Guess I see why Apple walked away from it. Woof.
Here’s what NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ will cost through YouTube TV
Here’s what NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ will cost through YouTube TV
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YouTube unveils NFL Sunday Ticket pricing
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I was a Sunday Ticket user for years. It's why I got DirecTV. But almost $500? On DTV, it was a little cheaper and you could pay it off over 5 months of the season. But $500 up front? That's what it spunds like, I did not see them mention monthly pricing for non-YouTube subscribers.
Actually, I care more about RedZone, which I can get via the NFL app (I have the subscription). But for me personally, the whole Sunday Ticket is done for me now.
Actually, I care more about RedZone, which I can get via the NFL app (I have the subscription). But for me personally, the whole Sunday Ticket is done for me now.
I think it might about $100 off for normal subscribers.
This is quite a jump, especially from DirecTV, typically this isn’t much of Google thing to be this big… but I guess there’s first for everything. Pretty floored, but I guess I’ll stick with my local market or going to a bar.
I think the NFL really pushed the pricing on this one though. Apple wasn’t going to push it, so they found someone who would do it. Also, there will be people who will continue to pay it, even with the price increase, so YT will gain from it.
How does that work? Can you get the app on a streaming device or is it device (phone/tablet) only?
Plus I wonder if now that DirecTV has lost ST, if they will pick up what was previously the cable/DISH version of the RedZone. They had no reason to have it before when they had their own, but now they do.
Well, AppleTV has an app and I will watch it that way (though I've never tried it since I always had DTV's Redzone channel).
I guess Redzone and Sunday Ticket were two different things. DTV had both, so it's possible DTV will still have at least Redzone. I haven't really looked into it yet though, as the season is a looong way off.
Awesome. If ATV has an app I suspect Roku will have one as well.
And DirecTV produced their own RedZone channel as part of ST. I doubt we will get that one, but may get the NFL Network version. I think that might go a long way for customers on the fence about leaving DirecTV.
Sunday Ticket? Wow. For what you pay, even on DirecTV, I thought you got them all. That’s a bummer.
I used to be a DirecTV subscriber JUST for the Sunday Ticket. As I lost interest in watching TV, I have just been subscribing to the stream only option for years now with no traditional TV service. I can't believe how badly DirecTV screws up Sunday Ticket. It seems like every season, the first two games are a crapshoot if you're going to going to get a stream that is good enough to watch. $449 is stupid and although I can certainly afford it, I think I'll just suffer and watch the local games.
Blackout rules for all sports need to be eliminated. Especially for Sunday Ticket. You pay through the butt for the service and they still block some games? No. Freakn'. Way.
If a game is on your local affiliates, it will be unavailable on NFLST. The theory is you have access to it from your affiliate, so you don't need another version, ie without local commercials. Got to keep the affiliates happy.
Probably not likely. Don’t recall DirecTV ever offering one, doubtful YouTube will do it since the NFL is really dictating the price on it to keep their broadcast royalties high.
Wowzers... that is way to freaking expensive for me. I will stick with highlights on ESPN and watch the games that are televised. Good lord.
I had the student Sunday ticket the last 3-4 years. My understanding is Google will not offer a student package.
And in addition, DirecTV would "comp" Sunday Ticket every 2 or 3 years if you asked... I had it on DTV for 7 or 8 years and only paid for it a few times... but yeah, $449/year is way too much, IMO.
Technically, yes...
Sunday Ticket would "black out" games that were on your local OTA channels... So, for example if the Bears and Rams were playing, and it was aired locally, you could not watch that game on Sunday Ticket, but it was available on a local channel ... and if the game was interesting, it could be featured in the Red Zone channel.