ESPN as live event streaming hub?

[Toga]

ESPN wants to be the hub of all live sports streaming — even if it helps its competition

The idea aims to make ESPN the TV guide of live sports. The network has held talks with major leagues and media companies, sources said.

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[CU44SE]

I think this is brilliant. Who cares if you send them to a competitor. You are getting clicks, internet traffic, and are viewed as the worldwide leader in sports. You want to find a game instead of searching everywhere you go to ESPN to find it.

I can understand why competitors would be okay with this. It helps send traffic their way. But they are only helping their competitor get clicks. And then when this happens. People become more accustomed to just going to ESPN for things.

Personally, I think every sports fan would love this feature. One stop shop to find all games.

 

[Orangezoo]

I think this is brilliant. Who cares if you send them to a competitor. You are getting clicks, internet traffic, and are viewed as the worldwide leader in sports. You want to find a game instead of searching everywhere you go to ESPN to find it.

I can understand why competitors would be okay with this. It helps send traffic their way. But they are only helping their competitor get clicks. And then when this happens. People become more accustomed to just going to ESPN for things.

Personally, I think every sports fan would love this feature. One stop shop to find all games.

It's also not a new model at all just deploying a commonly used intermediary model into sporting events streaming.

 

[upperdeck]

how about they make it easier to find stuff on their own site that they are broadcasting. One time you go to a sport and find a game, another time you have to go to a league to find a game, another time you have to go by school. then the display engine wants to show you 40 other games that aren't live to scroll thru and by the time you find it the game is half over.

 

[0.2 YNdeeR]

It's also not a new model at all just deploying a commonly used intermediary model into sporting events streaming.

Agree with you that it's not new, and with Upperdeck that ESPN's already struggling to provide viewers easy and consistent access on its current platform. For the streaming market writ large, why would reducing - rather than diversifying - streaming options benefit consumers?

 

[UpstateSM]

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