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On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > Jimmy Traina, the media columnist for Sports Illustrated, breaks down the > deal for what it means to NFL fans. He notes that as the deal needs to go > through government regulators, nothing will change for the upcoming pay no > attention to the URL. > > https://www.si.com/nfl/shedeur-sanders-deion-sanders-brown-practice > > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> WWE fans are, unsurprisingly, not happy about this move, largely because, >> over the last $15 years, WWE has conditioned their fans to expect value - >> first by heavily promoting a $9.99 price point for the OTT WWE Network, >> then by moving to Peacock's $5.99 tier (which, if you're a Kabletown >> customer, meant you were getting it for free). If we were coming straight >> from traditional PPV to the ESPN streamer, the move might not be going over >> as poorly (since monthly PPVs were ~$60 pre-Network), but we're well and >> truly beyond that point. >> >> They've shot themselves in the foot by telling US customers that not only >> do you have to pay 3x more to get less content, but you ALSO have to have a >> Netflix subscription, live OTA TV or the CW app, and a basic cable or >> Peacock subscription if you want to continue watching all of the weekly >> programming. And the cherry on this bullshit sundae is that this only >> applies domestically - because WWE already consolidated their international >> rights with Netflix - which means WWE is giving a Stone Cold Salute (IYKYK) >> to its US fanbase. >> >> There are going to be a lot of fans signing up for VPNs or abandoning the >> product altogether. And Tony Khan and AEW must be absolutely salivating at >> that prospect. >> >> On Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 12:06:35 PM UTC-4 Mark Jeffries wrote: >> >>> It will be known as just ESPN (what else?), will be $29.99 a month and >>> has announced that they will be taking over the WWE pay-per-view events >>> that had been on Peacock--this is an addition to the NFL buying 10% of ESPN >>> and putting the NFL Network and NFL RedZone under the Worldwide Leader's >>> supervision (and will be a strain on "SportsCenter" doing any sort of >>> straightforward reporting on anything negative about the NFL): >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/wwe-events-espn-streaming-service-launch-date-1236338276/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Today+In+Entertainment+August+6+2025&utm_content=625000_8-6-2025&utm_id=625000 >>> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/21e023ae-aaee-4b4f-a76c-36f1cb3bdac1n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/21e023ae-aaee-4b4f-a76c-36f1cb3bdac1n%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF5ZqHr1-VYTX7-q1-iWnYyYhKi9pstdkNkBB8BLgrxSw%40mail.gmail.com.
