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Layoffs coming for Amazon Video and Studios

Who didn't see this coming after multiple massively expensive woke projects failed miserably?

I found the "unofficial" Wheel of Time subreddit, the one not filled with the Prime PR operatives, and it's considered an absolute disaster by the book readers in which there's no way to fix it before the end.

I had a feeling, but it had been over a decade since I read them.

Another new streaming service.

This one is all sports ball.

Not sure how this will work with licensing, competing against leagues' own streaming services, etc.

Stuff like this seem like stop gaps to what will eventually be where we land.

Damn. ST:SNW is on Paramount, but I don't know if it's made by the studio. It's the best Trek since TNG.

DirecTV buys Dish for $1.

Idiots. I would have given them $2!!!

Jokes aside, this won't help. Their extinction is inevitable.

People just need internet and streaming services. If they're too remote, they'll get Starlink for less money.

Yeah, dying business.

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Me: There's 3 sports things I'd like to watch tonight, maybe YTTV will have a multiview!

YTTV: Yeah, I have 1 of those games.
Amazon: I have 1, too.
ESPN+: I've got the third one!

Me: Fuck you all.

Makes you long for the days of cable.

Don't worry. Someday a company is going to come along and bundle all of these streaming services...

Disney and Hulu + Live merge with Fubo.

This also allows Venu sports to go forward.

Since someone bumped the thread....

I've been watching "live" TV with only free services, for at least six months.

I don't miss the bill.

Between Google TV, Roku TV, and another one that just appeared in my Chromecast device that I am forgetting, I have about 100 dedicated movie channels (20 of them good), and hundreds of options for network tv that I never watch. If I cared I could buy a little antenna and get the 4 local networks, like 5 digital channels each.

I also don't watch sports like a jock. since that's a priority for some that could be a show stopper, idk.

Anyway I don't miss paying a TV bill. It's all.there for free.

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2025 2:26 pm This also allows Venu sports to go forward.

Never heard of Vneu before.

I hadn't either. From another article:

Venu Sports said in August that its service would cost $43 a month and offer some of the most watched live sports on TV including the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NFL and college teams – significantly cheaper than a traditional cable bundle, which can cost $100 a month or more. Sports fans would be able to bundle Venu Sports with other services such as Disney+, Hulu or Max.

Leisher wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 1:02 pm and offer some of the most watched live sports on TV including the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NFL and college teams

Others ways to say "some of":

1. Almost all!
2. Almost none!

GORDON wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 1:05 pm Others ways to say "some of":

1. Almost all!
2. Almost none!

Yeah. "Will ESPN be there?" That's all I care about. Those other things are add-ons.

I learned this week that the local cable company dropped ESPN because it just became too expensive.

I mention that because, ESPN DTC launched yesterday.

All the details, costs, how it affects current subscribers, etc. is all in there so I won't rehash it all.

Content includes:
-Access to all of ESPN's linear networks -- ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, SEC Network, ACC Network -- in addition to ESPN on ABC, ESPN+, ESPN3, SECN+ and ACCNX
-They made a deal with the NFL, so that's where the NFL Network and RedZone will be.
-Also, they signed a deal with WWE to air all of their PLEs starting in September, I believe.

That last one I want to highlight because it's been discussed several places as an example of how ESPN should NOT be in business with leagues as it clearly creates a bias. There are two "major" pro wrestling groups, WWE and AEW, and several smaller ones. We're talking just groups with national TV deals. ESPN apparently used to list both WWE and AEW sections under their "Professional Wrestling" tab. Since their deal with WWE, they have removed the AEW tab.

So, if you know anyone who thinks ESPN isn't biased towards the SEC due to their existing financial ties to them, here's proof they're wrong.

Hmmmmmmmmm. Do I need youtube TV any more? I could switch to that and some basic network TV thing.

You might get it all in one bundle soon: Hulu-Disney-ESPN. (In fact, people with that existing bundle, like me, get exactly that.)

And what happens if ESPN just decides to no longer sell their service to YouTubeTV? You know that has to have been discussed at Disney.

Leisher wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 2:48 am And what happens if ESPN just decides to no longer sell their service to YouTubeTV? You know that has to have been discussed at Disney.

the people would be mad? I dunno