Unfortunate for Apple. This would have brought new users to the service, even with the high price tons of people still subscribe to it.
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YouTube Secures Deal for NFL Sunday Ticket After Apple Drops Out of Negotiations
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"If you could get satellite, you pay the full price. What I paid was the 70 dollars for adding the iPhone and iPad service to my existing satellite service. That’s where the 500 dollars a year number comes from."
I can't get satellite. My plan is iPhone/iPad only.
Boy, if you could sort of hint or explain the whole, "learn how to stream any game you want online," it would be greatly appreciated.
I've noticed college games streaming live on YT when they clearly shouldn't be, but I have never caught an NFL stream like that.
I started with YouTube TV when it was under $40/month, but even after price hikes, it's still less than the package offered from my cable provider (especially now that I'm on fiber and don't get my internet from the local cable provider.) Cable wants a fee for every box, and an additional fee for every one that can do DVR. With my YTV setup, I'm good to go on my Roku or Chromecast devices (which I have anyway for other streaming services) and have unlimited "recording" that can hand-off to-from any device.
If only publisher lock-in wasn't a thing and they'd be able to actually offer a-la-carte, as I'd happily drop 75% of the channels if I could.
That's not why people get it. Ask a football fan if they'd rather see their favorite team in-person or watch them on TV at home and you'll find almost no one that'd rather watch at home.That's a really poor comparison. It's like saying that it's cheaper to buy a book about Paris than travel there and see it yourself.
I don't think it's an unreasonable comparison, at all. Both organizations have the blood of numerous human atrocities on their hands, yet their fanbases are so rabid that their horrendous behavior is very conveniently overlooked.
Not everyone can afford to go to paris or go to games all the time or even once therefore the Alternatives are better than nothing
That's a really poor comparison. It's like saying that it's cheaper to buy a book about Paris than travel there and see it yourself.
Surprised to hear that the AR/VR headset might have been what sunk this deal.
No MSG on YTTV? How do you watch the Rangers (noting your avatar)?
Once again, a complete fail. Forced to purchase YTTV and the NFL package. No stand alone package.
The article literally states that Apple wanted to roll this into Apple TV+. I presume it would have been a loss Apple was willing to take for more eyeballs.
Not will happen soon because the local networks are not capable of broadcasting in 4K, and the networks want to keep their affiliates happy. Not to mention the cost for equipment by the networks for 4K cameras, etc, for 16 games a weekend. The SB has been the lone exception and when the thursday night game was on Fox.
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Why do people pay much more than this for a slightly faster phone than the one they already have... and then do it again within a year or two... and then again?
People want what they want. Had Apple forged this deal, there would be overwhelming gushing about the greatness of the NFL- the most popular of all sports in America- and the bargain of ST, even at $400-$500/yr. Since the deal didn't go, some of "us" now see no value in NFL at all, "it's a terrible sport", "how stupid the NFL is for not giving their valuable product away to further enrich Apple", etc, etc.
"We" were quite excited when the rumor was that Apple was interested in and then frontrunner for... only losing that enthusiasm once rumors started flipping away from Apple getting it. Now that "we" know, why would anyone want NFL, who would want to watch football, etc. Search back when "we" thought Apple was getting it: sentiment is very different than this thread. How quickly opinions of it can flip based only on the association.
NFL ST will bring a LOT of paying subscribers to YouTube. Those premium-spending subscribers could have been buying AppleTVs and/or fattening up the subscriber numbers of AppleTV+. Instead, they will simply add to the other players numbers. In the meantime, "we" can keep watching the same small number of things available on AppleTV+ and telling each other how much the extreme quality of Apple's own creations trumps all other content... just as we did with the same sequence of events when the prize was the entire MGM library, the entire FOX library, a few AAA Game Publishers, NFL Thursday Night Football, the Warner video library, etc. Same story plays out the same way over and over again.
NFL ST would have been HUGE for AppleTV+... exactly as it was for DirecTV when they were a tiny subscription service vs. the much bigger cable players at the time. Unfortunately, once again, Apple seemed to value this coveted, very-popular content like we seem to value anyone else's content (products, innovations, patents, etc). And NFL ST will draw all those new subscribers to someone else's service... just like MGM, FOX, Warner, NFL Thursday Night and so on. They will report dramatically growing video subscription numbers and revenue, and Apple will keep extending free trials and opting not to report subscriber numbers.
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I would have been in if it was Apple, but I don't do the google/YouTube thing. I am certain it will still be profitable.
You’re stuck with DAZN. But don’t they use like Rogers and Bell to redistribute it?
As much as I like watching American football games, I have never once considered paying $300/seaosn to watch. rio me, that is ridiculous. But... One person's $300 is another person's $3,000. I am most definitely that latter someone. 🤪
While it would have been cool to bring NFL into The Ecosystem, it does seem a tad off-brand. As someone mentioned earlier, F1 seems more Apple (execs) than NFL.
After such an exciting World Cup (and easily the best championship match I've ever watched), I'm pumped for MLS on AppleTV. Have packages been released for MLS coverage or does it come bundled with AppleTV subscription fees?
While it would have been cool to bring NFL into The Ecosystem, it does seem a tad off-brand. As someone mentioned earlier, F1 seems more Apple (execs) than NFL.
After such an exciting World Cup (and easily the best championship match I've ever watched), I'm pumped for MLS on AppleTV. Have packages been released for MLS coverage or does it come bundled with AppleTV subscription fees?
It ASSUMES Apple would have rolled it in. There has been no official confirmation of such.
Many fans live far from the team they like since most folks move many times during their lives. I try to catch two live games a year, but travel/hotel/ticket costs are high.
That's a really poor comparison. It's like saying that it's cheaper to buy a book about Paris than travel there and see it yourself.