Bloomberg reports that the plan would be to flip Fuel to this new channel. Since News Corp already has a boatload of rights from networks they own (Big Ten Network, Speed, Fox Soccer Channel), they seem to be able to ramp up the content quickly.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-28/news-corp-said-to-plan-u-s-sports-network-to-rival-espn.html This means all four broadcast nets will have their own sports channels, which should provide more fuel for TV rights contracts and push more sports deeper into the channel numbers on the assumption that fans will pay any price to watch their teams, which alienates any idea of building a fan base who can never see the damn games. Meanwhile, the small group of fans who would gladly pay the teams directly to watch their local teams online are screwed because that sweet TV money locks out local fans. Professional sports in this country as they exist now can't die soon enough. -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
