Sports Programming Shakeup Likely, CCG Says

Cable subscriptions can't sustain going up $2 a year to cover increasingly expensive sports programming costs, given the growth of cord cutting in response, CCG Consulting President Doug Dawson blogged Wednesday. He said Amazon -- reportedly bidding for regional sports network being sold in Disney buying some Fox assets -- or another party is likely to change the paradigm by selling content by the game. Amazon didn't comment.