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"...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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Originally posted by Northwestcoug View PostThe article you posted summed that problem up nicely. ESPN is on a bubble, taking their overshare of cable revenue and spending it on overpriced broadcast rights. Once the bottom falls out of cable viewership, the bubble will burst.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
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It's going to be interesting seeing what this 30-year bubble bursting does to player salaries."Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
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Originally posted by Moliere View PostI would pay for it as well, however I'd only watch live games. If I want to see highlights, I go to their website (or app) and watch highlights of games I care about. Gone are the days that I have to sit through 20 minutes of baseball highlights before being able to watch Laker highlights.
I think I would even go for a pay-per-view model for sporting events that I am interested in. Say, for example, BYU lost its ESPN contract and simply changed to watch its football games live using its BYUtv streaming. To supplement the pay-per-view revenue they could also sell ads. BYU seems uniquely position to survive independently when this bubble pops. Other schools may not be so lucky. Their conference contracts may not be renewed by the networks and another round of conference realignments may leave them out in the cold."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Omaha 680 View PostI'm sure supergenius Larry Scott knows the solution to all this.Get confident, stupid
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YouTubeTV just announced that it has added TNT/CNN/TBS, along with their associated networks. I know this was a big hole for people who watch a lot of basketball.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
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Originally posted by falafel View PostYouTubeTV just announced that it has added TNT/CNN/TBS, along with their associated networks. I know this was a big hole for people who watch a lot of basketball."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
- SeattleUte
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Originally posted by falafel View PostYouTubeTV just announced that it has added TNT/CNN/TBS, along with their associated networks. I know this was a big hole for people who watch a lot of basketball.Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
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Originally posted by Donuthole View PostYes it was indeed.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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So, we got tired of adding streaming services and just got basic cable back; we kept Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix, but the rest (e.g. Sling, CBS) are gone. The cable company was so happy, they upped our internet service to 100 mbps for free, not a teaser rate. It was a push with getting rid of those other services. It also doesn't disconnect if the internet goes out. We still have HBO NOW too it was the same price either way."Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
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I hate Comcast. I was paying over $170/month to the Devil. When I called to cancel, the best they could do was $130-something. No thanks. I'm not a gamer, so the $45-80gb lifetime rate I got from CenturyLink will do for me. Yes, I realize one day I'll need more bandwidth, but that's quite a few years off, I think.
I'm playing around with the streaming services to see who we'll stick with. Of course we use Prime and Netflix is included in our family plan with T-Mobile. For now I think we're going with Directv Now for $42.78. It has all the channels the missus likes to watch.
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Originally posted by Bo Diddley View PostI hate Comcast. I was paying over $170/month to the Devil. When I called to cancel, the best they could do was $130-something. No thanks. I'm not a gamer, so the $45-80gb lifetime rate I got from CenturyLink will do for me. Yes, I realize one day I'll need more bandwidth, but that's quite a few years off, I think.
I'm playing around with the streaming services to see who we'll stick with. Of course we use Prime and Netflix is included in our family plan with T-Mobile. For now I think we're going with Directv Now for $42.78. It has all the channels the missus likes to watch.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Update:
We cut the cord almost a year ago now. I upped the monthly limit on our broadband, got HDTV antennas, and tried out Sling. This was on top of already having Netflix and Amazon Prime. Somewhere along the way, we subscribed to HBO, primarily to watch Westworld. We still have it, despite rarely using it now. Mrs. NWC just added MLBTV at the reduced price of 50 bucks, to watch the remaining Red Sox games
Sling is fine, but not great. We paid an extra 5 a month to get ESPNs. Streaming quality is acceptable. I'm happy that we don't have cable anymore; we wasted years of it because kids never watched it. Still, there's just not a lot of watching going on in our house, outside of Netflix. I'll start watching again when season 3 of 'The Man in the High Tower' starts. And we might revisit 'Jack Ryan', just a couple of episodes in now.
I still want to switch to YouTube TV, but it still says it isn't available for my zip code."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
- SeattleUte
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