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<blockquote data-quote="HurdyGurdyEer" data-source="post: 129702426" data-attributes="member: 1746848">ESPN is set to lose 621,000 subscribers.<a href="http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-loses-621-000-subscribers-worst-month-in-company-history-102916">http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-loses-621-000-subscribers-worst-month-in-company-history-102916</a>Consider these statements:These 621,000 lost subscribers in the past month alone lead to a drop in revenue of over $52 million and continue the alarming subscriber decline at ESPN. Couple these subscriber declines with a 24% drop in Monday Night Football ratings this fall, the crown jewel of ESPN programming, and it's fair to call October of 2016 the worst month in ESPN's history. Concerning the trend of losing subscribers: It seems pretty clear that within five years ESPN will be bringing in less subscriber revenue than they've committed for sports rights.&nbsp; Anyone still want to argue that ESPN has not actively been looking into how to generate new income streams? Anyone still want to argue that if it could, that ESPN wouldn't try to facilitate a new/different conference out of the Big 12 in a few years built on a model of income from streaming games for pay?Not saying it will happen .... but the talk from about a month ago about ESPN exploring such things makes perfect sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HurdyGurdyEer, post: 129702426, member: 1746848"] [B]ESPN is set to lose 621,000 subscribers.[/B] [URL]http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-loses-621-000-subscribers-worst-month-in-company-history-102916[/URL] [B]Consider these statements:[/B] [I]These 621,000 lost subscribers in the past month alone lead to a drop in revenue of over $52 million and continue the alarming subscriber decline at ESPN. Couple these subscriber declines with a 24% drop in Monday Night Football ratings this fall, the crown jewel of ESPN programming, and it's fair to call October of 2016 the worst month in ESPN's history. [/I] [I][/I] [B]Concerning the trend of losing subscribers:[/B][I] It seems pretty clear that within five years ESPN will be bringing in less subscriber revenue than they've committed for sports rights. [/I] Anyone still want to argue that ESPN has not actively been looking into how to generate new income streams? Anyone still want to argue that if it could, that ESPN wouldn't try to facilitate a new/different conference out of the Big 12 in a few years built on a model of income from streaming games for pay? Not saying it will happen .... but the talk from about a month ago about ESPN exploring such things makes perfect sense. [/QUOTE]

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