YouTube TV frontrunner for NFL Sunday Ticket
Love it. I cut the cord about 8 months ago and have used YouTube TV as my primary streaming service. Giddyup.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35294678/youtube-tv-emerges-front-runner-nfl-sunday-ticket
@"purplefaithful" said:King: NFL Sunday Ticket Price on YouTube TV Estimated to Be Around $300 for Consumer
King also noted YouTube TV could provide a "single-team option" for fans, providing an opportunity to see only one team's out-of-market games while paying a cheaper cost. The only choice in the current system provides all out-of-market Sunday afternoon games and NFL RedZone for a fixed rate.
Nice. This is what a lot of us have been waiting for.
@"StickyBun" said:@"purplefaithful" said:King: NFL Sunday Ticket Price on YouTube TV Estimated to Be Around $300 for Consumer
King also noted YouTube TV could provide a "single-team option" for fans, providing an opportunity to see only one team's out-of-market games while paying a cheaper cost. The only choice in the current system provides all out-of-market Sunday afternoon games and NFL RedZone for a fixed rate.
Nice. This is what a lot of us have been waiting for.
Yep, that's huge news. I'll believe it when I see it, but this is Shangri-La for us one-team, out of marketers. If they pull that off, YTTV subs are going through the roof.
I wonder if we’ll need to be subscribed to YouTube TV to get it? And, can you sign up just for the season?
@"AGRforever" said: I wonder if we’ll need to be subscribed to YouTube TV to get it? And, can you sign up just for the season?I would say yes and yes. YTTV is subscription based, so I don't know how you'd avoid a subscription. But unlike DTV, you pay per month and can quit at any time. It's like Netflix. There are no contracts. I don't watch TV so I typically cancel YTTV after the football season.
Will NFLST change that? I doubt they'd be that stupid. EVERYthing is monthly now. And why DTV is likely going belly up.
I would imagine you could pay the monthly YTTV sub price ($65-$75 IIRC), add to it whatever your NFLST package cost is, and then cancel at the end of the season.
@"MaroonBells" said:@"AGRforever" said: I wonder if we’ll need to be subscribed to YouTube TV to get it? And, can you sign up just for the season? I would say yes and yes. YTTV is subscription based, so I don't know how you'd avoid a subscription. But unlike DTV, you pay per month and can quit at any time. It's like Netflix. There are no contracts. I don't watch TV so I typically cancel YTTV after the football season.Will NFLST change that? I doubt they'd be that stupid. EVERYthing is monthly now. And why DTV is likely going belly up.
I would imagine you could pay the monthly YTTV sub price ($65-$75 IIRC), add to it whatever your NFLST package cost is, and then cancel at the end of the season.
Dish will survive but DTV wont...
@"purplefaithful" said:@"MaroonBells" said:@"AGRforever" said: I wonder if we’ll need to be subscribed to YouTube TV to get it? And, can you sign up just for the season? I would say yes and yes. YTTV is subscription based, so I don't know how you'd avoid a subscription. But unlike DTV, you pay per month and can quit at any time. It's like Netflix. There are no contracts. I don't watch TV so I typically cancel YTTV after the football season.Will NFLST change that? I doubt they'd be that stupid. EVERYthing is monthly now. And why DTV is likely going belly up.
I would imagine you could pay the monthly YTTV sub price ($65-$75 IIRC), add to it whatever your NFLST package cost is, and then cancel at the end of the season.
Dish will survive but DTV wont...
Didn't even realize Dish was still around.
@"MaroonBells" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"MaroonBells" said:@"AGRforever" said: I wonder if we’ll need to be subscribed to YouTube TV to get it? And, can you sign up just for the season? I would say yes and yes. YTTV is subscription based, so I don't know how you'd avoid a subscription. But unlike DTV, you pay per month and can quit at any time. It's like Netflix. There are no contracts. I don't watch TV so I typically cancel YTTV after the football season.Will NFLST change that? I doubt they'd be that stupid. EVERYthing is monthly now. And why DTV is likely going belly up.
I would imagine you could pay the monthly YTTV sub price ($65-$75 IIRC), add to it whatever your NFLST package cost is, and then cancel at the end of the season.
Dish will survive but DTV wont...
Didn't even realize Dish was still around.
They are and Comcast is still huge in the live tv world too.Will be interesting to see if Gov lets Dish/DTV merge. Rumor has been out there for some time. Losing NFL for DTV is a big deal.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"MaroonBells" said:@"AGRforever" said: I wonder if we’ll need to be subscribed to YouTube TV to get it? And, can you sign up just for the season? I would say yes and yes. YTTV is subscription based, so I don't know how you'd avoid a subscription. But unlike DTV, you pay per month and can quit at any time. It's like Netflix. There are no contracts. I don't watch TV so I typically cancel YTTV after the football season.Will NFLST change that? I doubt they'd be that stupid. EVERYthing is monthly now. And why DTV is likely going belly up.
I would imagine you could pay the monthly YTTV sub price ($65-$75 IIRC), add to it whatever your NFLST package cost is, and then cancel at the end of the season.
Dish will survive but DTV wont...
So we went to South Africa this spring. Every dang hut…especially the ones in the shanty towns had a satellite dish on it. DTV and Dish might have problems where there is reliable high speed internet but that wont be the case worldwide for decades.
Iiirc dtv has been losing money for a while now on the NFL deal. I can't imagine that won't be the same thing for yttv, they will either jack the rates or likely make some other changes to what they are floating out.
@"JimmyinSD" said: Iiirc dtv has been losing money for a while now on the NFL deal. I can't imagine that won't be the same thing for yttv, they will either jack the rates or likely make some other changes to what they are floating out.If its $350/yr and it costs YTtv $2B/yr. They need 5.7M subscibers to break even not counting the infrastructure cost to provide the service.
No clue how many DTV had but thats a tall order. Thats 4.5% of USA households. But the nfl is only averaging 17.1M viewrs/week.
@"AGRforever" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: Iiirc dtv has been losing money for a while now on the NFL deal. I can't imagine that won't be the same thing for yttv, they will either jack the rates or likely make some other changes to what they are floating out. If its $350/yr and it costs YTtv $2B/yr. They need 5.7M subscibers to break even not counting the infrastructure cost to provide the service.No clue how many DTV had but thats a tall order. Thats 4.5% of USA households. But the nfl is only averaging 17.1M viewrs/week.
Like with all media, the money's in advertising, not subscriptions. Something else to consider, YTTV opens up NFLST to pretty much everyone with a TV and an internet connection. DTV's reach was limited due to the need for a dish. Think of the millions of folks who live in high-rise apartments. A dish was not an option for them.https://adage.com/article/media/youtubes-nfl-sunday-ticket-streaming-deal-gives-it-new-ad-inventory/2461556#:~:text=By%20Garett%20Sloane.,Ticket%20is%20headed%20to%20YouTube.&text=The%20NFL%20reached%20a%20multibillion,YouTube%2C%20the%20league%20said%20Thursday.
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