Sources: ESPN is laying the groundwork to offer its TV channel as a subscription streaming service by securing flexibility in league and cable provider deals
essentially a private sector income tax on almost every household, divided generously among media cos. Bye! https://www.wsj.com/... Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers : Massive and long-anticipated development that will dramatically accelerate and exacerbate decline of linear television. But as I've reported in the past, there is a timeline for when the change will happen: within next 5 years, at the very latest. >> https://twitter.com/... Harold R. Kuntz / @haroldrkuntz3 : The future (and many the present) is buying all the subscriptions you want... the problem, once all those prices go up, to make up for all the cable $ flow, the subscription bill will = cable bill. They'll get you either way. https://twitter.com/... Joe Flint / @jbflint : If/when ESPN goes over the top, they will no longer be able to hide the rate increases the way they do in the bundle. That new NBA deal will be immediately clear to subscribers that they are picking up the tab, etc. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : Streaming breaks the bundle. The move to streaming puts a premium on managing the customer relationships with modern data science-based CLV tools. Customers regain optionality on their media spending. Multi-channel distribution is essential for media. https://www.wsj.com/... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Watch this space. It's a very big deal by a brand eponymous with modern sports reconfirmed in every major new distribution channel (cable, web, radio, satellite, mobile, et al). https://www.wsj.com/... @tvanswerman : Let me know when the bricks show up. https://twitter.com/... Michael / @mparekh : Big deal for #Cable vs #Streaming: “#ESPN is laying the foundation for selling its main #TV channel directly to consumers as a subscription streaming service, working under the internal codename “Flagship"". #Tech #Media #Markets https://www.wsj.com/... Karsten Weide / @karstenw : When live sports is the one thing that keeps cable going, and one of the most important sports channels says they're switching to a streaming world, you know the final collapse of cable is close. @bobiger @espn @Disney https://www.wsj.com/... Tim Cohn / @timcohn : ESPN is laying the foundation for selling its main TV channel directly to consumers as a subscription streaming service, working under the internal codename “Flagship” https://www.wsj.com/... Jessica Toonkel / @jtoonkel : SCOOP: it's happening!! ESPN is laying the foundation for selling its main TV channel directly to consumers as a subscription streaming service, working under the internal codename ‘Flagship’@bysarahkrouse $DIS #streamingwars https://www.wsj.com/...
RIP Cable TV. You were the best business model in the history of media—essentially a private sector income tax on almost every household, divided generously among media cos. Bye! https://www.wsj.com/...
Massive and long-anticipated development that will dramatically accelerate and exacerbate decline of linear television. But as I've reported in the past, there is a timeline for when the change will happen: within next 5 years, at the very latest. >> https://twitter.com/...
The future (and many the present) is buying all the subscriptions you want... the problem, once all those prices go up, to make up for all the cable $ flow, the subscription bill will = cable bill. They'll get you either way. https://twitter.com/...
If/when ESPN goes over the top, they will no longer be able to hide the rate increases the way they do in the bundle. That new NBA deal will be immediately clear to subscribers that they are picking up the tab, etc. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Streaming breaks the bundle. The move to streaming puts a premium on managing the customer relationships with modern data science-based CLV tools. Customers regain optionality on their media spending. Multi-channel distribution is essential for media. https://www.wsj.com/...
Watch this space. It's a very big deal by a brand eponymous with modern sports reconfirmed in every major new distribution channel (cable, web, radio, satellite, mobile, et al). https://www.wsj.com/...
Big deal for #Cable vs #Streaming: “#ESPN is laying the foundation for selling its main #TV channel directly to consumers as a subscription streaming service, working under the internal codename “Flagship"". #Tech #Media #Markets https://www.wsj.com/...
When live sports is the one thing that keeps cable going, and one of the most important sports channels says they're switching to a streaming world, you know the final collapse of cable is close. @bobiger @espn @Disney https://www.wsj.com/...
ESPN is laying the foundation for selling its main TV channel directly to consumers as a subscription streaming service, working under the internal codename “Flagship” https://www.wsj.com/...
SCOOP: it's happening!! ESPN is laying the foundation for selling its main TV channel directly to consumers as a subscription streaming service, working under the internal codename ‘Flagship’@bysarahkrouse $DIS #streamingwars https://www.wsj.com/...