What ESPN Mobile SHOULD Have Been
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This image was lost some time after publication, but you can still view it [object Object] . In response to our post yesterday about ESPN taking a $25 million loss on ESPN Mobile, reader Jim from Boston writes in to tell us where, precisely, the network's pricing plan might have gone wrong.
A little bit of market research would have solved this for them. Q: What market segment needs the absolute, most up to date sports scores, info, etc? A: Bookies. Q: What phone does your average bookie have? A: The cheapest-ass no-contract pre-paid he can find since he'll only have it for a couple weeks before he gets another. Add in some voice encryption, host the billing records in a third world country, and you might have a real product. Not that I know anyone who would need that specific set of features. Ahem.
So depressingly, obviously true.
What's $25 Million Between Friends? [Deadspin]
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