Good decision. Who needs the NFL when Apple already has the rights to real football starting next year?
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Apple Reportedly Quits NFL Sunday Ticket Streaming Negotiations
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I don't care for NFL so it doesn't affect me, but I hope this streaming business crap doesn't get into my two choice sports which is hockey and baseball...
I honestly did not like the Apple Friday Night Baseball, the broadcast teams knew next to nothing about the Blue Jays beyond just reading stats. It paled in comparison to the home broadcast we get in Canada.
If Apple sticks to just 4-5 games a year per team, i don't care, I just won't watch those games, I'll listen on the radio or find a stream.
I don't think they'll stick their head into NHL hockey, or any other streaming service, since its not really all that profitable.
I honestly did not like the Apple Friday Night Baseball, the broadcast teams knew next to nothing about the Blue Jays beyond just reading stats. It paled in comparison to the home broadcast we get in Canada.
If Apple sticks to just 4-5 games a year per team, i don't care, I just won't watch those games, I'll listen on the radio or find a stream.
I don't think they'll stick their head into NHL hockey, or any other streaming service, since its not really all that profitable.
Good. I hated the idea of Apple spending as much money as was rumored they would on this only to include it for free. Football is dumb and I don't want to spend money subsidizing it
That’s too bad, this would have been a big win Apple. I’m not surprised though.
Nothing lost. The NFL is more about entertainment than sports anyway. It now appeals to the lowest common denominator in the viewing audience. Want excitement? Check out the Super Bowl halftime show! The glory days of the NFL were the sixties and seventies. I cannot even watch anymore. In addition, it is one of the few organizations that is actually more arrogant than Apple. Screw em.
A problem with the NFL at least this year is although there have been good games there are mostly crappy teams, evem though ESPN seems to think the Cowboys are the best team 🤣
Soccer (real football) really isn't that popular in the U.S.. Most people don't watch it and I know I wont! I don't even subscribe to Apple TV+.
A fellow Broncos fan?? Sorry to hear about that. It's been painful this year.
Theres 8 billion people in the world and only a fraction of it bastardizes the name while calling another sport barely played with feet 'football'. Yah, beaten to death argument, but that's not the point... the issue is larger than that. It's as infuriating as Americas reluctance to get with the rest of the world using the metric system.
When you fire the dude that got you all the deals because he made a joke by repeating lines of a movie while off duty, negotiations evaporate. Also, football sucks.
Not really 'saving' DTV if after the first 'free' year the subscribers fall away. Giving away free stuff works up until it does not result in long term revenue to cover the costs of the initial 'freebie' bribe. Otherwise just paying tons of money for subscriber churn.
DTV subscriber long term numbers have been falling for a long time during this whole Sunday Ticket multibilllion dollar pay out.
Similar to the bubble of AppleTV deployments when some of these streaming companies were handing them away 'almost free' (or very heavy discounts) if just signed up for service for 3-4 months. That is OK if folks stay for 3-4 years. But if they bolt after the minimal period term to get the free stuff that is really wasted money when do the analysis over a multiple year basis.
2007-2014 there is no huge raise. ( about 16M to 20M )
DirecTV - U.S. subscribers 2014| Statista
This statistic contains data on the number of subscribers of DirecTV in the United States from 2007 to 2014.
www.statista.com
2014-2022 substantive declines. ( around 20M at the beginning and mostly massive losses last several years )
DirecTV: no of video subscribers in the U.S. 2023| Statista
How many customers does DirecTV have? DirecTV had 11.3 million U.S. subscribers in 2023, down from over 13 million in the previous year.
www.statista.com
'Back in the 90's it saved them' doesn't really mean much. This is a different century and folks have way, way , way faster Internet and non cable options now. The pricing was radically different and the new customer acquisition costs were also radically different.
I agree with this. MLB, NBA, (NHL I assume) already do this. Blackout the local market and nationally televised games like MLB/NBA do to protect CBS/FOX/NBC/ESPN and your good
Broadcast is dying. Too bad NFL wants to milk that model a while longer at the expense of streaming customers like me with cash in hand. Apple could have revolutionized sports with rock-solid 4K and 8K streaming of content. Not too late to resurrect the XFL streaming only league.
They had planned to do that for several years. Running it under the auspices of NFL films. But they just recently sold NFL films. I suppose they could re-create something new. But they would suck at it and think that we should all pay a thousand dollars a season for the games. Unlike what they did in the rest of the world. They already have a steaming service and offer the games at a very reasonable price.
When I say savior you have to remember that I was a subscriber for 27 years. I go way back to the beginning of DTV. They would have never gotten most of their subs without ST.Not really 'saving' DTV if after the first 'free' year the subscribers fall away. Giving away free stuff works up until it does not result in long term revenue to cover the costs of the initial 'freebie' bribe. Otherwise just paying tons of money for subscriber churn.
DTV subscriber long term numbers have been falling for a long time during this whole Sunday Ticket multibilllion dollar pay out.
Similar to the bubble of AppleTV deployments when some of these streaming companies were handing them away 'almost free' (or very heavy discounts) if just signed up for service for 3-4 months. That is OK if folks stay for 3-4 years. But if they bolt after the minimal period term to get the free stuff that is really wasted money when do the analysis over a multiple year basis.
2007-2014 there is no huge raise. ( about 16M to 20M )
DirecTV - U.S. subscribers 2014| Statista
This statistic contains data on the number of subscribers of DirecTV in the United States from 2007 to 2014.
2014-2022 substantive declines. ( around 20M at the beginning and mostly massive losses last several years )
DirecTV: no of video subscribers in the U.S. 2023| Statista
How many customers does DirecTV have? DirecTV had 11.3 million U.S. subscribers in 2023, down from over 13 million in the previous year.
'Back in the 90's it saved them' doesn't really mean much. This is a different century and folks have way, way , way faster Internet and non cable options now. The pricing was radically different and the new customer acquisition costs were also radically different.
So you aren’t going to pay because it will be on Amazon or Google instead of Apple? I find that hard to believe. People use NFLST to watch their favorite out of market team. These tend to be die hard fans and will pay no matter what service it is on.
My speculation... NFL wanted Apple to maintain the $300-$450 price point. Apple wouldn't do it.
I'm not buying that it's wise to form a conclusion off the limited knowledge provided in this article. Apple is streaming a significant number of MLS matches at no additional cost for Apple TV+ subscribers. It's reasonable to think they may have wanted to air X number of games each week at no cost to Apple TV+ subscribers too. Which, if you think about it, sounds a lot like what FOX and CBS do... which suddenly makes the NFL's concerns about what FOX and CBS will think seem a bit more reasonable.
Let's see how things play out, and then draw conclusions.
noooo 
I was really hoping Apple would land this. at least Apple Music still has a deal for the Super Bowl halftime shows.
hopefully Apple can at least land the SNF or MNF game.
I was really hoping Apple would land this. at least Apple Music still has a deal for the Super Bowl halftime shows.
hopefully Apple can at least land the SNF or MNF game.
I’m pretty sure NBC and ESPN, respectively, have those games locked up For at least a decade.
Now, why did you have to go mention Tannehill? Dude’s contract has handcuffed us for 3 years.