>The biggest business story in American sports this fall isn't the declining NFL ratings or anything that's happening on the field, court, or ice, it's the collapse in ESPN subscribers, which reflect a larger trend in the collapse of cable subscribers in general.
>Yesterday Nielsen announced its subscriber numbers for November 2016 and those numbers were the worst in the history of ESPN's existence as a cable company -- the worldwide leader in sports lost 621,000 cable subscribers. That's the most subscribers ESPN has ever lost in a month according to Nielsen estimates and it represents a terrifying and troubling trend for the company, an acceleration of subscriber loss that represents a doubling of the average losses over the past couple of years, when ESPN has been losing in the neighborhood of 300,000 subscribers a month.
>These 621,000 lost subscribers in the past month alone lead to a drop in revenue of over $52 million and continue the alarming subscriber decline at ESPN. Couple these subscriber declines with a 24% drop in Monday Night Football ratings this fall, the crown jewel of ESPN programming, and it's fair to call October of 2016 the worst month in ESPN's history. But this isn't just a story about ESPN, the rapid decline in cable subscribers is hitting every channel, sports and otherwise. It just impacts ESPN the most because ESPN costs every cable and satellite subscriber roughly $7 a month, over triple the next most expensive cable channel.
Less social justice, less lebatard, less Michelle Beadle, less bomani, less anthem protests, less ratings coverage
more sports.
Ayden Edwards
>outkick the coverage
Clay Travis works for Fox Sports who barely averages 100k viewers on any given show.
Nathaniel Brooks
Don't, just let it die and move toward streaming games
Nolan Foster
There are too many sports "journalists" and commentators anyway. They should just focus on showing more sports and fire half their staff.
Dylan Nelson
>less Michelle Beadle
Mason Lee
lmaoing at you're life
Gavin Watson
she is legitimately mildly retarded, lad. if that's your thing then by all means waifu her.
Dylan Russell
More Papi. Make HH 3 hours long and make /hhg/ great again
Grayson Sanders
They just need to plow through it and keep on talking about white racism in the NBA. The viewers just don't know what they really want yet
Andrew Evans
Why not come back with prank calls on Papi on Dan Le Batard Show?
Jace Jackson
they should get two of the best anchors they have left and reboot sportscenter as a show that - wait for it - plays sports highlights and discusses what's actually happened on the court/field/murder rink/etc.
also close the LA studio, tell the NFL and NBA to fuck off with their enormous demands for tv contracts because they are unsustainable and the coming market correction will show it.
Leo Murphy
>literally, unironically consoling the country on a live """"sports"""" broadcast.
Jayden King
people aren't specifically removing ESPN.
Evan Williams
Shut the fuck up about social and political issues and talk about sports. I'll watch NFL or MLB network now because they actually talk about their respective fucking sports instead of having to listen to who is sitting down during the anthem or why voting for Trump was a bad idea. They need to hire some sort of janitor here to ban Sup Forums topics.
Parker Baker
Meanwhile, BeIn Sports Español gained about 200,000 subscribers. The latinos have spoken. More Real/Barca/Atleti, less SJW shit.
Mason Bell
Fucking This. ESPN Deportes, their Spanish Channel, has the Europa League AND the Champions League, meanwhile their English Channels (Atleast in my case, I don't know about everyone else) is showing boreswing or replays of Handegg Games, commercials and all.
Joseph Torres
Hello eurocuck.
Matthew Campbell
>shit on trump >get stump >act surprised.
Landon Morales
by focusing on sports and not memes
Elijah Rodriguez
>how do we fix espn
chiefkiefnah.jpg
James Perez
Good I hope it dies. It's been terrible for years. They stopped talking about sports and more about feelings and emotional shit, things that are trending on twitter, obamas ncaa bracket, the harlem shake, lebrons "decision", extreme levels of football dick riding, kapernick, and they fill up their studios with ex players from every sport instead of actual sports journalists and call themselves a "news program."
And they're just plain fucking greedy. Let them rot.
Jonathan Rivera
Cable is dead. MTV airs retarded brain rot instead of music videos, the History Channel airs aliens and pawn shop swamp loggers instead of history docs, HBO airs some shitty uber-violent LOTR ripoff instead of stand up specials. Cable has been slowly declining since the late 90s and is now seeing the end results.
Good riddance to the shit. Read a book instead.
Aaron Stewart
Continue to post this shitty thread again.
Adam Martin
It's easy, we kill the Disney.
This guy has the right answer though. Money talks and right now it says the free market doesn't need ESPN anymore.
Logan Moore
I cut my cable at home, and at work I put on FS1. I can't stand the liberal garbage ESPN puts on anymore like His and Hers or Lebatard's shows.
Adrian Morris
Get rid of the women, holy shit.
I mean one or two on the sidelines is fine, but women shouldn't be hosting the show. No one cares if your figure is covered up by a desk.
Lincoln Adams
>People tune in to ESPN to escape the daily shit that's going on >Nonstop SJW bullcrap with shitload of clueless females on their tv screens
Bentley Hughes
Member when they used to show lumber jack and strong man compitions on the weekends Sumo wrestling late at night Had decent original series
Asher Young
>No one cares if your figure is covered up by a desk keked
>Nonstop SJW bullcrap and this is why they are going to shit
Chase Sanders
Oh look it's another thread where poorfags try to convince themselves that everyone else is poor like them.
I have directv. It costs $120 a month. It's called having a job and not living alone.
Caleb Wilson
>ESPN >having to pay for Poker, Skiing, Lumberjack games, Women's Volleyball, Triathalon, Spelling Bees and other non-sports just so you can watch the football in 2016
Gee I wonder why they're losing subscribers.
Justin Clark
Weird how you all know so much about ESPN and yet claim to never watch it because you "cut the cord."
Landon Peterson
Tfw barstool takes espn over.
Cooper Barnes
Cord cutter never cut the cord they just use friends parents sisters log on id yo watch on their neighbors wifi
Bentley Murphy
I know, hence my use of quotation marks.
Dylan Walker
why would espn think something like the undefeated is good for their bottom line.
Isaiah Flores
>120 freedom credits per month for tv lyl
Lincoln Davis
ameridumbs will never know how to make a good sports show like this. youtu.be/DS5OFtDD3iQ
Caleb Wood
>watching a fat fuck on a tub with hired women wew lad
Asher Walker
I wonder how Fox Sports is doing. I switched to watching them recently and I know many people do the same.
John Jones
Damn, I don't watch espn anymore, but did they really get rid of this shit for esports and whatever? Waking up and watching some obscure sports was the shit back in the day.
Jaxon Harris
Both have shit ratings and low sponsorship - but vidya literally have a fuckton of companies looking to more ways to advertise bright keyboards.
Charles Turner
a fat corrupt guy actually, a greasy scumbag that spent half of the time telling how awesome and rich he was, a mix between berlusconi and trump.
Camden Gonzalez
Let's say ESPN stop trying to push football through everyone's throats and got rid of le meme culture? Sportsnation is cringeworthy.
Camden Taylor
LeBatard is great, get out of here!
Adam Gonzalez
No Trajano, no future for ESPN
Hunter Sullivan
>you don't get the show! t. Papi
Grayson Jenkins
>talking about 7-1 espn Fuck off.
Charles Turner
>forced black anchors >Forced blonde anchors >""""""Esports""""""" >SJW Bait >Literally broadcasting the most unpopular sports teams / matchups >POKERPOKERPOKERPOKER >ESPN XBOX App is still complete shit
Let it die. Nothing of value will be lost
Eli Flores
Yeah it's terrible watching them trying to make us like soccer, nobody here gives a shit when the world cup isn't on.
James Nelson
oh fuck right off, soccer is growing in popularity every year. it will soon surpass hockey and boreball
Adrian Jackson
MLB revenue: $8 billion MLS revenue: $0.5 billion
Yep, any day now.
Aaron Adams
>le boreball meme XDD Fuck off.
Also, for fucks sake eurocucks, soccer is rigged.
Samuel Russell
They have been saying this every year for decades. Besides, being a "popular" sport doesn't mean people care, or that it's worth shoving down our throats on ESPN. You don't hear people in georgia talking about the latest hockey moves in free agency or west coasters talking about that great lacrosse highlight because some things are just going to be niche in certain places. Cascadia might actually care about soccer, but nobody fucking else does.
Jonathan Allen
Nobody cares about a channel, we want live interactive programming.
Luke Morgan
>watch Sportcenter for the first time in years a few days ago >10 minute segment about that basketball player playing for Wisconsin who can't handle the banter and wants all the crackers expelled from college >featuring Colin Kaepernick >no actual sports highlights for a good 20 minute stretch
No wonder nobody wants to pay ESPN bloated fees anymore.
Bentley Gomez
>All the ESPN shows right now shitting on the new president >saying everyone is "Scared," An how the NBA is somehow in the forefront of this whole thing where people are looking for guidance from them >brings up fucking JR Smith
This shit right here is why people are getting tired of their shit. They are acting like they are so superior and talk about shit that doesn't even involve sports. I'm not looking to see what JR Smith says about the election with his dindu ass.
Julian Roberts
>he's wearing a gold chain so that he clan have something to clip the microphone to
kek
Thomas Lee
It's true. Commentator isn't even a fucking work it just got made up for that position. I'm tired of watching washed up old athletes trot on camera and say menial bull shit just because they used to play. LT in NFLN is pretty witty though, I wasn't expecting that out of him.
Chase Hill
Look how dead Sup Forums has been all week. No decent sport on and this place is a ghost town. People want live sport. ESPN barely has any these days. And people don't pay 600 a year for their social commentery
MLS is nowhere near the most popular league. That's like judging American footballs popularity in Mexico by how much money the Mexican handegg league makes
Evan Diaz
Wow. Who knew that non-stop SJW stories, dumb cunts who know fuck all about sports, and letting go of your top sports journalists would cause your company to lose customers.
Wew lads.
Jordan Bennett
Bomani is so negative. I don't neccesarily dislike what he is saying, but more that he seems like an uset child during every fucking broadcast.
Jacob Adams
>people canceling cable because they realize they are getting screwed and it is not worth it >somehow Sup Forums thinks this means they are specifically dropping ESPN
Carter Garcia
Great. ESPN is the only reason nigger ball is still alive here. ESPN dies and we can pack up the NBA and move it to China already
Nathan Reyes
>paying 120$ shekels for direct tv
lmao kid. You really think we can't watch ESPN? Every hue and gook on this board streams it for free
Luke Perry
Probably because it's now the 24/7 apehoop channel
Aaron Wilson
I wish these fucking cunts could collapsed here too
Jacob Thomas
Its because they deleted the old comment section >you will never get to spam primetime matchups with bill ontario ever again
Joshua James
remember battle of the gridiron stars? or was that on a different channel?
Dylan Cooper
could someone actually do a live broadcast on twitch or hitbox or something commentating and have viewers interacting with the commentators? like people actually watch people play video games surely that could catch on
Chase Lee
>hating on esports and poker
Alexander Martinez
traditional sports won't allow dank memes
Levi Kelly
> spanish version shows soccer > american version shows sports Americans are most concerned with I knew liberals were retarded when it came to basic econ but shit this takes the cake.
Lincoln Lee
ESPN2 is showing drone racing right now. Drone racing. Who is in charge of their programming choices?
Eli Perry
Estuda castellano, gringón
Xavier Richardson
>espn dying >basketball will go with it >football losing popularity >hockey will always be niche >soccer is gay
baseball is coming back lads. though desu baseball will be fucked too without cable. They do have the best streaming services, but they'll have to do something about the shitty blackouts eventually
Wyatt Collins
MLB.tv is the best subscription sports streaming service of any sport.
Nolan Williams
Tell Pablo Torre to stop telling me how to think
Henry Bailey
yeah except you can't watch your fucking home team. obviously if cable goes there won't be blackouts since there will be nowhere else to watch, but some of the tv deals teams have span decades
Christian Ramirez
>600k conservatives/moderates finally cut ties w/ a shitty leftist media conglomerate
fify
Nolan Sullivan
Don't worry amerifats.
When drumpf kills net neutrality you will be forced to pay for this to get access to more than just Facebook.
Blake Brooks
bring back skip
he was literally carrying that network on his back
Parker Russell
Someone at ESPN still has a hateboner for Kobe (and the Lakers by extension)
Maybe if they gave him his due, people would like them more.
Lincoln Nguyen
>television as we know it is dying
They just found out now?
Easton Powell
this. And let's not forget discovery which was a super chill channel back in the day and now is basically just THE DEADLIEST MONSTERS presented by some hicks with boring jobs with exciting music. And fuckin tlc maaannnnnn
Robert Campbell
I watched that though. Pretty neat. Not as good as the Spelling Bee, but slightly better than Arm Wrestling
Rather have that than random basketball higlights, the 50th NFL fantasy segment or anything like His & Hers
The media and the political parties just refuse to listen to the people of the country, and are surprised when they get their shit pushed in. I don't want to listen to people screaming thall whites should die, and I don't want to pay to listen to some 75 IQ ex tackle tell me about politics.
Gavin Reyes
that show fucking sucks and they spend half of it playing shitty youtube videos like SportsNation
Kayden Richardson
>MTV airs retarded brain rot instead of music videos lel yeah music videos are such brain teasers
Jordan Perry
around the time SportsNation was created is when ESPN completely dropped.
Hudson Murphy
>trump is president >pc bullshit bringing ratings down for E! spn