The Feb 23rd episode of The Town podcast with Matt Belloni is worth a listen for a deep dive into this.
I come away wondering how on earth Disney managed to get as much as it did when it was forced to sell the Fox regional sports networks as part of their deal to take over other Fox assets. The writing has surely been on the wall for the regional sports business model for quite some time. And apart from the biggest teams (or at least those with the biggest fanbases), I can't see how going direct to fans will make up the difference. Getting one fan to pay $20 a month to subscribe is very different to getting $1 each from 20 cable subscribers as part of their cable package, 19 of whom never go near the channel, but pay for it anyway. Adam On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 2:16 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > I read an interview with Pirates owner Bob Nutting yesterday. He said > they’ve known about the AT&T Sportsnet problems for about 18 months so they > weren’t surprised at the announcement. > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 8:58 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> AT&T-SN is now planning to liquidate itself, after the teams (a few of >> which hold majorities in their respective ventures) buy back their shares. >> >> >> https://theathletic.com/4250267/2023/02/24/warner-bros-discovery-exits-rsn/ >> (link, >> tho ultimately from the WSJ with help from John Ourand of Sports Business >> Journal) >> >> B >> >> Tom Wolper, Feb 16th, in part: >> >> The reason DSG gives for their financial woes is the drop in revenue due >> to cord cutting. Apparently AT&T Sports Networks are going through similar >> problems as they paid baseball teams less than they were owed recently. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/68eb1b73-749c-4410-b796-3b2c940a2c53n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/68eb1b73-749c-4410-b796-3b2c940a2c53n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGnHoWUTb9E3RgnbnmPOxRfepwE%2BDvpT4eM%2BE3vcPfxjw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGnHoWUTb9E3RgnbnmPOxRfepwE%2BDvpT4eM%2BE3vcPfxjw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBk7Fz9f58F6K0J-7Y4Q%2BHhMq%3D8QptN4cCp39GXP2Jx9A%40mail.gmail.com.
