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Which streaming service is best for a sports fan after the latest round of price increases?

Streaming services are changing, and you should probably change with them. I’ve been a loyal DirecTV Now subscriber for about two years. Before that, Sling TV. Before that, PlayStation Vue. I got around. I was a free trial snob, making my way around each streaming service trying to not only avoid a payment for a few months, but also see ultimately what streaming service was best. And it was honestly a pain in the ass. Most of us aren’t going from service to service, researching what streaming service works best for you and your home. We may be trying to avoid payments like myself, but ultimately settle on the cheapest. And I’m experiencing deja vu: we took advantage of cable bundles and special pricing before streaming existed years ago, and now we are again. The major players are DirecTV Now, YouTube TV, Hulu Live, YouTube TV, and PlayStation Vue. With the first launch of these to a few years in, I’m sure you are experiencing price hikes, plan changes, and so on and so forth. I g...
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The Soaring Cost Of Sports Programming Is Simply Not Sustainable

from the something-has-to-give dept Fri, Sep 22nd 2017 3:23am — Karl Bode One of the biggest reasons for soaring cable rates is the bloated and soaring cost of sports programming. Similarly, one of the biggest causes for the unprecedented rise in cord cutting (ditching cable and going with a streaming alternative) is the cost of sports programming. Surveys have shown that 56% of ESPN viewers would dump the channel just to save the $8 per month it costs each subscriber. Once streaming alternatives emerged for the sports-bloated traditional cable bundles that let them do just that, users began flooding to the exits at a historic rate. The reality is millions upon millions of customers don't give a shit about sports, yet are forced to pay $120 or more per month for cable bundles filled with content they don't watch, and didn't want. And when some cable companies initially tried to offer "skinny bundles" without ESPN or other sports networks, they were sued by ESPN f...
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