Is ESPN Becoming a Premium Channel?

Founded in 1979, ESPN has provided 24 hour sports of global news to its viewers.  There is no denying that ESPN controls the sports news market.  With demand for sports increasing with the upcoming college and NFL football seasons, rumors are floating around ESPN has a plan to unbundle with the cable packages and be offered as a separate premium channel like HBO. 

Ranked as one of the top reasons consumers renew cable services, ESPN is the primary non-premium channel in demand.  On average consumers only pay around $6 for about 10+ ESPN affiliated channels, so it is reasonable to think that ESPN, an ABC- Disney owned channel, would want more pieces of the pie. It all boils down to money, and who gets the most of it.  

Representatives for ESPN spoke about the idea, and the only information that was given focused on a plan in 5 years to test the waters on the idea but no serious plans other than that.  Being a business and broadcasting double major, I know that with an opportunity like that out there, we should prepare our wallets to start paying for service of sports news from ESPN.

Female Players in FIFA 16

"For the first time every in the FIFA franchise, women's teams are in the game."

FIFA representatives promised this FIFA 16 will be the most improved FIFA game you have ever played.  FIFA 16 has new ways to play, a balance experience across the whole game, innovation across the entire pitch, and compete at a higher level.

New ways to play
FIFA has been working on this for years.  The best female players in the world were integrated in the FIFA 16 using all the motion capturing and facial recognition technology possible.  It's an amazing and rewarding moment to final see our star female athletes in the game.

  

The world doesn't know this, but our American female soccer team has been our best international and championship team for decades. Current star female players like Sydney Leroux, Abby Wambach and Hope Solo will take the field and compete for you against the world to bring home a championship.Innovation

Pitch Balance
When playing the game you want confidence in defense. You want to be able to defend with purpose and backbone.  Teams really win defending as a unit.   All new defensive agility gives you the mobility to trap skilled players.  

You'll have better defensive shape on the pitch to help you break down attacks and counter attacks when you win the ball.  In the middle of the pitch you'll control the midfield, the battle ground of any match.  

Interception intelligence will help you shutdown options and close dangerous passing channels.  On the counter, passing with purpsoe lets you play sharp passes to slice through defenses.  In the final third, more skills better dribbling and menancing attacks.

No touch dribbling was motion captured from Lionel Messi. Free yourself from the ball to buy time, create separation and blow by your defender, limitless creativity profoundly changes the game and gives you opportunity to critically finish.

Compete at a Higher level
FIFA Trainer will help you dial up your game.  The controller language on screen will change as you move around the pitch, give you more options to play better defense, make better passes and help you score more goals.

Launch date is September 22 in North America and September 24 globally.