Comments on: Verizon Pay Per Viewer Model Could Be Disastrous For Conference TV Networks

By: Televators

Televators — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:47:34 +0000

Seriously though, i bet they could make more a month through subscriptions than they do under the current cable model.

I used to think so to, but there's a lot of info out there about how that's not the case (ie, this vulture article). Simply but, maybe one day, but certainly not this day.

By: philgp

philgp — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:19:59 +0000

I hate that I can’t pay for just ESPN. Seriously though, i bet they could make more a month through subscriptions than they do under the current cable model. I’d pay for MLB TV too, but now that I’m back in the Boston area i couldn’t watch any games.
We cut the cord a couple of years ago and so far no regrets, I just wish I had some better sports options, watchespn has gotten worse, blacking out games online. People will pay but no one is offering

By: Televators

Televators — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:51:14 +0000

It is a de facto Big Ten tax. Everyone pays for it. Very few people actually watch it.

Is this true? A quick search yielded little but for a couple quotes that BTN has greater reach ratings than the majority of cable networks. That said, with 600 channels, the majority tends to be comprised of pretty shitty viewing.

Just curious if there are stats out there. I watch BTN more than most other stations. I’m surely an outlier, considering a lot of that watching is wrestling…

By: HPN

HPN — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:48:27 +0000

Of: I don’t know if anyone heard about the news from the university of central Florida, but some sick bastard planned to blow the school up and shoot the school up. I live in the dorm building next to his dorm building. Luckily he committed suicide

By: HPN

HPN — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:48:24 +0000

By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence

Jay V Of Considerable Influence — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:42:57 +0000

I dont get this. What does Verizon have to do with what say Comcast will do. Serious question.

Because if Verizon successfully implements this, it is pretty obvious that every other major provider will follow suit. Why wouldn’t they?

By: VladimirCrouton

VladimirCrouton — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:40:58 +0000

Dapper Jim Delany will not let this aggression stand.

By: TNCOWBOY7

TNCOWBOY7 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:33:10 +0000

I dont get this. What does Verizon have to do with what say Comcast will do. Serious question.

/dont care if Im stupid

By: SportsIndustrialComplex

SportsIndustrialComplex — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:24:25 +0000

Is this the first pop of the TV bubble?

/Jesse Colombo

By: Clayton Cargill

Clayton Cargill — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:24:23 +0000

from the article:

The proposal, if implemented, wouldn’t reduce FiOS subscribers’ cable bills,

of course it wouldn’t. Fuck the fucking customer. That’s not who this is about.

By: Nada

Nada — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:20:43 +0000

paying by the number of viewers rather than the number of available households

In this eventuality, both the Big Ten and Longhorn networks will probably be paying Verizon to carry them.