(08-27-2014 10:37 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  To me, the biggest threat to the long-term profitability of Sunday Ticket is that its own creation of the Red Zone Channel is cannibalizing interest. The Red Zone Channel is so well-produced that it can make having the full Sunday Ticket slate superfluous.

It's a problem for DirecTV, too, once fans realize that they can get RedZone from other cable/satellite carriers. RedZone is so good that you not only don't "need" Sunday Ticket, it's more enjoyable to watch than Sunday Ticket.

RedZone is like a TV golf telecast, where the telecast constantly switches from one golfer to another in order to show the viewer as many important/interesting shots as possible. Sunday Ticket is like having one channel devoted to each golfer's round and you have to keep changing channels to see how any of the other golfers are doing.