Espn "Flagship" (ESPN may go to 100% streaming)

[Buzz Rules]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...h-subscription-streaming-service/70233888007/

 

[EACarlson]

Story is behind a paywall. Can you give a summary?

 

[Buzz Rules]

Story is behind a paywall. Can you give a summary?

ESPN wants to become 100% streaming in the next few years.

 

[EACarlson]

Depends on price, I'd probably pay up to $10 a month. If they want $20 like my RSN wants, no chance.

 

[Allison]

It helps to give people an idea of what you are asking them to link to so they can decide if they are interested or not.

 

[Buzz Rules]

https://frontofficesports.com/disney-looks-beyond-cable-with-plans-to-stream-espns-flagship-channel/

 

[sam_gordon]

This could be an interesting move. Assuming ESPN gets yanked from cable/satellite providers, will those monthly bills go down? Will it get yanked from the streaming services (HuluLive, Youtube Live, etc) and those bills go down?

It's not surprising, but I would think the monthly subscription cost for ESPN will be fairly high because I don't think (could be wrong) they're going to get as much money for commercials on a pure streaming platform.

 

[sam_gordon]

Story is behind a paywall. Can you give a summary?

I'm not seeing the paywall. The article was free on the USA Today app (I don't pay for a subscription).

 

[kdonnel]

I would love if YouTubeTV dropped all sports channels and dropped the price to reflect the changes.

I expect though that the channels will get dropped and the price will remain the same.

 

[Kennywood]

I stopped watching ESPN when they started inserting political views into their shows and coverage. I don't miss ESPN one bit.

 

[mrs. magoo]

We subscribe to ESPN+ and would continue to subscribe. I chose YouTube tv for its sports coverage so I would be very disappointed if they dropped all the sports channels. There are others I could do without that is why they have so many choices. I would actually love to be able to completely customize my choices as I could eliminate the channels I have no desire to watch.