As much as that would make sense, there are minimum penetration requirements in contracts, particularly for ESPN. It's going to take a lot of pain on all sides to change those contracts going forward to make Sports as an extra package entirely.
On Nov 20, 2017 8:14 AM, "Matthew Black" <matthew.bl...@csulb.edu> wrote: > Right now only 25% of cable subscribers watch sports channels like ESPN. > But 100% pay up to $20 a month for ESPN et al. in their monthly > subscription fees. HBO and Showtime subscribers pay for those premium > services. It is well past time for sports enthusiasts to pay for their very > expensive content in a sports premium package. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Luke Guillory > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 3:02 PM > To: Jean-Francois Mezei; nanog@nanog.org > Subject: RE: Broadcast television in an IP world > > This use to be the case. > > While it might lower OPX that surely won't result in lower retrans, will > just be more profit for them. > > We're down as well on video subs, this is 99% due to rising prices. > > This is where it's heading for sure, in the end it will cost more as well > since each will be charging more than the per sub rates we're getting > charge. They'll have to in order to keep revenue the same. > > When ESPN offers an OTT product I have no doubt it will be near the $20 > per month, for 5 channels or so? > > > > Luke Guillory > Vice President – Technology and Innovation > > Tel: 985.536.1212 > Fax: 985.536.0300 > Email: lguill...@reservetele.com > > Reserve Telecommunications > 100 RTC Dr > Reserve, LA 70084 > > ____________________________________________________________ > _____________________________________ > > Disclaimer: > The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for > the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material which should not disseminate, > distribute or be copied. Please notify Luke Guillory immediately by e-mail > if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from > your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or > error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, > arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Luke Guillory therefore does > not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this > message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. . > >
