NFL Experimenting with Exclusive Live Streaming Playoff Game This Season

[Vic Mackey 46,935]

 

[PilotsError 2,281]

God I hate streaming. 

[Dennis Taylor 18,706]

17 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

 

[Texzilla58 4,717]

How many of you will get calls for this game? “Uhh how do I do that internet thing again?”

[Beau Vine 53,999]

If MLB did this, people would lose their minds.

NFL does it, and you get three replies in 24 hours.

[0xdeadbeef 1,626]

It's still going to be available on the maybe-legal-may-be-not-I'm-not-a-lawyer-so-I-can't-tell underground streaming sites like https://v2.sportsurge.net/ , right?  

 

[Captain Ron 12,798]

Streaming only?

 

 

[Nope 3,111]

Don’t care, not downloading Peacock

[markstanco 12,505]

 

Not entirely true.

If you are in the local market you can watch on nbc in traditional methods.

[ousux 5,586]

So the NFL is hellbent on putting America's favorite sport in the shitter because Goodell can only afford a handful of vacation homes and has trouble joining the Yacht club?

Good! Fuck em. CFB is already the better product, having the competition eliminating itself is just icing on the cake.

[Texzilla58 4,717]

Better product? Your very minority opinion. As for being fucked up, CFB is navigating very dangerous waters of its own besides the craziness of TV revenue and transmission technology. The unrestricted issues of the portal and NIL will add more instability.

[ChickenSandwich 9,798]

Amazon sucked. No DVR. Game disappeared after conclusion. 
 

Fuck commercials 

[kevwun 15,643]

I was just gonna say at least it's not Amazon.  Their stream of Thursday games is always shitty.  I don't understand how the company who runs AWS can't figure out how to stream game live.

Edited May 17, 2023 by kevwun

[BurntOrange&White 39,651]

I hope it's viewership is all time low, this is just retarded. Didn't Amazon's exclusive Thursday night games have lower than normal ratings?

[Vic Mackey 46,935]

14 hours ago, markstanco said:

Not entirely true.

If you are in the local market you can watch on nbc in traditional methods.

Yes, that is true but this only applies to a small portion of the country. The rest won't be able to see it unless they get Peacock. 

At what point is the Super Bowl going to be exclusively streamed? A decade from now. Seems this is the way sports is headed. With college football, ESPN took full control of the bowl games and playoffs where the national championship and all the big bowl games were on free OTA channels. That was a big deal when it happened. This would be the next logical step.

Sports in general are becoming more of a pain to watch as the years go by, especially the local sports. I used to be able to watch the Mavs, Stars, Rangers, FC Dallas on free OTA channels. Then they all moved to Fox Sports Southwest. No real biggie there, as Fox Sports SW was carried by every cable/satellite/streaming outlet. Now? Bally Sports, who is only carried by Bally themselves for a monthly fee or you have to subscribe to the only streaming outlet who carries Bally, which is DirecTV Stream. 

[TxEx84 375]

Guess I won't be watching the game then.

[ChickenSandwich 9,798]

It’s essentially PayPerView as many will sign up for the game and cancel after a month (if they remember). 

[hook me 2,080]

5 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

It’s essentially PayPerView as many will sign up for the game and cancel after a month (if they remember). 

People will convince themselves they'll use it for other shows only to spend $10/month (or whatever it is) for nothing. Kinda like my 5 year old gym membership...

[TexArcher 37,508]

I got Paycock to watch the occasional Chelsea FC match.  I've been paying $60/yr for about 4 soccer matches and access to re-runs of The Office that I never think to watch.

I'm glad they're doing this, because when they double the price, I'll be motivated to cancel.

[Vic Mackey 46,935]

I got Paycock to watch the occasional Chelsea FC match.  I've been paying $60/yr for about 4 soccer matches and access to re-runs of The Office that I never think to watch.
I'm glad they're doing this, because when they double the price, I'll be motivated to cancel.

I just wonder where the breaking point is with all these streaming apps continuing to raise prices across the board. It's becoming overkill. Some of those are not going to be worth the price they want.

[BurntOrange&White 39,651]

3 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

9 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

I got Paycock to watch the occasional Chelsea FC match.  I've been paying $60/yr for about 4 soccer matches and access to re-runs of The Office that I never think to watch.
I'm glad they're doing this, because when they double the price, I'll be motivated to cancel.

I just wonder where the breaking point is with all these streaming apps continuing to raise prices across the board. It's becoming overkill. Some of those are not going to be worth the price they want.

I think Netflix is seeing their breaking point. Shit is becoming more expensive than cable.

Edited May 17, 2023 by BurntOrange&White

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2,868]

Is this the divorcee thread or do y’all’s wives just not watch housewives of (whatever) on peacock? 
 

Most used app on my appleTV here.

[Hagbard Celine 10,756]

15 hours ago, kevwun said:

I was just gonna say at least it's not Amazon.  Their stream of Thursday games is always shitty.  I don't understand how the company who runs AWS can't figure out how to stream game live.

jeff can't fix what he doesn't own

[BurntOrange&White 39,651]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/espn-lays-plans-to-stream-flagship-channel-eyeing-cable-tvs-demise-ad0fb727

 

Can someone post this article