LA Times
The rise of sports TV costs and why your cable bill keeps going up
Saturday, December 5, 2015,
By Ellen Mbuqe
Last year, Americans collectively spent 31 billion hours watching sports on TV — a 40% increase from a decade ago.
“Every year, there are more entertainment options for people to fill their leisure time,” said Dennis Deninger, a former ESPN production executive who now teaches sports communications at Syracuse University.