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Re:ESPN to lay off nearly 4% of workforce amid changing pay-... by vonklaus on Friday October 23, 2015 @10:30AM (#10438773)
A guy with an iPhone 6s can probably shoot the NBA game about as well as a high end camera in the 90s, shit, it even does slomotion without post-processing. If ESPN is going to pay Kobe Bryant[0] money for a 9 year TV contract, it is because the cable lines are already run, it is only going to get cheaper to produce and transmit this television, and the value of a game takes about a 90% haircut after 24 hours having virtually no rebroadcast appeal, except for playoffs.

This is a symptom of people doing more with less, rent collectors collecting rent, and the NBA beeing smart enough to lock this shit down. I mean, do you think cable television can make it 9 more years? Like, they still bundle a fucking phone in with that shit because voip makes it virtually free, but fuck if I am going to set up a land line for spammers to call me on. People like sports and watch them live so almost no one, at least no one I know, torrents the passed year and a half of Golden State Warriors games and binges them over a weekend.

[0]http://genius.com/48735

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Re:ESPN to lay off nearly 4% of workforce amid changing pay-... by larrydag on Friday October 23, 2015 @10:50AM (#10438905)
I think one of these professional teams are going to get wise and start putting their own cameras in their stadiums and start streaming the content. They own the content and can get it to the customer on their own terms. The technology is not a barrier anymore. This is going to get interesting in the next few years.
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Re:ESPN to lay off nearly 4% of workforce amid changing pay-... by LargeWu on Friday October 23, 2015 @11:01AM (#10438983)
False. While most pro teams in major leagues other than NFL have local TV deals, the leagues control all of the national broadcast rights, including streaming services, and that's not likely to change anytime soon.
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