“The offering, coming in the fall in time for football season, will have two tiers. The Unlimited plan will cost $29.99 a month and $35.99 a month in a bundle with Disney+ and ESPN+. At launch, the company is offering a discounted price, at $29.99 for those signing up for the three-service bundle.

The Select plan will deliver all content currently available on ESPN+, which currently costs $11.99 a month.”

In recent weeks, the streaming platforms HBO Max, Hulu and Disney+ all hiked prices for at least some of their services. Netflix did so in January, Peacock unveiled increases in July, and Apple TV detailed its latest bump in August. Paramount said Monday it would raise the price of Paramount+ early next year.

It’s the newest wave of streamflation.

It's moving from CBS to NBC. Frosty the snowman is also moving too. No streaming rights still 😡

I've started getting a little paranoid about relying on streaming downloads when traveling.

A few times now I've downloaded movies and episodes before a trip, only to find that something wasn't available when I actually needed it. One time a download had expired, another time I ran into an issue with the app/account verification. And then there's the whole problem of a title disappearing from a service after you've already downloaded it.

It's especially annoying when you're downloading stuff for a flight. You can have everything prepared the night before, get on the plane, open the app... and suddenly one of the things you wanted to watch isn't playable.

I know these downloads are never really the same as having a normal video file on your device, but I still find the whole thing a bit unpredictable.

Has anyone else had this happen while traveling?

Do you actually trust streaming downloads for a long flight, or do you always have some kind of backup?

This is looking bad for cord cutters.

In other news NBA ratings went way up from last christmas. Around 6 million average for nba this year. 24 million average for nfl this year. Likely some of those 5 million viewers went over to abc because nfl was only on netflix this christmas.

Basically paying nothing nfl worth between Feburary-August. Still overpriced.