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  • ESPN opts out of broadcasting baseball

    From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 22 21:31:07 2025
    Apparemtly the breakup of ESPN and major league baseball has been
    brewing for some time. ESPN would have paid $550 million a year for the
    next three years, and exercised their opt out effective March 1.

    My cable tv fees are going to drop since this is charged to basic cable
    fees, right?

    Or am I delusional?

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  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Sat Feb 22 14:49:12 2025
    On 2/22/25 1:31 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    Apparently the breakup of ESPN and major league baseball has been
    brewing for some time. ESPN would have paid $550 million a year for the
    next three years, and exercised their opt out effective March 1.

    My cable tv fees are going to drop since this is charged to basic cable
    fees, right?

    Or am I delusional?

    If we can ever convince Disney to pull ESPN entirely out of cable, yes -
    cable rates *should* drop when that happens.

    The question is whether we can ever convince Disney to pull ESPN
    entirely out of cable...

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Ian J. Ball on Sat Feb 22 15:56:57 2025
    Ian J. Ball <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 2/22/25 1:31 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    Apparently the breakup of ESPN and major league baseball has been
    brewing for some time. ESPN would have paid $550 million a year for the
    next three years, and exercised their opt out effective March 1.

    My cable tv fees are going to drop since this is charged to basic cable
    fees, right?

    Or am I delusional?

    If we can ever convince Disney to pull ESPN entirely out of cable, yes - cable rates *should* drop when that happens.

    The question is whether we can ever convince Disney to pull ESPN
    entirely out of cable...

    Nah. Cox renamed the huge ESPN surcharge to just a generic sports
    surcharge. It’s not going anywhere.



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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 23 13:48:38 2025
    On 2025-02-22 22:56:57 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
    Ian J. Ball <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 2/22/25 1:31 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    Apparently the breakup of ESPN and major league baseball has been
    brewing for some time. ESPN would have paid $550 million a year for the
    next three years, and exercised their opt out effective March 1.

    My cable tv fees are going to drop since this is charged to basic cable
    fees, right?

    Or am I delusional?

    If we can ever convince Disney to pull ESPN entirely out of cable, yes -
    cable rates *should* drop when that happens.

    The question is whether we can ever convince Disney to pull ESPN
    entirely out of cable...

    Nah. Cox renamed the huge ESPN surcharge to just a generic sports
    surcharge. It’s not going anywhere.

    For Sky TV here in New Zealand the sports channels are an optional
    extra, so thankfully we don't have to pay for those. The movie channels
    and a few others are also an optional extras. Occasionally they run a
    free period, so we record any movies we are interested in then and
    watch when we get time.

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sat Feb 22 21:16:09 2025
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 22:56:57 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
    Ian J. Ball <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 2/22/25 1:31 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    Apparently the breakup of ESPN and major league baseball has been
    brewing for some time. ESPN would have paid $550 million a year for the >>>> next three years, and exercised their opt out effective March 1.

    My cable tv fees are going to drop since this is charged to basic cable >>>> fees, right?

    Or am I delusional?

    If we can ever convince Disney to pull ESPN entirely out of cable, yes - >>> cable rates *should* drop when that happens.

    The question is whether we can ever convince Disney to pull ESPN
    entirely out of cable...

    Nah. Cox renamed the huge ESPN surcharge to just a generic sports
    surcharge. It’s not going anywhere.

    For Sky TV here in New Zealand the sports channels are an optional
    extra, so thankfully we don't have to pay for those. The movie channels
    and a few others are also an optional extras. Occasionally they run a
    free period, so we record any movies we are interested in then and
    watch when we get time.

    We have to pay for the sports packages separately as well, but no matter
    what you also have to pay a special ESPN surcharge. You can’t get the
    service without it.


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