Re: [TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Hass
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com wrote (excerpted): Granted, Deadspin isn't the most impartial source... I think Deadspin has shown the reporting chops over the past year that taking this attitude towards them is no longer based in reality. They broke a very

Re: [TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-25 Thread stannc
What they lost, however was the replays of classic games, since each league's own network gas reclaimed those for their own programming. -Stan -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To

Re: [TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-24 Thread stannc
The channel changes page for my local Time Warner affiliate says that they may drop the CBS Sports Channel. Honestly, I couldn't tell you what they have on that channel. Bringing it back to ESPN, how about they sell off some cable real estate and lower my cable rates? Is ESPN Classic still a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
Classic is still in business--since I had to drop down a tier last year, I have no idea what they're doing now. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:36 PM, stannc sta...@gmail.com wrote: The channel changes page for my local Time Warner

Re: [TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On May 24, 2013, at 3:36 PM, stannc wrote: The channel changes page for my local Time Warner affiliate says that they may drop the CBS Sports Channel. Honestly, I couldn't tell you what they have on that channel. I know they carried some football games of whatever conference Syracuse was

Re: [TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mark Jeffries, to stannc: Classic is still in business--since I had to drop down a tier last year, I have no idea what they're doing now. They haven't changed that much... still a gosh-durn big library of events, movies, a few series like *Friday Night Lights*, plenty of documentary

Re: [TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-22 Thread PGage
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.comwrote: Granted, Deadspin isn't the most impartial source, but they claim that a three-digit number of employees are being laid off from the Worldwide Leader as mandated by Disney, presumably to leverage from higher and more

[TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
Granted, Deadspin isn't the most impartial source, but they claim that a three-digit number of employees are being laid off from the Worldwide Leader as mandated by Disney, presumably to leverage from higher and more rights fees (including grabbing all U.S. Open tennis rights)--the technology