from Todd Spangler of Variety,
The Fox Corp., Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery sports streaming joint venture is anticipating signing up 5 million customers in the first five years, CEO Lachlan Murdoch said Monday.
The 5 million mark will be where the JV “settles after five years,” Murdoch said, speaking Monday at the 2024 Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco. He was making the point that Fox Corp. expects the sports streaming venture will be incremental to its existing pay-TV revenue base.
“This a pro-consumer package,” Murdoch said. Historically, the TV industry has “made life for our audiences… incredibly hard,” he continued. “What this bundle does is put a majority of sports into one bundle. It’s an easy place for sports fans to come to.”
Last month, the media company announced a joint venture with Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery to create a unified streaming platform pooling ESPN+ and their linear TV networks that carry sports programming. The as-yet unnamed joint venture is aiming to launch in the fall of 2024. The trio plan to sell the sports package available directly to consumers in the U.S. and as an add-on to services like Disney+, Hulu and Max.
This sounds like I will have to pay for a bunch of sports that I won't watch......... If it's too much, I won't pay or watch.
Agreed. All I want is hockey without blackout restrictions. I don't want to pay a premium it is going to require for college football, NBA, MLB, college basketball, etc.
Ripoff.😡
Yes, I'm sure that's exactly what this is. The media industry has always been so pro-consumer...
If you have to say your package is pro-consumer, then your package isn't pro-consumer.
Historically, the TV industry has made life for our audiences incredibly hard, he continued.
Yeah, personally it's been excruciating having to turn on the TV and then tune in to FSD/BSD in order to watch the Wings play. I'm not sure how I ever managed to do it. :-p
I'm sure that the Red Wings and Isles games will be subordinated to some Division 3 college basketball game on the primo channels....while you have to hunt everyday to see what channel the team you are most interested is broadcast. So greedy
Create an Account
In order to leave a comment, please create an account.