This is a bad article. The highest cost is network television/cable which is free if you buy an hd antenna
Network TV is free, but ESPN certainly isn’t.
ESPN+ is included in the list though.
Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500
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#42This is simply not true. You don't need Amazon Prime at all, those games are streamed on Twitch for free. You also only need some of these services for a month or two. Finally, you can get the network games for free with a TV antenna.
Don't you still need prime to watch on twitch
Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500
#43This is simply not true. You don't need Amazon Prime at all, those games are streamed on Twitch for free. You also only need some of these services for a month or two. Finally, you can get the network games for free with a TV antenna.
Don't you still need prime to watch on twitch
No, just need to be in the US. Unless they changed it? But I thought the whole reason they did it was because they were required to broadcast it for free in the teams that are playing's markets, and this was the easiest way for them to do that.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Doesn't UK have a similar problem but with soccer (The real game you play mainly with foot) games?
But NFL doesn't have all of the other games. It has the season for the league, and that's it. So there's no need to find your team's games in the international tournaments. Or the various providers for any of the national tourneys either. Also, there's only 16 games in the normal season, plus maybe a couple more for play offs. So you're paying a much higher rate for each individual game when you divide the cost per g…
Unrelated to your point, but there are 17 games in a season now (and they are floating the idea of 18 games).
Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500
#45FTA: > The total cost for a football fan who doesn’t have cable to stream all 343 NFL games this season is about $1,700. The average NFL game is about 3 hours. That's 1,029 hours of content across all games. 1700/1029 = $1.65/hr for the content. That's a lot less than renting a movie. Yes, I know there are ads happening, too. Seems fine.
I think it would make a little more sense if the games didn’t already have frequent commercial breaks and in-broadcast advertising.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't you still need prime to watch on twitch
No, just need to be in the US. Unless they changed it? But I thought the whole reason they did it was because they were required to broadcast it for free in the teams that are playing's markets, and this was the easiest way for them to do that.
It's required prime since at least 2022
Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500
#47FTA: > The total cost for a football fan who doesn’t have cable to stream all 343 NFL games this season is about $1,700. The average NFL game is about 3 hours. That's 1,029 hours of content across all games. 1700/1029 = $1.65/hr for the content. That's a lot less than renting a movie. Yes, I know there are ads happening, too. Seems fine.
No person is going to watch every game as some games play at the same time.
There should be a pay what you want to watch model that doesn't price higher then traditional plans.
Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500
#48FTA: > The total cost for a football fan who doesn’t have cable to stream all 343 NFL games this season is about $1,700. The average NFL game is about 3 hours. That's 1,029 hours of content across all games. 1700/1029 = $1.65/hr for the content. That's a lot less than renting a movie. Yes, I know there are ads happening, too. Seems fine.
> Yes, I know there are ads happening, too.
Isn't that the vast majority of the content? Or is it different for streaming?
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#49Or you can vote with your wallet and boycott the games. They will eventually offer a solution when nobody is watching the games.
we have all the power and yet none at all -- enjoy the ride!
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#50Is it impossible to think science-fiction wise that soon we will have personal satellites and/or balloons giving us the freedom to watch the games on open stadiums? I understand that flying drones is illegal.
Most people want to see the broadcast, not just the game