ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery are planning a sports streaming platform in the fall

[greentrout]

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans on Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that will include offerings from at least 15 networks and all four major professional sports leagues.

 

>> ESPN, Fox, Warner Brothers Discovery plan to launch new streaming service | AP News

[throttleplate]

buy a vpn and easilly learn how to use sports streaming torrent sites.

[RipzLipz]

Wonder if this will end up being yet another subscription needed to watch whatever sport I watch & pulling more games off of OTA TV?

 

I saw a topic on Pardon The Interruption earlier this week where Big 10 & SEC have formed a joint advisory committee. They speculated this is the beginning of the NCAA being told to go pound sand. If so, I could see this new platform jumping the gun in anticipation of that happening.

 

[TOXIC]

Well, the amount of bellyaching didn’t deter the record sign ups for Peacock when the Chiefs played the Dolphins, as much as I hate it, I can see them monetizing sports. 

[casts_by_fly]

1 hour ago, RipzLipz said:

Wonder if this will end up being yet another subscription needed to watch whatever sport I watch & pulling more games off of OTA TV?

 

I saw a topic on Pardon The Interruption earlier this week where Big 10 & SEC have formed a joint advisory committee. They speculated this is the beginning of the NCAA being told to go pound sand. If so, I could see this new platform jumping the gun in anticipation of that happening.

 

 

True broadcast (aka via antenna) and cable TV will disappear.  I don't want to speculate on the time frame, but having an extra cable box, pay for a cable subscription, and paying for channels that you don't want are all unnecessary.  Everyone has the internet now.  5G boxes that don't even need a hardline are faster than many wired connections.  More and more people are cutting the cord which will have two main effects- cost of service going up for cable keepers (thus incentivising them to cut the cord) and expansion of infrastructure supporting cable-less TV.  Eventually there will be a tipping point that the cable companies will be SOL.  I bet they are close now to that financial tipping point, but will hold on as long as possible.

 

Yes, it will certainly be a subscription service.  Live sports is the only TV that people actually watch 'live' anymore.  Whether you need this new one or not depends on what else you have and what they offer that you want.  

 

As reference, I just priced out a comcast cable package if I were to replace what I get now on Hulu Live plus my addons.  I would be just about $150 a month.  With Hulu live plus Disney and Max (HBO) I am no where close to that number.  Even adding in the cost of netflix and apple TV (which you can't add to a cable package) I'm about the same total cost and getting Netflix and Apple TV.  And I have no cables or boxes to deal with which is a nice small bonus that means if I ever add a TV in another room (or in our case we added outside) I don't need to run cables or manage boxes.  Just hang a TV and plug it in.

[RipzLipz]

@casts_by_fly Not disputing cost savings today. What they will do is spread them across multiple streaming platforms so you’re eventually paying the same prices in time. Already happening with NFL. Streaming prices go up about every year or two.

 

Not "everyone" has internet or is able to access high speed internet with speeds capable of streaming. Farmers around here have to pay ridiculous costs for high speed internet because no fiber exists in rural areas. Plus, there are many seniors who aren’t computer literate & have no need for internet. It’s not the same everywhere in the country. I won’t even get into reduced picture quality or other technical aspects like internet goes down, no TV.

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I still use regular TV via satellite (direct TV).  I have a bundle with my high speed internet to save money each month.

 

Streaming is not good for live sports, especially faster paced ones like football and ice hockey.  I've become so frustrated with Amazon Prime TNF that I completely gave up on even trying to watch it.  Its choppy, blurry, and freezes a lot.  And it has nothing to do with my connection rate or bandwith because I have the fastest rate possible, 1 GB/second.  Nothing else I watch online does it either.

 

I've priced out streaming services for what I would like and it comes to about $10 less than what I pay now for Direct TV and Centurylink high speed.  Not worth it.  I get all the local sports on Bally's Sports North here too, which I watch a lot.

 

I used to get NFL Sunday Ticket for free when Direct TV carried it.  Youtube TV can go kick rocks.  This year I have NHL Center Ice for free instead.

 

Peacock having exclusive rights to a playoff game is dumb.  I have NBC.  Put it on that channel and increase your audience.

[Tennessee Boy]

I cut the cable years ago and use an antenna in the attic and a TiVo DVR and get more than I can consume for free…. until fall when I need my college football.  I subscribe to a streaming service every fall which I never even use.  That gives me access to the ESPN app to stream games to my Apple TV box.  If another option comes around this fall,  I’m all for it.

[casts_by_fly]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

Streaming is not good for live sports, especially faster paced ones like football and ice hockey.  I've become so frustrated with Amazon Prime TNF that I completely gave up on even trying to watch it.  Its choppy, blurry, and freezes a lot.  And it has nothing to do with my connection rate or bandwith because I have the fastest rate possible, 1 GB/second.  Nothing else I watch online does it either.

 

I don't have the same picture issues with streaming sports.  I'm only on a 500 mbps line and we can stream two TVs of football games on big TVs without a problem (often while kids are watching Disney inside).  Prime is one of the better ones actually.  What app/device are you streaming them on?  I'm using the streamers app directly on a samsung smart TV.  A Roku plugin will be slower and buggier in my experience.  

 

[TnRiver46]

I just listen to sports on the radio, don’t miss my TV at all, especially the $200 monthly bill 

[MN Fisher]

I don't do sports other than fishing - Pluto TV is free, streams over the internet and has lots of shows and movies.

 

Also run Paramount Plus when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is showing...cancel when the season is over, restart when the next season begins.

[Tennessee Boy]

I’ve been following the progress on this service as college football will be starting soon.  I was disappointed to find out that a court has blocked its launch on antitrust concerns. The service was to be called Venu Sports.

 

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2024/aug/16/judge-blocks-plans-for-sports-joint-streaming-vent/