(03-21-2017 09:11 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 09:03 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Thing is, though, it's not like ESPN has actually been losing money. The equity markets got all bent out of shape because profits have dropped, not because ESPN has actually suffered losses. So if this forecast is correct, ESPN will have corrected itself long before it actually was hit by a train.

Quite right.

It was mainly cord-cutters/ala carte zealots dancing in the streets every time ESPN announced a decline in subscribers.


My train comment was more aimed at cable and sat companies. If they had gone for the $25/35/45 type model, instead of sticking to the bloated $80/100+ type models, the whole internet streaming TV thing might've never happened in the first place.

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

Greed rules, until greed kills the golden goose.

Pick your saying: Cable and satellite companies got too fat, greedy and complacent.

The bloated scam of bundling of stations and forcing people to pay for what they don't want can't last forever.

Now, they may become obsolete.