The Sports Bubble Is About to Pop – The Daily Beast

The Sports Bubble Is About to Pop

Don’t buy ESPN’s PR talk that its 7 million-household dip in subscribers is just a blip. It’s for real, and it will have serious consequences for the way you watch sports.

via The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/06/the-sports-bubble-is-about-to-pop

The resulting fearsome sports arms race now is estimated by longtime cable TV and sports industry executive Leo Hindery to cost each cable household $35 to $40 per month. And, again, that’s whether those households watch sports or not.