ESPN Prefers to Compete With Itself: President Skipper

The transcript discusses the management of long-term rights deals, emphasizing the importance of adding value to distributors and adapting to technological changes. It highlights the challenges of consumer costs and bundling, particularly in the context of ESPN and cable TV. The conversation also covers the evolving digital landscape, including live streaming and the strategic adoption of new technologies to stay competitive. The focus is on leveraging these technologies to grow new businesses and monetize digital platforms effectively.

What is the company's approach to managing media rights?

• Building new businesses and adopting technology

• Avoiding long-term contracts

• Focusing solely on television rights

• Creating short-term deals with distributors

How does the company view the potential increase in consumer costs for ESPN?

• Consumers will immediately pay double

• Consumers will not pay more than $5

• Distributors will not pass any costs to consumers

• The ecosystem absorbs costs over time

What is a key component of the company's nine-year deal in the changing digital landscape?

• Focusing only on traditional TV broadcasts

• Including live streaming on over-the-top platforms

• Avoiding digital content altogether

• Excluding live streaming options

How does the company plan to handle the potential cannibalization of viewership due to digital streaming?

• By avoiding digital platforms

• By competing with themselves across technologies

• By focusing only on cable subscriptions

• By limiting digital content availability

What is the company's stance on adopting new technologies in the sports media landscape?

• They aggressively adopt new technologies

• They prefer to wait and see

• They avoid new technologies to protect old models

• They only adopt technologies with proven monetization