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It is poised to have sports networks including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNews, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, and truTV. The new service will air games from the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL), along with NASCAR, PGA Tour Golf, Grand Slam Tennis, and more. Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max users will also get the option to bundle the new service.

FOX, Warner Bros Discovery, and Disney are looking to combine their sports programming under one streaming roof. Subscribers would get access to ESPN, ABC, FOX, TNT, TBS, TruTV, ESPN+, and more. Each company will own 1/3 of the new venture. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-fox-espn-streaming-spots-joint-venture-1235900161/

thought there'd be more gambling-controversy "points shaving" vs "points waxing" comments.

(on the bright side, we can be fairly confident the to-be-announced team won’t be us)

The Philadelphia Eagles will be the host team for the NFL's first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6 — a day after the 2024 season opener

5G Home Internet is only going to be as good as 5G cell service in your area. And a cell connection is never going to be as reliable as a wired connection. Doesn't matter how good the wifi setup is inside the house, it's all about the connection from the router base to the outside signal. As others have said, weather is just one of many variables that could affect things. is it a reasonable good idea? Sure. Will it work for everyone? Possibly, or not.

Do the best you can to get access (either now, or passwords/2FA later) to *all* online accounts and email. You'll be surprised what you might run across that'll unexpectedly require 2FA and you don't have access to the phone/email where msgs would be sent. Worst case, if you just have access to the email you might be able to get things reset. But it'll still be a PITA

Per Shark Tank - there's at least two companies that can convert loved ones into something more practical. a) one of those fake diamonds b) converted to a collection of assorted rocks, for decoration inside the house or in the garden. Perhaps "practical" isn't the right word. "Decorative" certainly isn't. But... something more than sitting in a box.

Morgan on player toughness: "when teams drive up to BoA, they know they're going to be in for a dog fight" don't you mean, "cat fight", from a branding perspective?

he stuck to the prepared written notes

audio sounded fine on the replay

almost would have wanted to be within earshot to hear Nicole rip him a new one when that happened. you know she did.

hopefully the press (and any leaky insiders) will help ensure/confirm that this stays true.

and all the streaming subscriptions (maybe not all active at one time, but they're available). If there's something I want to watch, I have a way to watch it legit. it also helps that some of it is subsidized through work for legit work purposes

Sounds like to Morgan.

People were'nt that concerned with Ads, with TiVo's Ad Skip technology or other DVR usage allowing people to zip through them. Was more about overall carriage fees charged by the Channels being passed to consumers by the cable companies. Non-sports folks didn't like having to pay $13/month for ESPN, a channel they didn't/rarely watched but was required as part of the basic cable package. Consumers wanted more of an a la carte model. But there was too much focus on being able to pick-and-choose-the-channels rather than on the ads/who pays for content conversation.

The only streamer making money is Netflix. Their biggest subscriber base? The lower-cost Netflix+Ads subscription. Prime Video was always an add-on bonus to being a Prime Subscriber. That it started as ad-free is important to note, but nobody subscribed to Prime specifically/only for the Prime Video offering. Similar story: Prime users get a basic version of Amazon Music with a subset of songs... but if you want full Amazon Music access, it'll cost (about) $7/month extra. Compared to how other services have handled price increases, Amazon is taking the correct approach with Video: you're not losing any content by staying with the default plan and we aren't going to change your overall Prime subscription cost. However, if "no commercials" is important, then that's going to cost an additional $X. Amazon could have raised the overall Prime subscription cost, which would have annoyed any Prime subscriber who doesn't take full advantage of Prime Video. They chose a route with least price resistance.

haven't been paying a lot of attention to the assistant coach cycle. Has there been any talk of Luke coming back on-board as a defensive film-study consultant or something similar? Don't think he's interested in a full coaching role, but figured team could utilize his strengths in film analysis that wouldn't eat up as much of his fishing time

It's more than others have done.* Seems to be a positive, and recognition by someone in charge aware of needing to win over/back fans. (*cough, vs former player keeping the wrong team image on social for months,cough*)

Lifelong Bucs fan buddy of mine tells me the same.

Illegal subscription services that steal films or TV shows bring in $2 billion a year in ads and their own subscriber fees. These streaming services have cost the economy an estimated $30b in annual revenue, and may have impacted 250,000 jobs. Global impact is estimated to be $71b. Users of the top US sites pay up to $10/month for access. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-24/streaming-service-costs-drive-new-era-of-hollywood-piracy

In David Venable's defense, he seems to be sincerely a Carolina fan - if google search of him supporting the Tarheels is an indicator of where his loyalties lie. So good for him, showing personal support rather than wearing a random team shirt

As seen when flipping past QVC this evening

Ended up not being a huge deal