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NBC to Stream Super Bowl XLIX on iPad and Mac for Free, No Cable Subscription Required
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Haha, correction, many others have DirecTV because of sports. Cable is so years ago.
Still others have DISH Network because they don't want any part of anything owned by Rupert Murdoch
I don't understand the absence of Apple TV option, and yeah, I know I can mirror the iPad or MacBook.
So when I'm sitting in front of my TV instead of just tuning the TV to NBC I can access the game on the iPad and AirPlay it to the AppleTV. Wheeee!!!
This is funny. NBC is owned by Comcast. ABC is owned by Disney. CBS Corp (formerly Viacom) is the only one standing alone. In no way, shape, or form is anyone putting it to cable. Not yet anyway.
Isn't the Super Bowl free to view in the US?
I'm from the UK so don't know, but I have always thought that the Super Bowl had to be free to view.
I'm from the UK so don't know, but I have always thought that the Super Bowl had to be free to view.
MLB would be raking in even more money if the did away with the stupid local blackout policies.
News Corporation hasn't owned DirecTV since 2006.
The agreements/licensing that the NFL has with the networks prohibits AirPlay, Chromecast, or any form of mirroring on their apps. Regardless, it is silly that there isn't an Apple TV option.
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Seahawks fan.
I could claim bandwagon status, but that would be unsporting. Unfortunately my team is in the NFC South.
Fortunately for me, sports is only second to cars in my world. I will enjoy the defensive Hawks against the offensive Pats and hope the game is close throughout.Overshare: Rank of importance in my life.
1. Cars
2. Sports
3. Beer
4. XBox
5. Family - as long as they don't interfere with 1-4
I wonder if I can get away without one of these /jk? Prolly not.
That's why people use the less-featured Dish Network instead of DirecTV? Come on. Some of you guys and your politics. I'm pretty sure that's a minority who even cares. I buy what satisfies my TV viewing needs. I don't give a rats behind who owns it.
I have to wonder if this will be like the ESPN Mega Stream of the college football championship. Going through the ESPN app you had many different ways to watch the football game. I actually enjoyed watching the different feeds.
So I wonder if NBC will have different ways to watch the Super Bowl or it will just be the straight game feed that you would see if you watched it on the NBC channel.
As far as just using "rabbit ears" to watch the game, I know a few that watch antenna tv and the signal strength is pretty poor and they have keep playing with the antenna or hold it or turn it this way or that or the picture constantly breaks up and is unwatchable
So I wonder if NBC will have different ways to watch the Super Bowl or it will just be the straight game feed that you would see if you watched it on the NBC channel.
As far as just using "rabbit ears" to watch the game, I know a few that watch antenna tv and the signal strength is pretty poor and they have keep playing with the antenna or hold it or turn it this way or that or the picture constantly breaks up and is unwatchable
Whatever. The NFL is so overproduced and obnoxious nowadays.
And, even worse, the two teams playing are like watching ISIS versus Al Quaeda fighting against each other in a war. Who the hell do you root for? LOL.
I got better things to do.
And, even worse, the two teams playing are like watching ISIS versus Al Quaeda fighting against each other in a war. Who the hell do you root for? LOL.
I got better things to do.
I don't see what the big deal is: this is just a broadcast TV show.
Of course it should "be available" on iPad, just like any other broadcast TV show is.
However, Bill Bellicheat, Shady Tom Brady & thier New England Deflatriots
shall not now, nor ever, pollute my iPad Mini 3 with thier fetid presence.
GO SEAHAWKS.
Of course it should "be available" on iPad, just like any other broadcast TV show is.
However, Bill Bellicheat, Shady Tom Brady & thier New England Deflatriots
shall not now, nor ever, pollute my iPad Mini 3 with thier fetid presence.
GO SEAHAWKS.
OMG, you had me rolling over here. That was so comical!
. I wouldn't at all be surprised if what NE is being accused of is true. The thing is, I hate the SeaChickens so I am hoping for NE to win, on that reason only, cuz I'm not a fan of either team.
I know, right?
No one, allow me to repeat that: NO ONE, will pay $50 for something that's been free for half a century.
I don't care how much "exclusive content" they offer with it.
Who cares about that junk, anyway? People just wanna see the game.
The network makes plenty of dough from the advertisers, that's why the Super Bowl costs so much to have.
Next you'll be saying they're gonna charge seperately for the halftime show & the commercials, too.
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