Tag: ESPN
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How to Watch College Basketball as a Cord Cutter
Sports is always a big concern when canceling cable, but it is easier than ever to watch sports now. With Sling TV and CBS College Sports live you get legal access to over 100s of live college sports events every week. Sling TV Sling TV gives you access to all the ESPN channels for the…
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ESPN Is in Trouble and It’s All Because of Cord Cutters
ESPN is struggling because their subscribership is dropping as people cut cable or cut back on subscriptions. Five million fewer people subscribe to cable than did just five years ago. Back in October 2015 ESPN had to lay off several hundred people, totaling 4% of their staff, because of high costs and fewer people subscribing…
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How Cord Cutters Can Watch College Football
American Football is back as college football is underway around the United States. This year more than ever cord cutters have great options to stream a ton of great college football legally! Here is how you can stream college football on your Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV! Sling TV/ESPN The first thing you need…
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Why A La Carte, or Standalone, ESPN Will NOT Cost $36 a Month
The cable TV scare machine has been working overtime telling cable subscribers that the expected ESPN standalone service will cost over $36 a month! Clearly these reports are meant to scare cable subscribers into staying with their cable service So let’s look at why this won’t happen and why it will cost $10 or less…
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July 27, 2015: The Day Cable TV As We Know It Died… ESPN Plans Standalone Service…
In what should go down as a day everyone will remember Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC’s Squawk Box that EPSN will one day be sold straight to consumers. While no dates or details have been set, this move will be the death of cable TV as we know it. Sports is the number one…
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ESPN Launches Cord Cutting Friendly, Black Out Free, Subscription Service – For Cricket
This is something all cord cutters have been asking for, a cord cutting friendly, blackout free, subscription service from ESPN. The downside is you have to be a Cricket World Cup fan to really to enjoy it right now. (Now also available on the Roku.) This is a step in the right direction for cord…
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Sling TV Announces The Sports Extra Package Line Up
Great news for sports fans some of your favorite sports channels are coming to Sling TV! From their FAQ: Sports Extra (coming soon!) – Networks include: SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN Buzzer Beater, ESPN Goal Line, ESPN Bases Loaded, Univision Deportes, Universal Sports, and beIN Sports No word currently on a price for the Sports…
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ESPN Dispels The Idea That Online Distribution Cannibalize Television
ESPN recently dumped a lot of data on its investors to fight back against arguments that they are struggling against cord cutting and new competition. The numbers show ESPN should be financially stable through 2016. Even though they are quick to point out that cord cutting is not hurting their market they are wary of talking…
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NFL Games To Stay On Free OTA TV
The new head of the NFL Network announced there are no plans to move NFL games away from free over the air TV. “We have built a very good thing here by making NFL football available to as many people as possible,” Rolapp said. “I don’t see free TV going away.” Even though Monday Night football…