this past year, we attended the cable show and spoke with espn resident john skipper and pat esser, the president of medication. that was followed by our -- the ofsident of communication -- cox communications. >> what is the biggest competition for espn? and five years -- five years from now, what do you see as the competition for espn? the lease of their own networks. right now, there is a lot of attention being played because one.ill go digital sports nbc lost the channel a couple of years ago. network.a conference turner, cbs, plenty of competition and it is mostly a competition for programming rights, more talent for advertising dollars and .ltimately for eyeballs >> so where does it go from here? >> hi think you just get more public internet and more competitive. everybody understands that sports is the sweet spot of media. it is almost the only thing that you have to watch live. that has increased its value and i think everybody is seeing that now, whether they be social media types that are partnering with us to do tweeting about sports or tissue sports as we , other facebook net