OT: Changes to NFL Redzone... Thanks espn

[Pape]

The NFL Redzone as you knew it is dead... no more 7 hours of pure unadulterated football...

the sad new is that it is no longer commercial free...

Redzone is so much better now that BSPN has taken over, isn't it? /s

NFL RedZone will reportedly feature one minute of commercials in 2025

Scott Hanson will alter one of his most famous catchphrases to adjust for the change.

www.yahoo.com

 

[signbabybrady]

So you pay to subscribe and get commercials or is ESPN making this available to cable and ESPN+ subscribers free?

 

[Pape]

So you pay to subscribe and get commercials or is ESPN making this available to cable and ESPN+ subscribers free?

i am not sure... it's part of the sports package with cable that gets me the NFL network... not sure how espn is going to handle distribution...

 

[mgteich]

It seems that the game action will continue in a separate box while the commercials are on.

 

[Guts]

Its not ESPN fault tho
NFL owns red zone even with espn acquiring the network and they habe full control over it including ads

 

[WhatJustHappened]

Of course, greedy pricks do **** like this. Bah

 

[Pape]

Its not ESPN fault tho
NFL owns red zone even with espn acquiring the network and they habe full control over it including ads

The NFL is selling the nfl network and redzone to bspn... and all of a sudden their are ads on redzone and its not espn's fault? its not like its the nfl won't lie if it suits their purposes... We, more than any other fan base, have seen that in action... I may have been born, but i wasn't born yesterday...

 

[oldrover]

It seems that the game action will continue in a separate box while the commercials are on.

 

[jmt57]

If it is going to be full three-minute commercial breaks, then many touchdowns (not just red zone plays) will absolutely be missed - at least in terms of it happening in a timely manner. It will inch closer to watching game X, and someone from the studio interjecting a quick update on a score from game Y between plays.

My guess is that plays will be televised as if they are live, but in reality happened a few minutes prior. This was already happening, but on a much smaller scale/shorter time frame. You could see a score change on the crawl, then about ten seconds later the TD was telecast on the program.

From a programming perspective the producers will be able to squeeze more touchdowns in, and leave more non-scoring plays out due there being fewer minutes of actual game footage. This will create more artificial 'excitement' to the program, but at the price of less continuity watching a drive unfold.

I didn't mind the split screen ads; it is understandable and a reasonable way to cover expenses. But full blown commercial breaks are disappointing; they severely lessen the enticement to watch the RZ.

 

[jmt57]

To clarify, from the article - this is NOT going to just be split screen ads, while the game action continues in a separate box:


In 2025, it sounds like there will be full commercial breaks on NFL RedZone, not just split-screen commercials. McAfee mentioned "actual commercials," and then asked if Hanson would take bathroom breaks this season. Hanson didn't refute the idea of "actual commercials,"

 

[Bill Lee]

One word: Enshittification.

 

[Tunescribe]

The NFL Redzone as you knew it is dead... no more 7 hours of pure unadulterated football...

the sad new is that it is no longer commercial free...

Redzone is so much better now that BSPN has taken over, isn't it? /s

NFL RedZone will reportedly feature one minute of commercials in 2025

Scott Hanson will alter one of his most famous catchphrases to adjust for the change.

www.yahoo.com

It reportedly was a "business decision" by the NFL, not directly from ESPN. Still ...

 

[Spiral]

Eh, I DVR redzone and fast forward through a lot of it anyways. Who watches it for seven hours?

 

[rkarp1]

It reportedly was a "business decision" by the NFL, not directly from ESPN. Still ...

I think the league owners are building equity with red zone.
the accounting of the deal will show it is losing money for the next number of years, but growing in value.
the NFLPA does not share equity with the league owners, they only split revenue.