OT: Hulu dropping Fox RSNs; Should I care?
October 22nd, 2020 at 6:55 PM ^
Well, so much for me dropping YouTube TV for Hulu Live. FRSN is going to lose this standoff, methinks.
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:28 PM ^
That WAS going to be my plan as well. Makes you wonder what Fox Sports is thinking, but it must be tied to some power move by the cable companies.
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:44 PM ^
Didn't Disney purchase fox; and doesn't Disney own half of Hulu? that is odd
October 22nd, 2020 at 8:01 PM ^
Disney purchased 20th Century Fox and the regional Fox Sports Regional Networks but not Fox the network nor Fox Sports/FS1/FS2. As a condition of the deal, however, they then sold the Fox Sports Networks to Sinclair Broadcasting and Entertainment Studios. All that happened last year. They have a deal to keep the "Fox Sports Networks" name until they can figure out a rebrand.
So if you want to blame anyone for the regional networks falling off the streaming sites, I'd look first at Sinclair and Entertainment Studios.
October 22nd, 2020 at 8:32 PM ^
Very informative.
October 23rd, 2020 at 7:19 AM ^
A big part of what’s going on here is market power. Disney and Fox have a lot of negotiating leverage with the cable and cord-cutting companies because they own so many channels. Disney can say, “if you don’t take my price hike for Fox Detroit, we’ll pull ESPN.” Sinclair, which I believe is mainly a roll up of local TV networks, does not have the same leverage, because people can get local networks with their over-the-air antennas. So, basically, Sinclair miscalculated in thinking it could charge the same prices as Fox or Disney.
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:02 PM ^
Not really sure what it means but if theres local games on FOX Sports you may not get them possibly only the national Fox coverages that everyone can get anywhere in the country
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:05 PM ^
What it means is that cord cutters are basically out of luck for most Fox RSN's (legally anyway). You will have to go back to DTV or Cable for a lot of local sports. Dish dropped the a while back as well.
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:43 PM ^
Any chance you would consider hunting a pony conqueror? Or is it just Deer? Asking for a friend.
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:09 PM ^
You could have Dish network like me and also not have the fox regional sports networks
I'm switching to Direct TV asap
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:12 PM ^
No fox sports Detroit. Tigers are the worst team in baseball. Wings are worst team in the NHL. not a big loss since those are their two big draws. Will miss their televising the high school football finals. Other than that....?
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:31 PM ^
I have a hopeful hunch the Wings will be more fun to watch next season (whenever that starts).
You're also forgetting the Pistons...like the rest of Southeast Michigan.
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:41 PM ^
unfortunately, it was very easy to forget the pistons.
October 23rd, 2020 at 6:33 PM ^
I'm lifelong Dodger fan and I have gotten to watch more Dodgers games this year than I ever have.
I'm on YouTube TV
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:13 PM ^
Literally just switched this month because YouTube TV dropped them too. Was already thinking about it anyway since they had jacked the price up and decided to give Hulu a whirl since it came with a regular Hulu subscription included, but the whole goal in having Live TV anything is sports, so no price is worth it without FSD.
At least I'll be able to take advantage of it for Archer for the length of time I had it, but I think with PS Vue dead, its back to Comcast or nothing now...
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:40 PM ^
Speaking of Archer...
The new season is absolutely fantastic.
Better than anything since Archer Vice
October 23rd, 2020 at 6:34 PM ^
I loved PS Vue
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:19 PM ^
I'm a cord cutter, with HULU live. I love it. But i don't have a team professionally. UM is usually on espn so that works for me
October 22nd, 2020 at 7:51 PM ^
WINNER: COMCAST
October 22nd, 2020 at 8:07 PM ^
Fuck comcast
October 22nd, 2020 at 9:09 PM ^
communistCast
I think that is why he likes it.
October 22nd, 2020 at 8:09 PM ^
I'll drop Hulu Live by the first of the year so I can watch the Red Wings. I know they are not a good team right now by I still like to watch every game I can.
October 22nd, 2020 at 10:52 PM ^
I dropped Sling when they lost the RSNs. I dropped Hulu because I hated their UI. I dropped Youtube when they lost the RSNs, guess a return to Hulu ain't happening either. I'll just stream from now on; done being at the mercy of these companies just to watch a ballgame.
October 23rd, 2020 at 6:36 PM ^
I post your avatar with capital "NERDS!!!" anytime someone posts something nerdy, haha.
October 22nd, 2020 at 11:14 PM ^
Fox regional has no leverage and the streaming services can save a few bucks while no games are on. They’ll be back in January. I wouldn’t switch because of it at this point.
October 23rd, 2020 at 3:15 PM ^
Good points. You're probably right.
October 22nd, 2020 at 11:33 PM ^
No .... but let me tell you what you SHOULD care about .... I have a brochure somewhere ...
October 22nd, 2020 at 11:50 PM ^
I’m honestly trying to figure out why this matters to ANYONE? It’s not like you can’t get ALL of the Wings, Pistons, and Tigers games by just buying the respective league’s packages standalone. The only thing it really means is that you can’t get local RSN programming that wraps around the games.
October 23rd, 2020 at 12:13 AM ^
Don't they usually blackout the local market?
October 23rd, 2020 at 1:12 AM ^
As long as Hulu keeps the B1G network, I will not jump ship but once they do. Plus all my local fox sports network shows are the Royals, Soccer and Thunder games.
October 23rd, 2020 at 7:01 AM ^
This is exactly my same thought. I just dropped Dish for them and not regretting it at all