The interesting thing here will be to see how much all this costs. Because I suspect it'll be fairly pricey.
I can't see it being much less than $50 a month, considering the numbers floating around for ESPN on its own were around $30-35. I believe that Bleacher Report is going to be a $9.99 upcost on Max when they start charging for it. The thing is that sports rights are a fixed cost, so there must be lots of price modelling going on to work out how many people would subscribe at various prices - x million at $30, y million at $40, z million at $50. But if the maths don't work, then the price is wrong. Would $49.99 be an attractive price to cord cutters? Assuming it's everything the three players have to offer. And any extra channels that get added to the mix will surely drive this price up. And adding in RSNs would surely be insanely complicated to factor in. By way of comparison, in the UK, if I want Sky Sports channels as a standalone streaming offer, it costs £34.99 a month ($44.10 tax inclusive). But that doesn't include rival TNT Sports who have some Premier League games and Champions League games as well as plenty other sports. Standalone, that costs another £30.99 ($39 tax inclusive) for a Discovery+ Premium package. That gets you most, but not all sports. And while there are packages available on various platforms to reduce this cost, it gives you a good idea of what you might have to pay. I'm guessing that CBS isn't part of this at the moment because their parent company is essentially up for sale. Maybe jumping into this plan might complicate a potential sale down the line since the new owner might have their own plan for company's sports rights. Adam On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 10:39 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> wrote: > It also doesn't appear to include local MLB, NBA, and NHL broadcasts > (aside from out-of-market NHL broadcasts that are already available on > ESPN+). If they could get the in-market streaming rights to those -- which > would involve negotiations with the teams and the current rights holders, > e.g., Bally Sports in some areas -- it would be a definite cable killer. > > On Feb 6, 2024, at 2:04 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As you've probably figured out, this doesn't include--as of now--CBS' NFL > and NCAA coverage. > > On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 4:00:46 PM UTC-6 Mark Jeffries wrote: > >> The service, to come in the fall, will have MLB (except the AppleTV+ and >> Peacock packages), NFL (except Sunday Night Football), NBA and NHL games, >> along with a ton of college games (including the NCAA men's and women's >> basketball tourneys) and whatever else the Worldwide Leader can throw >> in--no name, launch date or pricing announced: >> >> >> https://www.thewrap.com/fox-warner-bros-discovery-disney-sports-streaming-joint-venture/ >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/128e7ee9-3da1-408c-8117-bdeefa7df95cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/128e7ee9-3da1-408c-8117-bdeefa7df95cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/B22FB8E3-DA65-4A2A-B0FD-00AB2EB3A70C%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/B22FB8E3-DA65-4A2A-B0FD-00AB2EB3A70C%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGA_oY7eOjk%3DvbgA3%3Du_x3UN2P5A4Xo4QAgq9z5hbY0mdQ%40mail.gmail.com.
