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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 813510" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>You also get ESPN+ if you subscribe to Disney+. You don't get access to ESPN, ESPN2, SECN, ACCN, or ESPNU content with ESPN+. You do get access to some of those sports programs as replay, but you can't watch an ESPN live game with an ESPN+ subscription. Using those numbers, they can bring in about $1 billion for ESPN+. The estimates are that they bring in about $8 billion for the ESPN channel alone. Once you add in ESPN2, SECN, ACCN, ESPNU, etc. I have seen estimates that they bring in $14-$16 per subscriber. Much of that is spread across subscribers who do not watch and do not want ESPN. Just spitballing numbers, if the ESPN suite brings in $12 per subscriber with 80 million subscribers and only 30% actually want sports, they will have to charge $40 per streaming subscriber to have the same revenue. They would need to have that across 12 months, not just allow people to sign up when the sport they are interested in is starting and cancel when it is over.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/espn-charts-streaming-growth-but-cable-network-still-disney-s-no-1-sports-star-61709716[/URL]</p><p></p><p>They are working on things, but I have not seen anything that looks like it could replace their previous revenue. They were able to pull in much more revenue than their product was worth by leveraging the audience that they do have to hijack subscription fees from people who never wanted their content. It will be a struggle for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 813510, member: 2426"] You also get ESPN+ if you subscribe to Disney+. You don't get access to ESPN, ESPN2, SECN, ACCN, or ESPNU content with ESPN+. You do get access to some of those sports programs as replay, but you can't watch an ESPN live game with an ESPN+ subscription. Using those numbers, they can bring in about $1 billion for ESPN+. The estimates are that they bring in about $8 billion for the ESPN channel alone. Once you add in ESPN2, SECN, ACCN, ESPNU, etc. I have seen estimates that they bring in $14-$16 per subscriber. Much of that is spread across subscribers who do not watch and do not want ESPN. Just spitballing numbers, if the ESPN suite brings in $12 per subscriber with 80 million subscribers and only 30% actually want sports, they will have to charge $40 per streaming subscriber to have the same revenue. They would need to have that across 12 months, not just allow people to sign up when the sport they are interested in is starting and cancel when it is over. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/espn-charts-streaming-growth-but-cable-network-still-disney-s-no-1-sports-star-61709716[/URL] They are working on things, but I have not seen anything that looks like it could replace their previous revenue. They were able to pull in much more revenue than their product was worth by leveraging the audience that they do have to hijack subscription fees from people who never wanted their content. It will be a struggle for them. [/QUOTE]
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