The High Cost Of Regional Sports Networks

The app on this site’s front page details how much money you give to pro and college…

How Much Is Cord Cutting Really Impacting ESPN?

Why Time Warner’s New NBA Deal Will Keep It From Joining Hulu (For Now)

A few weeks ago, the joint owners of online streaming service Hulu — Disney, Fox, and NBCUniversal — looked to add another big media player to its ranks.

Hulu LLC, the streaming…

How ESPN’s Rising Carriage Fees Offset Its Subscriber Losses

How Amazon Could Use Prime To Change The Sports Rights Game

Amazon made waves in the sports rights game earlier this month when they struck a $50 million deal with the NFL to stream Thursday Night Football, outbidding Twitter, Facebook, and whatever’s left of Yahoo. The deal is Amazon’s…

How Your Money Fuels The Dominance Of ESPN

Lots of people have written about how big ESPN has grown in the last decade. A few of them even bother to explain how that happened. But just how big is “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” now?

Hey, What Happened To The Web Site?

As you might have noticed, What You Pay For Sports has undergone a rather sudden transformation.

This is the unfortunate result of a malware attack on the original WordPress site and an unfortunate bit of “protection” offered by my…

The Real Reason Dish Network Dropped Fox News

Update (1:48 PM): This piece has been edited to reflect that Dish Network has announced it’s calling its new service “Sling TV”.

On the surface, the current spat between Dish Network and Fox looks like your typical pay TV…

The NFL Is Not A “Loss Leader” For Broadcasters

There’s a popular belief out there that National Football League TV deals are “loss leaders” for the networks that broadcast them. That means the networks don’t profit from NFL game broadcasts themselves, but because so many people watch, they can…

Why ESPN And Turner Tried To Ditch NASCAR

Have we reached the point in televised sports history where rights fees are so…