Sports and the Future of Streaming Television: A Study of the Value Sports Content Adds to Streaming Services

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dc.contributor.advisorSierra, Jeremy J.
dc.contributor.authorNaseralla, Sidney
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAnderson, Sidney T.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrown, Laurie
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-24T13:45:55Z
dc.date.available2023-03-24T13:45:55Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.abstractAs Americans have increasingly started using streaming services as their primary hosts for entertainment, the services have started acquiring content that differentiates themselves from their competitors. Sports have become a common option for services, but the high price to acquire broadcasting rights makes it a risky bet. This study determines how offering more sports content changes consumers’ perspectives on streaming services and how much value sports content generates. The study comes to these conclusions by creating a case study for four major streaming services. The study found streaming services marketing sports as central to their content libraries or offering sports that fans desire attract new subscribers, maintain current ones, and can raise prices without losing subscribers. The sports that did this most consistently were the media juggernauts and the smaller sports with passionate fanbases. Meanwhile, leagues that lacked their own hardcore fanbases provided little to their host services beyond filler for users to watch in between more interesting sports. The results of this study provide valuable information for both the academic and professional worlds. For academia, this study serves as an early launching pad for further study into the topic and creates a basic framework for future studies to utilize when forming their research methodologies. For the professional world, this study provides a set of loose guidelines for companies to use when deciding which sports leagues and events are likely to earn a fair return on investment and which should be approached with caution.
dc.description.departmentBusiness Administration
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent88 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationNaseralla, S. (2023). Sports and the future of streaming television: A study of the value sports content adds to streaming services (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/16502
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectsports
dc.subjectstreaming
dc.subjectstreaming services
dc.subjectPeacock
dc.subjectParamount
dc.subjectAmazon Prime Video
dc.subjectHulu
dc.subjectDisney Plus
dc.subjectMBA
dc.subjectTV
dc.titleSports and the Future of Streaming Television: A Study of the Value Sports Content Adds to Streaming Services
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentBusiness Administration
thesis.degree.disciplineBusiness Administration
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Business Administration

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