$36 a month for ESPN only a la carte

[Pakuni]

Indeed .. what was that all about?  FF games on TBS? 

I guess they wanted fewer people watching.

Kentucky-Wisconsin was the most watched Final Four game in 22 years.
Duke-Michigan State had a better overnight rating than any Final Four game in a decade.
So, putting the games on TBS doesn't seem to be hurting viewership.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/05/media/final-four-tv-ratings/

I suspect CBS figures that people who want to watch the game are going to make the effort to find it, whatever channel it may be on. And they're more likely to draw a larger share of those who aren't watching the game by airing CSI-Waukesha or NCIS-Naperville on the mother ship than reruns of Big Bang Theory on TBS.

[mu_hilltopper]

Not surprised .. March Madness' popularity is always increasing .. but .. plenty of cord-cutters out there / people without Cable.

[ChicosBailBonds]

When will webtv be ready for primetime?  Sling said outage only impacted 1,000 customers.  That's pretty damning that only 1,000 takes to tip it.


We are working on this stuff every day, but there are just so many things that can go wrong outside the normal MVPD business where it is your own network (cable or fiber) or your own satellite.  Relying on a 3rd party connection, your device may or may not be up to snuff, etc

Will be very interesting to see if HBO Go \ HBO Now can pull it off next week without crashing.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Indeed .. what was that all about?  FF games on TBS? 

I guess they wanted fewer people watching.

That was part of the deal when Turner and CBS went in together a few years ago in a joint bid.  Turner received the rights to the Final Four in some years.

[ChicosBailBonds]

More issues with SlingTV and HBO Go

http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/sling-tv-stumbles-during-hbos-game-of-thrones-premiere-as-customers-report-roku-app-issues/

HBO Now, off to a good start.  MLB BAM, who does their site, is usually pretty good.

[Chicago_inferiority_complexes]

MLB BAM?