| FTBL ESPN and the College Football Playoff have reached a 6-year, $7.8 BILLION media rights extension for the expanded playoffs

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[TideatMileHigh]

Death to ESPN

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Death to ESPN

Most everything about ESPN sucks, but I'm not sure the alternative would be any better. Just in terms of the college football broadcast product, people complained constantly about CBS, yet are going to find out they put more money and a higher emphasis on production quality than ESPN/ABC does/will. I've always thought the eventual move to more streaming services (Amazon, Apple, etc) like we've seen with the pro side was the eventual outcome... but it brings its own set of issues too... Not just with overall quality of production, but audience reach and mounting prices for consumers.

 

[OldPlayer]

Most everything about ESPN sucks, but I'm not sure the alternative would be any better. Just in terms of the college football broadcast product, people complained constantly about CBS, yet are going to find out they put more money and a higher emphasis on production quality than ESPN/ABC does/will. I've always thought the eventual move to more streaming services (Amazon, Apple, etc) like we've seen with the pro side was the eventual outcome... but it brings its own set of issues too... Not just with overall quality of production, but audience reach and mounting prices for consumers.

CBS makes money broadcasting multiple genres (drama, sports, comedy, talk shows, news, awards shows). Much of what they broadcast isn’t produced/created by CBS. As a result they are a jack of all trades, master of none. ESPN has a much more narrow focus. As a result, expect to see a few “innovations” to differentiate themselves. Especially if the rumors are true that Disney will be spinning off ESPN and possibly ABC. The trend in media is streaming so that a consumer can purchase the channels they want without including The Shopping Network, TBS, History Channel, National Geographic and other lower viewing channels. This may lower the cost to consumers while increasing revenue for the channel (higher ad revenue due to targeted audiences and the channels keeping a greater share of subscription revenue).

 

[BamaFan334]

Most everything about ESPN sucks, but I'm not sure the alternative would be any better. Just in terms of the college football broadcast product, people complained constantly about CBS, yet are going to find out they put more money and a higher emphasis on production quality than ESPN/ABC does/will. I've always thought the eventual move to more streaming services (Amazon, Apple, etc) like we've seen with the pro side was the eventual outcome... but it brings its own set of issues too... Not just with overall quality of production, but audience reach and mounting prices for consumers.

Agreed. I also had CBS' back when everyone complained. They had it right with the SEC on CBS.

 

[rick4bama]

How long will it be before we all start missing CBS!