ESPN Could Create Downward Pressure For Sports Streaming Prices
The post ESPN Could Create Downward Pressure For Sports Streaming Prices appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BRISTOL, CT – NOVEMBER 15: Staff watches a presentation with Vice President of ESPN Norby … More Williamson, who also oversees SportsCenter, during a meeting in the executive conference room of ESPN Headquarters on November 15, 2018. (Photo by Yana Paskova/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post via Getty Images ESPN’s forthcoming streaming service will cost $29.99 – which is both a high price for a sports-only service, but also a relative bargain compared to the larger landscape of its competitors in the sports streaming space. For instance, the Gotham Sports App, which combines YES and MSG+, also costs $29.99 per month with an annual subscription ($41 per month if you opt for a monthly plan) but doesn’t include games that appear on New York’s third regional sports network, SNY (which costs another $139.99 annually). Marquee Sports Network’s app costs $19.99 per month for audiences to watch live Chicago Cubs games, and get coverage around other Chicago teams. But it doesn’t include live games for the Blackhawks, Bulls or White Sox, which all appear on the CHSN app (another $29.99 per month if you want to watch all three teams and $19.99 if you only want one). In Los Angeles, the Dodgers’ newer SNLA+ app costs $199.99 for the year (averages out to $16.67 monthly), but doesn’t include any of the other local teams, who have their own streamers with their own pricing included. And notably, for all of these apps, you have to be in the coverage areas for these services in order to subscribe at all. Otherwise, out-of-market audiences are subscribing via ESPN+ or MLB/NBA/NHL-specific services, which all come with their respective own costs in a similar range. At this point, it’s easy to ask: How can these prices stay where they are, when the…
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BRISTOL, CT – NOVEMBER 15: Staff watches a presentation with Vice President of ESPN Norby … More Williamson, who also oversees SportsCenter, during a meeting in the executive conference room of ESPN Headquarters on November 15, 2018. (Photo by Yana Paskova/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post via Getty Images ESPN’s forthcoming streaming service will cost $29.99 – which is both a high price for a sports-only service, but also a relative bargain compared to the larger landscape of its competitors in the sports streaming space. For instance, the Gotham Sports App, which combines YES and MSG+, also costs $29.99 per month with an annual subscription ($41 per month if you opt for a monthly plan) but doesn’t include games that appear on New York’s third regional sports network, SNY (which costs another $139.99 annually). Marquee Sports Network’s app costs $19.99 per month for audiences to watch live Chicago Cubs games, and get coverage around other Chicago teams. But it doesn’t include live games for the Blackhawks, Bulls or White Sox, which all appear on the CHSN app (another $29.99 per month if you want to watch all three teams and $19.99 if you only want one). In Los Angeles, the Dodgers’ newer SNLA+ app costs $199.99 for the year (averages out to $16.67 monthly), but doesn’t include any of the other local teams, who have their own streamers with their own pricing included. And notably, for all of these apps, you have to be in the coverage areas for these services in order to subscribe at all. Otherwise, out-of-market audiences are subscribing via ESPN+ or MLB/NBA/NHL-specific services, which all come with their respective own costs in a similar range. At this point, it’s easy to ask: How can these prices stay where they are, when the…
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