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RSN Baseball Ratings are Dominating the Summer.
- Thread starter MuzzyField
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Not surprised by the White Sox's last-place finish. Why would anyone tune in to watch a last-place team whose announcer is a blowhard former Red Sox player with a terrible shtick... wait a minute...
It does appear that even Chicago hates the White Sox.
All of the RSN's are basically mini-ESPN's when it comes to revenue model, positioned on the basic tier so everyone pays the monthly subscriber fee. The revenue from the non-viewer is insane and as the non-sports fan migrates to other platforms the pie is going to shrink. If it wasn't for access to live in-market sports (thanks blackout rules) we'd all have cut the TV part of the cord already. Providers are already pushing back, as the Astros and Dodgers issues illustrate.
On an average night, 97% of TV HH's in New York are NOT watching the Yankees, but they are paying for the priviledge.
Comcast just upped their Blast speeds significantly in many markets, for FREE! While it appears the company is all about doing a solid for its customers, the real reason is so the network can support the skinny bundle streaming service they're preparing to roll out.
The NFL and NBA may have thought expanding internationally would significantly boost revenue, but some of that new revenue may be needed to replace what they're currently "earning" domestically.
The same media industry thinking that feared the VCR and screwed up the music industry will probably screw this transition up too.
All of the RSN's are basically mini-ESPN's when it comes to revenue model, positioned on the basic tier so everyone pays the monthly subscriber fee. The revenue from the non-viewer is insane and as the non-sports fan migrates to other platforms the pie is going to shrink. If it wasn't for access to live in-market sports (thanks blackout rules) we'd all have cut the TV part of the cord already. Providers are already pushing back, as the Astros and Dodgers issues illustrate.
On an average night, 97% of TV HH's in New York are NOT watching the Yankees, but they are paying for the priviledge.
Comcast just upped their Blast speeds significantly in many markets, for FREE! While it appears the company is all about doing a solid for its customers, the real reason is so the network can support the skinny bundle streaming service they're preparing to roll out.
The NFL and NBA may have thought expanding internationally would significantly boost revenue, but some of that new revenue may be needed to replace what they're currently "earning" domestically.
The same media industry thinking that feared the VCR and screwed up the music industry will probably screw this transition up too.
I think you have to analyze it not in terms of how many people watch sports programming, but how many people get cable so that they can watch sports programming.
Maybe RSNs still get too big a share of the revenue pie, but it's not as simple as looking at ratings. The number of people who would cut the cord or switch to satellite if their local cable provider dropped their RSN is a lot larger than you would think based solely on local TV ratings for baseball games.
Maybe RSNs still get too big a share of the revenue pie, but it's not as simple as looking at ratings. The number of people who would cut the cord or switch to satellite if their local cable provider dropped their RSN is a lot larger than you would think based solely on local TV ratings for baseball games.
