Serious question. What extra content is provided? Is it more than just up-to-the-minute stats?
If it's just stats, I can live with that. I would rather just watch the game than worry about realtime qb ratings, tackle numbers, etc..
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Serious question. What extra content is provided? Is it more than just up-to-the-minute stats?
If it's just stats, I can live with that. I would rather just watch the game than worry about realtime qb ratings, tackle numbers, etc..
Thanks.
Yeah, but still, MLB has by far the best system and even Gameday view watching the pitches come in is awesome - it was how I had to watch Game 7 this past fall from my flight.
I agree that MLB has the best system, but it's only the best because the bar is so low. Though there is some shred of hope: http://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybr...ming-baseball-games-online-or-mobile-devices/
It's their market research of how well those cable cutters will react. The result will definitely affect their next move.
NFL red zone really hurt direcTV Sunday ticket. They actually started offering that channel themselves. Nothing beats 7 hours of commercial free football, and you do not have to channel surf
Agreed. Too much commercialism and competition has really messed up TV entertainment and it hurts the consumer in the end.
Nothing to Celebrate
I don't really see how this is anything to celebrate since the Super Bowl is already on broadcast TV. ABC/Disney have already successfully moved college football to cable - don't be surprised if in the next decade the Super Bowl moves to a pay TV model (maybe not cable, but an experiment such as this will only likely grow over time).
The only silver lining I see is perhaps the streaming could be future supplemental programming. I would even be fine with them charging extra for it as long the main show remained on broadcast.
I don't really see how this is anything to celebrate since the Super Bowl is already on broadcast TV. ABC/Disney have already successfully moved college football to cable - don't be surprised if in the next decade the Super Bowl moves to a pay TV model (maybe not cable, but an experiment such as this will only likely grow over time).
The only silver lining I see is perhaps the streaming could be future supplemental programming. I would even be fine with them charging extra for it as long the main show remained on broadcast.
I just hope we see the NFL offer a stand alone service like netflix, HBO, showtime.
Duh! Perhaps, with your strange approach to life, you should move to a forest and live off the land. No more worries for you that way.
I doubt this would ever happen. The biggest revenue for the SuperBowl (next to the overpriced seat tickets) are the commercials. The one time of the year when almost everyone looks forward to watching ads on TV is during the Superbowl. If the NFL decides to charge to watch the SB, nothing good would come of it. They would have to get rid of the ads since people are now paying and they will not make enough money in subscriptions to make up for the loss of ad revenue.
Plus, if the industry starts charging to watch the SB, it's 99.99% guaranteed that people will find a way to watch it for free.
Yes, you mentioned experimental, but that won't fly. Some things should never change.
I have never had cable (never will), but I have always caught every Super Bowl on broadcast TV. That's right, FREE TV. I might Tivo the SB if for no other reason than fast forward all the parts with the verbally incontinent SOB Costas. Good gawd, I would rather sit through an hour of Honey Boo or Kardashian rather than listen to a minute of Costas.
Stupid SOB ruined the Olympics/NBA Finals/Sunday Night Football/etc for me.
Screw a bunch of foozeball, but the premier of the new Blacklist? Hellz to the yeahs. A little James Spader to get me jacked for the Age of Ultron.
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I would probably do TB to HDMI to avoid any more lag.
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I would probably do TB to HDMI to avoid any more lag.
I hope it doesn't happen either, but who would have thought a decade ago all the major bowl games would be on cable? Who would have thought 25 years ago most Americans would be paying for broadcast TV that can still be had for free?
And you're right, if the industry decided to start charging for events such as the Super Bowl, it's 100% people would find a way to watch it for free --- however they're banking on vast majority that would not (or not know how or where to look).
God, if only that were true. First, let's just make sure we all understand....1080i TV signals are compressed from the original over 50x. But also, most people have to deal with crap sub-channels via OTA, which means the bandwidth is starved for the main 1080i channel. NBC for me is actually the worst display of football I can get. Even the NFL's crappy streaming is usually better, and they don't give 2 ***** about that.
My info is a couple years old, since I cut the cord I stopped paying attention. But back then, it was the opposite. Sat companies were actually trying to give the best PQ possible. Cable companies generally were not, although with thousands of them across the country I'm sure some are fine.
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They need a better antenna setup, most likely. Mine is like a rock. Rabbit ears is not the way to go if you want to rely on it.
if i lived in an area with reliable over the air signal, that would be great! as is, NBC comes in fragmented, as does ABC. the rest are fine. go figure.
this is assuming you don't have NBC OTA or with cable, since the conversation is about streaming. go troll somewhere else.
Late to the game and likely echoing other statements, but this is a very nice step in the direction I would like networks to go. Plus, in the event my pork is not quite done smoking and I need to go pay attention to that, I can watch it on the deck.
The State of the Union speech was on the CBS news channel and the ABC news channel on Apple TV this week.
Yes! Didn't realize that at the time of my post on the 20th - just used that to give an example of the types of events I usually miss since cutting the cord.
Kudos to the news channels for adding content!
Remember, ABC came to Apple TV last summer and CBS in November, I believe.