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I have noticed DG has said several times over the last couple years that he has now made enough money that he has reached a point where he is not going to let fear of loss of income determine what he comments on if it is within the parameters of his show’s subject matter of sports. Many of the stations he owns statewide that made up much of the audience for Dave Glenn’s show tend to be in towns that skew rather conservative: Winston, Boone, High Point, Burlington, Goldsboro. UNC alum Don Curtis is quite conservative in his political views, and I don’t know but can envision him being highly supportive of our current President. DG was not one to shy away from voicing his displeasure over actions of the current administration, especially when that admin inserted itself into sports in ways he thought inappropriate, or over policies like NC HB2 that resulted in the state losing high profile sporting events such as the NBA All Star game and NCAA Tournament. I have a feeling it was over ownership displeasure with political comments/backlash from advertisers discontent with the political comments. If I read one of Bynum’s Twitter comments correctly, this was not a ratings driven decision. So basically it appears DG was cold canned by Curtis Media. I think I recall hearing him on NC News Network. Patrick Johnson will host the next two weeks, with a permanent host TBD.
Believe me, they’re very good at running businesses.According to RL Bynum, who reports on NC sports media happenings as well as UNC hoops/football:Ĭurtis Media, which carried the Dave Glenn Show statewide outside the 99.9 Fan RDU market, will continue to carry a sports talk show in the noon-3 slot. Our structure with them is designed so that where every they go, we can go. The thing in the discussions that we’ve had over time is that they are going to be very aggressive in adapting to and utilizing technology.
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However, I would say to look at the Sling TV model. “I can’t speak for ESPN on that, but given where we are and I don’t want any chance where it gets commingled with what ESPN should do or get into this, I’m going to have to beg off of that one. So if you’re going broadband, how does a network like ESPN get money out of it compared to the old model where they get around $6 per subscriber? However, more and more people are getting comfortable with streaming options as digital devices like Apple TV get into more households. When they buy a new house, it spikes up a little more.
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Plus there’s a lot of research that people who are cord-nevers, that when they get married, there’s a spike in cable subscriptions. So as long as the cable companies are the biggest providers of the cord they’re always going to be able to manipulate that. I’ve seen research where cord-nevers, and perhaps it’s cord-cutters, usually tend to be Millennials, but those people still need to have a cord into their home to get broadband. “Yes, because I think it’s more ‘cord-nevers’ than it is cord-cutters. We have the utmost confidence in them."ĭo you think the cord-cutting trend is overblown? Their distribution people certainly know what they’re doing and they’ve got a plan. ESPN has been successful with every channel launch they’ve had.
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We’re not afraid to be a Guinea pig if at some point in time they want to do that."Ģ019 is long time away when you consider technology changes at a rapid pace and we’re already seeing lines drawn between cable operators and networks, so how do you see that playing out in terms of potential difficulty getting full distribution for the ACC Network? Our structure is flexible and it can adapt to whatever ESPN wants to adapt to. “What we have discussed is the fact that we’re flexible. You have that, but I have yet to have known a major sporting event that’s been streamed where you haven’t seen some complaints about buffering."ĭisney CEO Bob Iger has openly talked about ESPN eventually going standalone, is there an eye towards OTT? The closest OTT thing that’s been a success that has sports as part of it has been Sling TV with ESPN. Even ones that are ‘successful,’ are not what they thought they would be and those have been sports.
“Because there isn’t an OTT model that’s proven successful yet. Why didn't ESPN and the ACC go with an over-the-top internet option? Following the official announcement in Charlotte, I engaged with Jordan on the topic of cord-cutting and where the industry is headed.
Jordan's recommendations helped guide the ACC throughout the process and will continue to be part of the conference braintrust leading up to the inevitable launch of the ACC Network. But obviously we became sold and here we are today." "So even at that time we weren't really sold on whether that was the way to go. "I was watching the Big Ten start up their network and it wasn't pretty, it turned out great, but it wasn't pretty," Swofford explained to 99.9FM The Fan.
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