OT- ESPN had worst month ever losing 621,000 subscribers

[Patsfanin Philly]

ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company History

>>>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.<<<<

 

[RobertWeathers]

Good. Except for the 30/30s and live sports the programming sucks.

 

[Kontradiction]

Greed and ****ty programming are destroying them. Good. Except for a select few, they can eat **** and die .

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

 

[oldrover]

 

[Wordsmyth]

Newman!

 

[Huckleberry1]

Great news.

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

Tastes and times are changing. The ESPN brand needs to be overhauled - they were too late to the party in embracing social media, flat out refuse to go OTT. They will experience a slow painful death.

 

[ErniesPinkStripes]

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

and I can't unbundle from them, yet. but, I still never watch it.

 

[oldrover]

This must be having an impact too... written on 10/20...

Fox Sports 1 Topped ESPN in Ratings Last Week For the First Time in Its History

 

[Koma]

That's a shame

 

[fxkane]

Both ESPN and the NFL have become too big for their own britches, and are having an ill effect on sports in general. So the news is good--and I hope sobering.

PS And could their damn talk shows talk about sports. All three major sports are in full swing, and yet audiences have to listen to this giddy personal drivel which makes day-time TV seem like academic discourse. Man, I find it disgusting and makes grown men seem like stunted adolescents.

 

[neuronet]

 

[Deus Irae]

ESPN had worst month ever losing 621,000 subscribers

Not enough. We need to pick up the pace.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Awwwwwwww...

 

[Gronkowski123]

i use to watch around the horn all the time but that show has turned into something you would normally see on msnbc.

the late night sportscenter with " svp " is ****ing lame.

 

[AtomicDawg]

 

[PittPatriot]

Burn. It. Down.

 

[wizwor]

Last Sunday, with WBZ off the air, I signed up for Sony View. Sadly, I learned that Vue used an OTA feed. Fortunately, I was able to share an antenna in New Jersey. Regardless, I had 'cable tv' including ESPN, NESN, and the NFL Network for a week. I'm not boycotting anyone, but I did not watch NESN or ESPN for a minute and only tuned into the NFL Network a couple of times for a couple minutes at a time.

I'm really glad WBZ has resolved their problems because I would be very sad if I had to rely on cable tv programming for news and entertainment.