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Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Post by ziddoap »

nerdix wrote: post #55

This is misleading. They are using the yearly cost for each streaming service but the NFL season is only about 5 months long including the playoffs. So you don't need to be subscribed for the whole year And some of those streaming services are only getting one or two games. For instance, Netflix is only getting the Christmas games. They have Netflix listed as costing $84. If you only cared about the NFL games then yo…

>But it wouldn't cost $2500 if you spend a few minutes cancelling each service.

Sure, not quite that much, you're right.

But it's more than a few minutes to figure out which games are on which services in which months and then schedule all of your sign-ups and cancellations.

More important than the dollar amount, at least in my opinion, is that it's absolutely stupid to have to do any of that.

Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Post by ziddoap »

pkulak wrote: post #53
ossobuco wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No matter what abomination of greed we witness on this website, there's always some sucker who's going to justify it.

Someone is always around to point out that entertainment is not food or health care and you are free to choose which, and how much to consume. And that consuming all of it, all the time, however you like, for pennies, is not a human right.

People are frustrated that streaming promised to get us away from the absurdity of cable subscription packages, and now they are just as bad.

It's not a human right to watch NFL, you're right (even though no one is claiming that it is). But people are allowed to be frustrated.

Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Post by astura »

fckgw wrote: post #32
wtf242 wrote: post #9

This is a bad article. The highest cost is network television/cable which is free if you buy an hd antenna

Exactly. OTA broadcasts are free and already beamed right into your home.

I can't pick up any stations in my house. :(

Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Post by andrewla »

Since I live out-of-market of my home team, on entering the season I am once again considering putting up an OTA DVR at my parent's house and watching all the in-market games.

Are there any good out of the box or open source self-hosted Aereo-like services, that let me access OTA broadcasts in another market?

I know that things like Tablo exist, but they seem very optimized for same-network use cases rather than remote streaming.

Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Post by kayodelycaon »

This is only talking about streaming live games. If you're in the US and fine watching the next day, you can get an NFL+ subscription. I paid $99 for this year.

This is really useful if you follow multiple teams. You don't have to choose which one to watch when they play on the time slot.

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Post by merrywhether »

elashri wrote: post #14
cjrp wrote: post #12

It's about $20/month in the UK to watch all of the games (legally) via DAZN. So I guess that + a VPN isn't a bad option.

Doesn't UK have a similar problem but with soccer (The real game you play mainly with foot) games?

The name football comes from the fact that it was played _on_ foot by the commoners, as opposed to the equestrian sports played by the nobility.

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Post by bobro »

costanzaDynasty wrote: post #22

Fifteen minutes after every game a condensed version of the games is posted on the NFL's YouTube channel. Most sports do this now. Don't pay a premium for a McDonalds French fry.

Just after they release a movie, you can read the whole plot on wikipedia for free! Don’t pay to see a movie.

Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Post by laweijfmvo »

costanzaDynasty wrote: post #22

Fifteen minutes after every game a condensed version of the games is posted on the NFL's YouTube channel. Most sports do this now. Don't pay a premium for a McDonalds French fry.

I freakin' LOVED when the NHL started doing this. Longer than the old 2 minute highlights, but enough to catch up on games from a different time zone.

Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Post by singleshot_ »

nerdix wrote: post #55

This is misleading. They are using the yearly cost for each streaming service but the NFL season is only about 5 months long including the playoffs. So you don't need to be subscribed for the whole year And some of those streaming services are only getting one or two games. For instance, Netflix is only getting the Christmas games. They have Netflix listed as costing $84. If you only cared about the NFL games then yo…

Seems like I should be able to pay someone to do this.

Re: Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500

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Post by dylan604 »

thakoppno wrote: post #60
dylan604 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What part of every single game did you not understand? Even if you have an HD antenna, there are black out rules so that if not enough tickets are sold for the game, the game will not be broadcast in the local area. I'm guessing that's pretty rare now, but it was part of my childhood for the extended family to go the family's lake cabin to see the game on TV. Never did anyone actually go to the game contributing to t…

> there are black out rules so that if not enough tickets are sold for the game, the game will not be broadcast in the local area. The NFL stopped doing this in 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_television_blackout_polici... .

Shows how long it's been since I've paid attention to the NFL, but who comes up with these rules? Clearly, a bunch of lawyers, but like, how much of an asshole does one need to be to even think this stuff up?
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