESPN Is Struggling in the Face of Cord Cutting
It was recently reported that ESPN was losing over 10,000 subscribers every day, and now it looks like ESPN is feeling the pain of cord cutting. Over the last year ESPN has been axing staff and content from their main ESPN networks. Now it has been reported that ESPN has cut all studio shows for…
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ESPN’s Subscriber Count Is Dropping Like a Rock…
ESPN is having a tough year when it comes to subscribers. Yup ESPN, often seen as a bellwether for how cable is doing, is down big on subscribers. According to 2016 Nielsen data ESPN lost over 1.5 million subscribers in just four months and over the last three years ESPN lost over 10 million subscribers.…
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How to Watch the 2016 NFL Draft Without Cable
The NFL Draft is here again! The best part is cord cutters can now watch every pick legally with Sing TV or PlayStation Vue. Both services carry ESPN allowing you to watch the NFL draft this year. Now if you only want to watch the draft and that is the only reason you would subscribe we suggest…
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Sony Vue Adds Disney, ESPN & Cuts Price
Sony Vue is an online streaming service only available in select markets that allows you to have a cable-like experience, including local channels, online. The service has failed to really catch on with many cord cutters mostly because of the $50 a month starting price and the limited channel lineup for that price. Now Sony…
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The Cord Cutting Show Episode 40 – Proxies, ESPN, Netflix, TWC, and More!
Episode #40 of The Cord Cutting Show is now online! AFTVnews and Cord Cutters News have teamed up to bring you a weekly podcast about cord cutting. You can find us on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cordcutterss-podcast/id986117164 Or you can subscribe with our RSS feed here: http://cordcutters.libsyn.com/rss You can download the MP3 of the podcast here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/cordcutters/CCSEpisode40.mp3…
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ESPN Is “Satisfied” with Sling TV Deal & Has Talked to Apple About a Streaming Service
This week John Skipper, the president of ESPN, sat down with the Wall Street Journal to talk about ESPN. The conversation quickly turned to all things cord cutting from the new Apple TV to their deal with Sling TV and then to the state of ESPN overall. The Apple TV and Apple streaming service came…
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How to Watch the College Football Playoffs on Roku, Fire TV, and Chromecast
The second annual College Football Playoffs are December 31. You can watch Oklahoma vs. Clemson at 4 PM Eastern and Michigan State vs. Alabama at 8 PM Eastern. The best part is you can now legally watch them as a cord cutter. The College Football Playoffs will air on ESPN, which is now available to…