DirecTV's 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Offered as Standalone Subscription, Available on Macs/iOS Devices [Updated]

hipnetic said:
IMO, if you only care about the highlights, you aren't a real fan.
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Exactly. I think his wife wants Sunday Ticket, but just doesn't want to pay $300 on top of the $100 cable bill. I refuse that **** as well. No more cable for me. It makes no sense to my wallet to pay for it every month, when in reality I only watch sports and Sons of Anarchy. God bless itunes and the NFL. I'm so glad Directv's exclusive rights contract is over. It's like wathing Hussein fall! I love it!
 
This is a very big deal for a lot of people. DirecTV has always been a 3rd rate player in the Boston area behind Comcast, Verizon FiOS, and others before them. Always found it strange that the NFL would limit such a valuable asset to one company. Imagine if the iPhone were still an AT&T exclusive. That's what it's been like for Sunday Ticket all these years.
 
rydenfan said:
couldn't disagree more. They will sell a ton of these. I personally know multiple people who will buy this immediately
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I am one of those people. I am a combo football fanatic and cord-cutter. 2 things that did not work together at all until this story!:D
 
super tomtendo said:
It'll probably still have black outs.
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Because of broadcast agreements written long ago, Sunday Ticket does not show home market games. You still have to tune into your local network affiliate (CBS/FOX/etc). Which kinda defeats the purpose, as I'd like one app/game center where I can see my team and all teams. Having to switch to either the HD antenna or back to cable doesn't seem right. Even if a game is sold out in your local market, Sunday Ticket still won't broadcast the game. This is separate from local blackouts when the home team doesn't sell out the game.
 
Now I just need college football and I'm good! NFL and NCAA football are literally the only reason I would have cable.

I just realized it won't show local games. So, you still would need cable. Sucks.
 
Seems still kind of ridiculous unless you live outside your team's market. I guess that's the people they seek. But a step in the right direction to offer such content without a TV subscription. The only problem I had with MLS Live a couple of years ago is you couldn't get ALL the games, just the ones not already on national TV. That means none of the games on NBCSN, which takes many, many dollars a month to get on any TV package. But at about $70 for the entire season now, that's still a lot of soccer.

I'm still hopeful for standalone ESPN and HBO. I know I saw something about getting HBO if you have Comcast Internet, but if you haven't heard the customer service recording that has gone viral, you don't understand their lack of it. Comcast's crappy autopay does NOT work and has caused me billing headaches. So I don't want to go through Comcast for anything I don't have to.
 
JoeShades said:
This is why the MLB.TV is the best , no national balckouts except the sunday night yank...i mean ESPN game
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I'm in a catch-22 with my feelings towards MLB TV deals. On one hand, I'd like to see blackout restrictions lifted so I could ditch cable completely and stream Rangers games. On the other hand, the new TV deals are funding my team's payroll fairly significantly.
 
I have been dreaming of the day I can cut my Comcast cord. I ONLY have Comcast to watch college football for 4 months every year. I pay about $100/month for Comcast. That is $1200/year. I would gladly pay up to $400 to have the same access to college football games that I have now and pocket $800/year on the savings.

First domino? Unfortunately, most of the major college conferences have just signed lucrative TV deals so I guess it'll be awhile until what I feel is inevitable...actually happens.
 
This offer is half baked..

I put in my address and I am not eligible. It seems I can already get DTV at my address. I put in my mother's address, which is an apartment building, and that is eligible..... Even though everyone in that building is able to get DTV.

Stupid:mad:
 
If they don't black out in-market games it would be great. MLB at bat (or whatever their app is called) blacks out local games, so I couldn't cancel cable to watch.
I could get this, NHL, and MLB subscriptions for about the price of 2 months of cable bills.
Hopefully more people will cut cable, so they put out fair prices. Comcast has a monopoly, so they can screw there customers and they don't have the option to switch providers.
 
PatriotInvasion said:
Always found it strange that the NFL would limit such a valuable asset to one company.
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MONEY. DirecTV pays the NFL 700 million dollars for the season which ONLY includes Out of Market games. Divide that by 32 teams and it's nearly 22 million a team per season. Since the NFL already sells their Thursday, Sunday and Monday games to ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX, (quite a few of these games also Out of Market games), Sunday Ticket is not that big of a deal except to rabid fans and displaced fans that want to see their former home team games. Oh, and the betters.

As almost everyone knows, DTV uses Sunday Ticket to entice new subscribers to the first year for free. I'm on Dish and there if you subscribe to the sports package ($11 a month), they throw in the Red Zone (from Sunday Ticket.) Since I don't really care about out of town games, I think I've watched the Red Zone only a couple of times last year.
 
So DirecTV's deal ends after the season. Most likely Apple and Google will make a bid for the contract. This is why DTV is allowing streaming now to try to cut off Google. The problem is Google can afford to outbid DTV. The question is how much will ATT throw in if they acquire DTV.
 
Bill Killer said:
I'm in a catch-22 with my feelings towards MLB TV deals. On one hand, I'd like to see blackout restrictions lifted so I could ditch cable completely and stream Rangers games. On the other hand, the new TV deals are funding my team's payroll fairly significantly.
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Your comments are the only ones that make any sense. ALMOST every other poster here is looking for a free lunch. ALL blackouts are because the home team media are paying big money to show their products on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX or their local baseball/hockey/etc channel. And these other channels are collectively paying the leagues much more than the 700 million that DTV plays the NFL for Sunday Ticket.

The choice is pay the piper, listen to the radio or go to your local sports bar. Or go to goATD.Net if you can figure out how to work it. Not HD, but it does sometimes work.
 
StarShot said:
Your comments are the only ones that make any sense. ALMOST every other poster here is looking for a free lunch. ALL blackouts are because the home team media are paying big money to show their products on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX or their local baseball/hockey/etc channel. And these other channels are collectively paying the leagues much more than the 700 million that DTV plays the NFL for Sunday Ticket.

The choice is pay the piper, listen to the radio or go to your local sports bar. Or go to goATD.Net if you can figure out how to work it. Not HD, but it does sometimes work.
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The regional sports networks own the rights to each local team. They could stream their games on their own and make their money back. MLBTV is taking those local broadcast feeds and streaming them. Why blackout the home market.

The Yankees own their own rights but they allow MLB to handle the streaming, and they still black out the games locally.
 
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MacNut said:
So DirecTV's deal ends after the season. Most likely Apple and Google will make a bid for the contract. This is why DTV is allowing streaming now to try to cut off Google. The problem is Google can afford to outbid DTV. The question is how much will ATT throw in if they acquire DTV.
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Come on!!! Not sure what Google would do with Sunday Ticket, but Apple can't figure out how to stream their regular ATV content without lots of buffering. Every try to stream MLB? Lots of pixelation. Sunday Ticket works because it come directly off the DTV satellite. Yes, I suppose it could also come off Comcast cable or Dish, but it won't work most places just streaming from the internet. IMHO.

Now if we just had Korea's 100Mbps network...EVERYWHERE, not just Google World.
 
StarShot said:
Come on!!! Not sure what Google would do with Sunday Ticket, but Apple can't figure out how to stream their regular ATV content without lots of buffering. Every try to stream MLB? Lots of pixelation. Sunday Ticket works because it come directly off the DTV satellite. Yes, I suppose it could also come off Comcast cable or Dish, but it won't work most places just streaming from the internet. IMHO.
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Google owns YouTube, you don't think they could do NFL streaming?

These companies want content, they could easily outbid DTV for the rights. Lets even throw Netflix into the mix.

We are moving away from traditional broadcasting. Everything is shifting to the internet. It's only a matter of time before the NFL moves that way too.
 
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JAT said:
Single game tickets for family of five: $500
Concessions for five (no alcohol): $150
Parking: $20

Total: $670

How does $200 for every game sound in comparison?
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Seems an odd comparison. I don't watch football but I do like safaris. Safari in Kenya $5000. Safari documentary on DVD $15.
 
What a great way to waste time. Watching my own team gets boring fast, thats why I listen on AM radio (100% free) while getting something productive done. If you're spending hours on the couch watching someone else's team, your priorities in life suck.
 
SeattleMoose said:
I have been dreaming of the day I can cut my Comcast cord. I ONLY have Comcast to watch college football for 4 months every year. I pay about $100/month for Comcast. That is $1200/year. I would gladly pay up to $400 to have the same access to college football games that I have now and pocket $800/year on the savings.
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Well, if that's the *ONLY* reason you need cable, and it's only 4 months out of the year, why not cancel your cable subscription for the other 8 months? I just saved you $800.
 
DonJudgeMe said:
I'm so glad Directv's exclusive rights contract is over. It's like wathing Hussein fall! I love it!
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Hate to break the news to you but DTV is going to to get the renewal. DTV's business depends on it, and so does its merger w/ ATT. But even if DTV were to lose the deal it's not going to be less expensive w/ a different provider.

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macgabe said:
Seems an odd comparison. I don't watch football but I do like safaris. Safari in Kenya $5000. Safari documentary on DVD $15.
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Well it depends. For example, if your safari was confined to your lodge with just a high powered lens a DVD might be more enlightening. I love going to games but ONLY if I can get good seats. I'd rather watch on TV if all I can get are nosebleed, corner or endzone.
 
macgabe said:
Seems an odd comparison. I don't watch football but I do like safaris. Safari in Kenya $5000. Safari documentary on DVD $15.
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Hmm, I'd have to say mine is a LOT more realistic to be on people's minds. According to ESPN, NFL attendance last season was 17.3m, not including playoffs. That's a lot of people choosing the expensive way to watch a football game every year.
 
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