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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
That's true, but it's related to the decline of the music industry in general. The driver in the industry is now single song downloads, unfortunately the pay-per-episode model in television shows no signs of being popular, and it doesn't exist (and I'd question its popularity) in sports.
The comparison isn't the death of cable, the comparison would be the death of televised/streamed sports.
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The apt comparison and the big problem for sports is the death of the bundle.
It has been an extremely lucrative model for years and there is really no way to replace that revenue. It is a problem fairly unique to the sports channels as they are the channels relying on large carriage fees. Most non-sports channels make their money from advertising. Most RSNs have viewership around 2% of the market, yet have 100% pay up to $60/year for them.