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3 minutes ago, JTT said:

ESPN has the major 4 sports leagues - NFL, NBA, MLB, & NHL, plus college sports.  Is this the first time that one network has all of the major sports in recent years? 

 

ESPN/ABC has all four leagues for a time in the early 2000s.

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Apparently the wave of layoffs this week won't involve on-air talent.

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I don't think this service is replacing the linear cable/satellite service, just running along side it. That makes more sense if the goal is to capture the cord cutters that ran away.

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23 hours ago, WCAUTVNBC10 said:

I don't think this service is replacing the linear cable/satellite service, just running along side it. That makes more sense if the goal is to capture the cord cutters that ran away.

will they ever add 5.1 audio to ESPN+? 

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I know Doris Burke is polarizing, but I like her enough. But listening to Doc Rivers 3 hours a night, up to 3 or 4 nights a week, during the postseason? Goodness. 😬

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Two weeks ago, ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose announced he was stepping down from his role due to being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Melrose had been a popular part of ESPN’s NHL and collegiate hockey coverage since 1994.

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2 hours ago, Action Newsroom said:

A standalone ESPN DTC streaming service is officially launching next fall (or as soon as next August). It'll air feeds of ESPN networks and programming, and interactive features like stats and score. Yes, is different from ESPN+.

 

https://deadline.com/2024/02/disney-espn-streaming-launch-date-bob-iger-1235818372/

I would literally pay extra for a 'clean feed' with just a simple scorebug and no tickers; every new sports service seems to think it's required to appeal to the 'prop bet on random Bangladeshi netball at 4:30 in the morning' category of bettors. I really hope that information isn't baked into the video of this service.

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On 2/7/2024 at 7:13 PM, mrschimpf said:

I would literally pay extra for a 'clean feed' with just a simple scorebug and no tickers; every new sports service seems to think it's required to appeal to the 'prop bet on random Bangladeshi netball at 4:30 in the morning' category of bettors. I really hope that information isn't baked into the video of this service.

I doubt it will be. They’ll probably have an option to show betting info and game stats, sort of like how Amazon has an NFL StatCast feed for TNF. They would be dumb to bake that into the main feed itself.

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On 2/7/2024 at 6:13 PM, mrschimpf said:

I would literally pay extra for a 'clean feed' with just a simple scorebug and no tickers; every new sports service seems to think it's required to appeal to the 'prop bet on random Bangladeshi netball at 4:30 in the morning' category of bettors. I really hope that information isn't baked into the video of this service.

There would be some exceptions there, like the ESPN channel simulcast of the National Championship, with radio views, although some are awful like that “Power Play on ESPN+” crap that’s just way too much. We don’t need that many games.

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On 3/27/2024 at 7:49 PM, MD TV said:

 

 

John was always one of my favorite SC anchors and I wish him the best of luck in retirement. So many longtime ESPN personalities over the past few years it seems.

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