Awful Announcing
While some are yelling at ESPN commentators to "stick to sports," much of this seems to fall within ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro's 2018 comments that "There is going to continue to be an intersection of between sports and politics and we’re going to continue to cover that."
This marks the first time two separate networks have produced their own live coverage of the MLB Draft.
Rita Ferro and Justin Connolly previously reported to Mayer; they'll now report to Pitaro and Peter Rice.
ESPN+ gained 300,000 net subscribers since the last earnings report in February, but a lot of that may be about the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle.
With ESPN's contracts stating they have until Sept. 2021 to make up their promised number of events, don't expect them to offer rebates any time soon.
"It is grossly unfair that cable and satellite television providers would continue to charge fees for services they are not even providing."
'The Last Dance' won't be on ESPN+ for 15 months, but will hit Netflix in July 2020.
With no live sports on ESPN, Dish is reportedly trying to withhold the per-subscriber fees they'd normally pay Disney for ESPN channels.
Episode 3 (9-10 p.m. Eastern) averaged 6.1 million viewers in Nielsen live+same day ratings, while Episode 4 (10-11 p.m. Eastern) averaged 5.7 million viewers.
The ESPN/NFL Network 2020 NFL Draft coverage Thursday and Friday included a whole lot of focus on players' tragic family histories.
No, Abbotsford is not near the Alberta border.
ESPN is one of the cable channels hardest-hit (in terms of viewership) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
