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Title: ESPN is scheming more streaming services with Dish and others Post by: HCK on February 20, 2016, 09:00:13 am ESPN is scheming more streaming services with Dish and others
<article> <section class="page"> <p> As ESPN feels the effects of cord cutting (http://www.techhive.com/column/cord-cutter-confidential), the sports giant is looking to launch more streaming services with more partners.</p><p> According to Variety (http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/espn-is-talking-to-dish-others-about-new-streaming-packages-1201709053/), negotiations are underway with Dish Network and other companies about “creating other multi-stream products,” ESPN President and Co-Chairman John Skipper said during Recode’s Code Media conference on Wednesday.</p><p> ESPN already works with Dish on Sling TV (http://www.techhive.com/article/2909572/sling-tv-channel-guide-all-the-programming-and-all-the-restrictions-all-in-one-chart.html), a $20 per month bundle of streaming channels that includes ESPN and ESPN2 in its core lineup. Variety speculates that a premium version of Sling TV could be in the works, supporting more than one stream at a time. Sling TV CEO Roger Lynch said last month the company is exploring a multiple stream option (http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/sling-tv-new-ui-multiple-streams-ces-1201672306/).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3034690/streaming-services/espn-is-scheming-more-streaming-services-with-dish-and-others.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: ESPN is scheming more streaming services with Dish and others (http://www.macworld.com/article/3034690/streaming-services/espn-is-scheming-more-streaming-services-with-dish-and-others.html#tk.rss_all) |