Venu, an upcoming sports streaming package that combines ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. programming, will cost $42.99 per month.
And that’s just the beginning, as we all know prices will skyrocket over time.
The launch is expected to occur in the fall, according to the Associated Press. Reports:
Some consider Venu (pronounced “ve-n-u”) Sports to be like Hulu for sports. It will carry NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, NASCAR, and college sports, as well as golf, tennis, and soccer. In addition to games, you’ll also find studio shows, pre- and post-game programming, and documentaries from ESPN’s 30 for 30 library, ESPN Films, and Fox Sports Films.
The report adds that Venu will also include “14 linear networks including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network, ESPNEWS, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, TNT, TBS and truTV, as well as the ESPN+ offering.”
If you want to give even more money to the people who hate you, Venu subscribers can “bundle their products with Disney+, Hulu, and Max.”
If you’re shocked by the price, don’t be. Why are cable and satellite TV (CSTV) prices so high?
This is because when you subscribe to CSTV, you are forced to subscribe to a package that includes sports, so even if the CSTV subscriber does not want sports programming and never watches sports programming, they still have to pay for it.
for example, 2020If ESPN is part of your CSTV package, it will add $7.64 a month to your cable bill whether you watch it or not, plus another $1.79 for the NFL Network, $1.12 for Fox Sports 1, and so on.
do you understand…
This is why the shift to streaming is ruining these entertainment companies. This is why most stock prices are plummeting. The death of cable TV is the death of all free money. Of the households that watch ESPN (those that pay $7.64 a month), only 21.6% actually watch ESPN, but 100% pay for it. Multiply that $7.64 by the 76 million people who once paid that amount for ESPN every month and you get over $500 million. Monthly— 82 percent of which came from people who don’t watch ESPN.
CSTV is a socialist scam where everyone overpays the same amount regardless of which service they use.
What makes ESPN especially socialistic is that it has no merits. ESPN does not survive based on viewership. Instead, it thrives on a cable monopoly that forces people to choose between paying for ESPN or losing access to the programming they want to watch, like Fox News and Turner Classic Movies.
With the CSTV model gone, outlets like ESPN, CNN, MTV, Comedy Central and others will have to survive on their own merits unless they find a way to operate it again, and I doubt many of them will be able to do that.
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