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Hulu says its under-$40-a-month cable TV competitor will be 'sports-centric'

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http://www.businessinsider.com/hulu-live-tv-will-be-sports-centric-2017-1?r=UK&IR=T

Hulu has already signed up CBS for its upcoming service, which is significant given that competitors like Dish's Sling and AT&T's DirecTV Now still haven't gotten CBS to agree to a deal. And one big reason, according to Hopkins, is because Hulu wants its live offering to nail sports.

Here's what Hopkins said about CBS:

"CBS has the No. 1 network [in ages] 18-54, and they have a lot of really great programming. We're going to make this a sports-centric offering, and if you're going to make that part of your package, you have to have NFL, you have to have the complete March Madness package and all of the other great sports that they have. We thought it would be important to have the big four broadcasters, and CBS certainly rounds that package out for us."
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This was very well expected Hulu is responding to Amazon's plan to release a sports package.
 
CBS only has 1/4 of the March Madness package. Are they signing up Turner as well?
 
KeithE4 said:
CBS only has 1/4 of the March Madness package. Are they signing up Turner as well?
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The Turner networks were one of the first group of networks to sign-up for Hulu's live streaming; with it, Time Warner bought a ten-percent stake in Hulu.
 
TheBigA said:
Hmmm. This might cover NCAA, but what about other sports? This really complicates the marketplace.
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Probable scenario is the fan who wants to see all his teams and all his leagues will wind up paying three entities $40 apiece for their sports packages, each of which might have one or two exclusives, but those exclusives are must-haves for the serious sports fan. Might as well just continue paying for cable, where, even if 75 percent of your viewing is sports, you still have other stuff to watch in the remaining 25 percent of your couch-potato time.
 
CTListener said:
Probable scenario is the fan who wants to see all his teams and all his leagues will wind up paying three entities $40 apiece
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Not all sports have fantasy leagues. It's primarily an NFL thing. I pay an extra $10 a month for a so-called "Sports Tier." It gives me the regional sports channel that covers the local teams, and a few other national channels, including the NFL Channel. If you watch Red Zone, that covers all the scoring plays as they happen. I doubt I'd be enticed to pay $40 a month unless it offers more than what I have.
 
TheBigA said:
Not all sports have fantasy leagues. It's primarily an NFL thing. I pay an extra $10 a month for a so-called "Sports Tier." It gives me the regional sports channel that covers the local teams, and a few other national channels, including the NFL Channel. If you watch Red Zone, that covers all the scoring plays as they happen. I doubt I'd be enticed to pay $40 a month unless it offers more than what I have.
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The leagues I referred to were the leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, etc.) that the serious sports fan follows, not fantasy operations. That is, serious baseball fans, for instance, watch not only their own teams' games but games from around the league.
 
CTListener said:
The leagues I referred to were the leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, etc.) that the serious sports fan follows, not fantasy operations. That is, serious baseball fans, for instance, watch not only their own teams' games but games from around the league.
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I get that, but as I said, the league channels provide shows that allow the rabid fan the opportunity to see all of the scoring plays as they happen, without watching 12 screens at once (although I know people who do that as well). So on nights when the MLB Channel isn't doing live play by play, you can see live highlights from every game as it happens, just like NFL Red Zone. And I don't pay $40 a month extra for this. If I want to watch a specific out of town team, I can buy Extra Innings, and that's about $300 a season. But I've been satisfied with what I have now.
 
I think all of the streaming packages are going to have holes in them for the foreseeable future. Some will sign up, but cable will remain the mainstay.
 
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