ESPN charging $25 per month for their upcoming standalone streaming service will be DOA outside of the occasional NBA or NFL game, I barely watch ESPN now and instead get clips on Youtube youtu.be/q3aFpixcpc0?... - ThreadSky

vicious696.bsky.social • 2 days ago

ESPN charging $25 per month for their upcoming standalone streaming service will be DOA

outside of the occasional NBA or NFL game, I barely watch ESPN now and instead get clips on Youtube

https://youtu.be/q3aFpixcpc0?si=elbddH8V9X5rTMve

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eddievercetti.bsky.social•2 days ago

It'll probably work since ESPN+ is mostly used but I feel they are gonna bundle it with D+/Hulu since they do it already with E+ and give an illusion of savings with that bundle.

Also sports licensing games is really fucking stupid.

ascendantphantom.bsky.social•2 days ago

I feel like ESPN doesn’t have the draw for sports to be exclusive to it anymore with so many streaming services trying to have a piece.

kazimo.bsky.social•2 days ago

vipboxtv. sk

Any sport on the planet for free and without ads.

kloaned.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wouldn't say it is a bad idea, the amount of 50+ year old people I help who pay for 100 dollar premium cable packages just for news and sports is exceptionally high.

Now it would just depend on if this demographic would bother signing up and dropping their cable package in the first place imo.

angrymilkman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sports center used to be awesome and then they kept firing all the anchors I liked.

jimorian.bsky.social•2 days ago

So much yapping about nothing for hour upon hour when there's not an actual game on.

elgrand3r0j0.bsky.social•2 days ago

Miss the days of coming home from high school and putting on PTI and Sporscenter while I did homework

adam407.bsky.social•2 days ago

They wall off a lot of their site content under ESPN+ and it’s all stuff I can get anywhere else for free. Like you’re really going to wall off a Mel Kiper mock draft? Google 2025 mock draft. Tons of options. Ya’ll aren’t special, just divorced from reality. $25 a month is so on brand for them lol.

heythatsmejb.bsky.social•2 days ago

ESPN used to be the default channel when I turned on my TV and I rarely changed it. That was like 20 years ago because their coverage and personalities/takes have become really sad. I miss the Stuart Scott days. RIP

fanciestofcats.bsky.social•2 days ago

Stephen A Smith getting all predictions wrong is not worth $25?

therealburritoman.bsky.social•2 days ago

What if they announce an AI hologram of Stuart Scott?

fenixrisingxl21.bsky.social•2 days ago

How much do they charge for ESPN+?
I would assume the $25 includes both, even though I’d guess most could do without the Plus package.

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