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tarheelblue

According to Charter, only 25% of their subs watch Disney-owned channels

And only about half of those are "avid" watchers. So Charter might lose around 15%-20% of their TV subs if they decide to abandon carrying the Disney-owned channels. But Charter has been losing lots of TV subs each quarter for years and their profits keep going up. TV subs just aren't very profitable to Charter any more, so they simply don't care that much about losing them. And neither does Comcast. Comcast and Disney have almost become archenemies at this point, so I could see Comcast dropping the Disney-owned channels too when the time comes for contract renewals in a few years. ** Edited by tarheelblue at 9/6/2023, 2:55:51 PM
Posted: 09/06/2023 at 02:49 PM ET
(In response to this post by Big12 guy)

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The Charter/Disney dispute could break the sports media revenue model
tarheelblue • 09/06/23 02:33 PM ET
Smell ya' later, ESPN.**
MP4VT2004 • 09/07/23 10:48 PM ET
Guess it could cement the B1X as the one P-conference
EDGEMAN • 09/06/23 09:51 PM ET
I might just watch the condensed games on you tube the following week**
OrlandoHokie • 09/06/23 04:55 PM ET
cancelling ESPN and using YouTube would be a way of punishing ESPN
ren_hoek • 09/06/23 05:36 PM ET
You’d trust the internet to be the same thing?????**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/06/23 04:58 PM ET
ESPN is no longer in a strong negotiating position. Charter could
Big12 guy • 09/06/23 02:44 PM ET
According to Charter, only 25% of their subs watch Disney-owned channels ◄
tarheelblue • 09/06/23 02:49 PM ET
That makes sense. When I was working in the industry...
CobbCountyHokie • 09/07/23 09:44 AM ET
Isn't it somewhat true that most viewers watch about 6-8 cable channels?
mrcaniac • 09/07/23 06:06 PM ET
Just to put my resume out there...
CobbCountyHokie • 09/07/23 09:51 AM ET
Think about what happens if an Amazon or Apple buy Disney? Talk about
Stech • 09/06/23 03:05 PM ET
I actually think Apple will become a joint owner of ESPN with Disney
CobbCountyHokie • 09/07/23 09:46 AM ET
Would they consider all of Disney and sell off the bits they don’t want?**
jms41 • 09/08/23 09:27 PM ET
I could even see them going to a pay-per-view model.
tarheelblue • 09/06/23 03:10 PM ET
it's felt like that's been coming for several years IMO. At least the
reestuart • 09/06/23 05:18 PM ET
And that will hugely shrink the sport just like what happened to boxing
turkeywinghokie • 09/06/23 05:17 PM ET
I might go exclusively to the radio if that happened.
EDGEMAN • 09/06/23 04:07 PM ET
Pay-per-view WITH commercials.**
Femoyer Hokie • 09/06/23 03:54 PM ET
Make no mistake, they will still figure a way out to make money.
goldendomer • 09/06/23 03:28 PM ET
Me too, in fact I think that’s where we are going. Changes who’s in & out
Stech • 09/06/23 03:28 PM ET
Conferences might disappear
mrcaniac • 09/07/23 06:24 PM ET
Watching the game at home could cost as much as a stadium ticket does.**
tarheelblue • 09/06/23 03:37 PM ET
i'll be out of the sports game at that point then. **
VT Pez4Life • 09/07/23 10:13 AM ET
That would fill the stadiums back up, crazy times.**
Stech • 09/06/23 03:40 PM ET
Or drive fans completely away from the sport.**
EDGEMAN • 09/06/23 04:07 PM ET
Or drive them to more sports bars, IMHO the matchups will make up for the
Stech • 09/06/23 04:40 PM ET
Or to movie theaters. The ACC may have been ahead of the curve.**
CoolJCPA • 09/06/23 05:04 PM ET
Good point, especially if they serve beer and wine. :-)**
Stech • 09/06/23 05:07 PM ET