(02-14-2018 08:14 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  

(02-14-2018 05:09 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-14-2018 10:15 AM)orangefan Wrote:  This is the first announcement that actually reveals some of ESPN's vision for this new service, and I'm impressed. FWIW, soccer on television has substantially better demographics than any other major team sport, even basketball. This aligns nicely with the demographic of those most likely to rely on streaming as their major viewing platform.

Some predictions for other possible programming:
- An NBA out of market game of the day similar to Yahoo!'s package with the NHL and MLB.
- More soccer, probably international leagues like Mexico and Italy.
- International sports with small but devoted followings like cricket and rugby.

They have already said non-P5 college sports will part of the package.

Makes sense since the ACC, P12, B10 and SEC streams their non revenue sports. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. I know I enjoyed catching App State and other G5 football games on ESPN3 but I certainly would not pay extra to watch these teams.

Sports streamed on ESPN+ are explicitly things that are not available on the ESPN cable channels. That doesn't mean that a CUSA/MAC game not picked up by one of the ESPN channels would be on ESPN+; it would end up on ESPN3(WatchESPN), thus requiring a cable subscription. No FBS football, probably little if any FCS football, or basketball games of note will be on the app. This clearly seems to be an app targeting sports that would ben on The Ocho.