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Ursus Rex

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15. Counterpoint: they are picking off former broadcast viewers

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 04:49 PM

Sep 24

... from Sinclair and Nexstar boycotting content, in particular ... drumroll ... SEC football across the South.

"Sinclair in SEC states would include: Birmingham, Mobile, Little Rock, St Louis, Tulsa, Abilene, Amarillo, San Angelo, Chattanooga, Myrtle Beach, and by Popular Demand: Austin

Nexstar in SEC states would include: Dothan, New Orleans, Joplin, Knoxville, Nashville, Lubbock, Midland, Augusta, Panama City."

Birmingham is the most football-crazy town in the US, per capita, and the rest of the towns listed are HUGE outlets for SEC football.

"Broadcast" is important here bc streaming - like HULU, which offers ABC and ESPN games - would be unaffected. The Mouse may get MORE subscribers from this.

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