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NBC & Tennis Channel loses French Open tennis tournament rights to TNT Sports

Rollo-Smokes said:
And with that, all four of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments have been moved off broadcast TV in the U.S.
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Not exactly, I know ABC has recently shown highlights from the Australian Open, same for Wimbledon as well as some live coverage, & will this Fall air the Men's Final of the U.S. Open.
 
Highlights don't count, but If any live coverage -- full matches, not look-ins during breaks in other sports programming -- will continue on ABC, then Rollo-Smokes was wrong.
 
This continues the trend of valuable content moving from "free" to "pay" services.
People have clamored for unbundling for years. They finally got what they asked for, and now this is what it looks like.
 
luperm said:
This continues the trend of valuable content moving from "free" to "pay" services.
People have clamored for unbundling for years. They finally got what they asked for, and now this is what it looks like.
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You use the term ''valuable content.'' If it's valuable, the owners of that content know it, and don't want to give it away for free.

On the other hand, Warner Discovery is looking for content for its cable channels, and this solves their problem.
 
luperm said:
This continues the trend of valuable content moving from "free" to "pay" services.
People have clamored for unbundling for years. They finally got what they asked for, and now this is what it looks like.
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How do you expect the winning network to pay for expensive rights contracts?
 
Kelly A said:
How do you expect the winning network to pay for expensive rights contracts?
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When you had bundled cable/satellite packages, it was baked into the price. You got a big lineup of channels. Some were interesting to you while others were not, but you paid for all of it. For example, broadcast TV stations are losing retrans consent revenue as people cut the cord in favor of streaming options that don't include local channels. That's part of why you see the migration of better content to paid services.

Now you get to pick and choose. However, I find it odd when people complain that their bill is now higher because they need to subscribe to several services to get the same content they got with their big cable package. A good example is Yankee baseball. You need at least 4 services (YES, Prime, Apple TV, FOX/ESPN) to watch all of their games.
 
luperm said:
When you had bundled cable/satellite packages, it was baked into the price. You got a big lineup of channels. Some were interesting to you while others were not, but you paid for all of it. For example, broadcast TV stations are losing retrans consent revenue as people cut the cord in favor of streaming options that don't include local channels. That's part of why you see the migration of better content to paid services.
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Guess what though, cable/satellites are losing subscribers at alarming (for them) rates: https://www.lightreading.com/video-streaming/us-pay-tv-subscriber-base-eroding-at-record-pace

luperm said:
Now you get to pick and choose. However, I find it odd when people complain that their bill is now higher because they need to subscribe to several services to get the same content they got with their big cable package. A good example is Yankee baseball. You need at least 4 services (YES, Prime, Apple TV, FOX/ESPN) to watch all of their games.
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So how is that different than when you also got Scientology, QVC, HSN, and My Pillow channels as part of your cable package too?
You're right, it's more ala carte now, but that allows the RSN's or streaming service to charge individually more for you to watch the season of games. Again, gotta pay for that expensive rights contract from somewhere.
 
NBC said 'au revoir' to the French Open today. Hosts Noah Eagle & Mary Carillo did the honors. John McEnroe will likely appear on TNT next year when they take up the coverage. Carillo's connection to the French Open was shown with video of her & McEnroe winning mixed doubles in 1977.
 
TheBigA said:
NBC said 'au revoir' to the French Open today. Hosts Noah Eagle & Mary Carillo did the honors. John McEnroe will likely appear on TNT next year when they take up the coverage. Carillo's connection to the French Open was shown with video of her & McEnroe winning mixed doubles in 1977.
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They never really had much coverage. Mostly tape delay and a few hours live on weekends.

They could have at least used peacock for better access.
 
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