I would not dispute his statistics, but reports of cable's death are premature. As long as the cable companies have infrastructure in the ground for the delivery of internet, they will try to maximize those assets for other purposes, including cable TV bundles. Streaming services are not making money. I suppose, like the early years of cellphones, the carriers are keeping prices down in a fight for market share. Darwinian savagery will eventually produce the few survivors. But there are soooo many competitors popping up, the price war could go on for a long time. This helps cable remain afloat for who knows how long. Carriers will seek the "perfect" bundle (which likely doesn't exist). And they need to accept the reality of seasonal fluctuations; zillions of industries do. I read Peter Kafka's bio on Vox. He clearly wrote it himself; same style: Kafkaesque.

Yeah, because it is becoming increasingly clear that there is no longer any ceiling on the price.

** Edited by Sunsetunderground at 9/4/2024, 2:53:49 PM

is already making a huge dent with no end in sight. This will affect not only Cable Companies, but ESPN, Fox Sports, Conference Network Channels, yes even the SEC and B1G 10 Channels. It’s really hard to get our arms around this situation, it’s unprecedented.

The realignment and greed has driven away plenty of viewers like myself who have tapped out and will never come back. I recently gave up cable and the only streaming service I pay for is the cheapest Discovery plus subscription. I no longer watch any sports. I know I am not alone, so I believe the current trajectory for college football is not sustainable and eventually the house of cards will collapse.

interest in college sports. Ok. Ratings are up. The sport is very healthy

...because of the community here, but I don't watch any college sports. I'll admit to having a sick fascination with what I believe is stupidity regarding the ongoing conference realignment, so I read this board from time to time. But really I'm just hoping to see the entire system collapse.

Clemson won 2 national championships, so they did plenty to prove their merit to be included. However, the networks have stranded them to financially starve into irrelevance (Swinney and the portal is a separate subject) while perennially irrelevant programs are included: Game chickens, Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Mississippi schools, Arkansas, Rutgers, Maryland. I've never watched less college football before. I refuse to be force fed this crap. I'm out.

expensive to watch your teams now, then you will be in for a rude awakening. They will make up for the seasonal streaming consumer with higher rates, and they will have to put the sports networks in a higher tier.

they get to high, they will not only lose months of income, but many customers too. Let me put it this way, I am glad I am not in their shoes. That said, I do think someone like Amazon selling products, and the gambling since it’s addictive for many, could shift things back up money wise. They aren’t targeting the over 50 crowd, we get tired of the changes in sports, and often drift away from them. That’s over 100 years old.

Their cable TV rates are far too expensive, thus more people are dropping them every day.