Re:Disney+ hit by technical glitches on launch day
by papln on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @05:21PM
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If ESPN is what people want to pay for, why can't they just jack up the price of ESPN instead of making Disney+?
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Re:Disney+ hit by technical glitches on launch day
by matwood on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @06:02PM
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ESPN is not what people want to pay for. Nearly every cable subscription included ESPN, and core cutting has greatly cut ESPN revenue.
Re:Disney+ hit by technical glitches on launch day
by cookiecaper on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:19AM
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Disney was (and presumably still is) collecting tens of dollars per month for every cable subscription that has access to ESPN (the number I remember reading was something like $23 but that may be incorrect). Since ESPN is included in most cable subscriptions, virtually every cable subscription cancelled is an immediate revenue loss for TWDC.