Is Boxing on Netflix a possibility?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

nope never why cause too many en****** own it.

Hell PBC cant even upload some of their own fights cause they dont own the licensing rights.

[-Antonio-]

everything will be streamed at some point.

This is true, though the Networks and cable companies will fight tooth and nail to keep that from happening.

Thousands of jobs and billions of dollars stand to be lost if the cable companies start going out business.

[ironmt]

This is true, though the Networks and cable companies will fight tooth and nail to keep that from happening.

Thousands of jobs and billions of dollars stand to be lost if the cable companies start going out business.

I think It has started. People just can't seem to justify spending $100 per month on cable when you can sign up for netflix for $8.99 per month. I also heard something about these different streaming companies offering live TV for a certain price per month.

[elfag]

as long as its included in the netflix price then yeah. I dont want PPV chit on netflix.

Amazon's TV service is a chit show, you pay for prime but can only watch 50% of the movies/shows and then the other chit they want more money on top of that, ask you if you want to rent or 'buy' their DRM movies ect. Its annoying as chit because you see something good, click on it and then oh no you cant watch that unless you pay $5.

[Eff Pandas]

I don't think so. Literally the only thing the networks have over the streaming sites is live content. They will pay as much as possible not to lose it.

Its getting more complicated than that. Eventually more people will realize the value of streaming over broadcasting & it'll put streaming at a critical mass of people watching it or wanting it over broadcast TV. Broadcast TV will be dead in the water from then on.

For example one of the en****** properly using streaming today is oddly enough the UFC. They have their Fight Pass streaming network where you can watch various combat sports. And with their UFC Fight Pass shows they offer you the option of listening to either corner between fights. You the watcher chooses.

You can't do that with broadcast TV. They can only show you what they decide to show you at any given moment. In theory you could give the streaming content viewer the ability to watch an event like you are playing one of those MMO or whatever type video games & you could watch some chick in the 3rd row with nice **** the whole fight.

The UFC has also just started providing alternate commentary with Snoop Dogg & retired UFC fighter Urijah Faber for one of their new shows. They are both in a studio drinking & smoking & talking about the fight in a more relaxed way then the usual talking heads doing UFC events. This is also something you could do via streaming & not broadcast TV.

Streaming TV is just more innovative & gives the viewer more options to customize what they wanna see. Broadcast TV is dead already some of them just might not know it yet.

[Mitchell Kane]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-pull-movies-netflix-launch-streaming-service-1027793

Disney to Pull Movies From Netflix, Launch Streaming Service

Disney said it will be pulling its movies from Netflix launch a Disney streaming service of its own in 2019. It also said Tuesday it will launch an ESPN streaming service early next year.

ESPN has been losing TV subscribers for a few years and an online standalone product has been predicted for months, but ending a distribution agreement with Netflix beginning with the 2019 theatrical slate caught investors off guard, and Netflix shares quickly sunk 4 percent on the news in after-hours trading.

Disney's biggest segment, media networks, saw revenue drop 1 percent year-over-year to $5.9 billion and operating income plunge 22 percent to $1.8 billion, with ESPN mostly to blame.

Disney said ESPN's problems included higher programming costs, lower ad revenue and costs associated with severance packages for departing employees.

[Mitchell Kane]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...l-with-netflix

Disney to Launch Online-Only ESPN, Drops Movie Deal With Netflix

Walt Disney Co., once again shaking up the media industry, announced it will stop selling movies to Netflix Inc. and begin offering ESPN sports programming and family films directly to consumers over two new streaming services.

Starting next year, an ESPN-branded service, which the company had said was in the works, will feature 10,000 live events a year, including Major League Baseball, hockey, soccer and tennis, as well as college sports, Burbank, California-based Disney said Tuesday in a statement. Individual sports packages will also be available.

[Mitchell Kane]

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/07/cbs-plans-streaming-sports-channel/

CBS is launching a streaming sports channel this year

Most details are still under wraps, but it'll be modeled around CBSN and even piggyback on its infrastructure (to reduce costs, naturally). That suggests it'll be part of 'skinny' programming bundles through internet TV providers, although it's not certain which ones.

[Mitchell Kane]

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/08/what-we-know-about-cbss-upcoming-streaming-service-for-sports/

What we know about CBS’s upcoming streaming service for sports

“Later this year, we will roll out a 24/7 live streaming channel like CBSN for sports as part of our ongoing [over-the-top] strategy,” said CBS CEO Les Moonves, on the company’s earnings call, adding that the service did not yet have a name. “We think sports fans are looking for something like this, and that opportunity is significant,” he noted.

However, he did point out that CBS has deals with the NFL, the NCAA (through 2032, in fact), FCC football and PGA Tour Golf. But he described the project as being in the “very preliminary stages” of formation.

“CBS is a big player in the sports world,” Moonves said. “We are going to look to differentiate ourselves from the ESPN and the Fox Sports as well, and we think we have a good opportunity to succeed.”

[TheBigLug]

Netflix may not do live streaming but it doesn't mean they wouldn't if the money was right. Simple as that.