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SIAP on here in the past.
I understand how it works. I understand why it's done.
What I'm asking is can any of you explain or show me how its more profitable for MLB to do it this way. Obviously, a LOT of baseball fans would just buy MLB.TV to get from April to football kickoff and eschew cable.
So are there cable kick backs? Tie ins where MLB is already double dipping through both?
Im sure someone on here can explain it, so I figured I'd ask. It seems to me they would have a no brainer monopoly on a lot of sportsfans TV streaming dollars in the summer if they allowed your local team in addition to the rest of the games.
So there has to be a higher profit margin for them doing it as they do currently, but I dont see how. MLB.TV is a product they 100% control.
The obvious answer is the # of houses that pay for cable/streaming packages subsidize them, and that more than offsets what Im talking about. Is it that simple?
So what would happen if folks just wrnt with MLB for the summer instead? Is cable going to just pull baseball? I doubt it. So what would it hurt? You still double dip.
I understand how it works. I understand why it's done.
What I'm asking is can any of you explain or show me how its more profitable for MLB to do it this way. Obviously, a LOT of baseball fans would just buy MLB.TV to get from April to football kickoff and eschew cable.
So are there cable kick backs? Tie ins where MLB is already double dipping through both?
Im sure someone on here can explain it, so I figured I'd ask. It seems to me they would have a no brainer monopoly on a lot of sportsfans TV streaming dollars in the summer if they allowed your local team in addition to the rest of the games.
So there has to be a higher profit margin for them doing it as they do currently, but I dont see how. MLB.TV is a product they 100% control.
The obvious answer is the # of houses that pay for cable/streaming packages subsidize them, and that more than offsets what Im talking about. Is it that simple?
So what would happen if folks just wrnt with MLB for the summer instead? Is cable going to just pull baseball? I doubt it. So what would it hurt? You still double dip.