How will sports viewing options have changed by 2020?

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The rise of Slingbox, independent viewing subscriptions like HBO / Hulu, means that the dam is about to burst for ESPN....

They out here charging $6/ subscriber in cable packages while most other companies are happy to charge $1.50 at the most...

Here are the ten most expensive cable channels according to SNL Kagan:

1. ESPN $6.61
2. TNT $1.65
3. Disney Channel $1.34
4. NFL Network $1.31
5. Fox News $1.12
6. USA Network $1.00
7. FS1 $0.99
8. TBS $0.85
9. ESPN2 $0.83
10. Nickelodeon $0.73

So if people start cord cutting -- the catch all term for individuals who decide they'd rather not pay for a cable or satellite subscription -- ESPN has by far the most to lose of any channel in the country.
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They have the most to lose, thats why these big budget cuts are already underway....:hamster:

Everyone already knows that, but i dont see people discussing the snowball effect this could start.

leagues like the NBA and NFL are counting big time on those ESPN revenues / advertising contracts to keep their leagues going....

Where do you think, for instance, most of the money is coming from to pay these sky high new NBA salaries? The NBA's new television deal. Player salaries in pro sports are directly connected to the potential bubble of television rights. What happens if television rights fees, which may well have been artificially inflated by ESPN's artificially inflated bubble of rights purchases, stagnate? Player salaries won't increase much, if at all. What about team revenue for the channels they own? How many teams could survive in pro sports if their television money suddenly declined by 25%?
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All these organizations about to suffer as more and more people stop subscribing to cable.:ohhh:

75% of people out there dont really watch sports...so where does that leave fans like us?

SPN is starting to behave like a company that bought a ton of sub prime mortgages and just realized the danger on its books. Bill Simmons and his high salary is gone, Keith Olbermann and his salary is gone as well, so too is the fancy New York City TV studio. Remember the much ballyhooed announcement of Mike and Mike's radio station move to New York City? Canceled just a couple of months after it was officially announced. That suggests the drop in revenue has caught ESPN by surprise. Reports are that ESPN has to cut $400 million out of the budget over the next two years.
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I dont want to go to a bar in 2020 and have em say "we dont pay for the channels anymore":yeshrug:On the other hand, having to subscribe to an app to see a game might be convinient. I dont watch all the other channels on tv anyhow:ehh:

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo.../is-espn-a-giant-bubble-about-to-burst-071215

Also i apologize for linking to clay travis but he brings up a point.
 
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Well the NBA is already going to the European soccer route with the sponsors on jerseys. Practice jerseys or warm up ones could have another sponsor. Then again european soccer clubs run them selves. The nba is running together. So not sure how it would work extactly
 
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Unless the standard broadband in this country is heavily upgraded while lowering in average cost, TV is still going to be the best medium to watch live sports. I don't see that changing by 2020.
 
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