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ESPN needs way way more than one dollar per month per subscriber for their licensing alone.
by dexterdog 6y ago
ESPN needs way way more than one dollar per month per subscriber for their licensing alone.
- selectodude 6y agoOf course. ESPN is about $10/mo on every single cable bill. Only a third of cable subscribers ever watch ESPN. If I had to pay fair price for it, I’d be spending likely close to $40-50 on ESPN alone. Add that onto ESPN+, BeIN Sports, NBCSN, Fox Sports, etc and I’d absolutely be up near $150 if I actually paid what it cost.
- sircastor 6y agoI recall reading somewhere it was something like $6/subscriber, they highest of any channel, and every subscriber pays to support the channel for those who utilize it.
- dexterdog 6y agoI thought it was more than that, but you may be right. Regardless if it goes a la carte the price would have to be more than double that because at least half of the people would drop it. Their whole business model is based on the forced purchase in partnership with the cable companies and it is absolutely not sustainable for the future.