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Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by siegecraft »

dkrich wrote: post #5

I think this is a false dichotomy. Individuals pay hundreds of dollars to get the season or half-season package up-front. Given a four-month season (playoff games are broadcast over regular networks), $20/month isn't even close to what DirectTV charges. On a monthly basis, the figure would be closer to $60-$70 so I'm not sure where the author gets his proposed figures from. If you are a cord-cutter with no cable, hav…

I think very few people pay full price for Sunday Ticket, either via deals like this year's Madden, getting it for free as a new customer, or calling and complaining that you don't get it for free/threatening to leave until they substantially discount it for you.

Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by tjtrapp »

burntsushi wrote: post #6
aroch wrote: post #2

I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). I can't justify the cost of buying Cable/DTV + the $30-50 a month for the sports package but would happily pay that ~30/month during the season. NFL doesn't offer live streaming inside of the US for some daft reasons (OK, its because they get a ton from cable/DTV regardless of whether someone actual…

You can do it this year for $100 for the whole season. Just buy the Madden 25th Anniversary Edition on Amazon. [1] Before you read the fine print and conclude that it's only available to people who can't get DirecTV, please see this clarification [2] from Anthony Stevenson (Madden's director of marketing). If the clarification turns out to be false, Amazon will be getting a return from me and a strongly worded compla…

Holy cow! This sounds amazing for me b/c I'm a TWC subscriber and (b/c of my aptarments location) cannot get a DTV receiver installed.

Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by burntsushi »

bhousel wrote: post #20
burntsushi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can do it this year for $100 for the whole season. Just buy the Madden 25th Anniversary Edition on Amazon. [1] Before you read the fine print and conclude that it's only available to people who can't get DirecTV, please see this clarification [2] from Anthony Stevenson (Madden's director of marketing). If the clarification turns out to be false, Amazon will be getting a return from me and a strongly worded compla…

Looks like that doesn't include postseason..

No it doesn't. Just the regular season.

Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by tjtrapp »

bhousel wrote: post #20
burntsushi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can do it this year for $100 for the whole season. Just buy the Madden 25th Anniversary Edition on Amazon. [1] Before you read the fine print and conclude that it's only available to people who can't get DirecTV, please see this clarification [2] from Anthony Stevenson (Madden's director of marketing). If the clarification turns out to be false, Amazon will be getting a return from me and a strongly worded compla…

Looks like that doesn't include postseason..

Postseason typically shows all games on TV. This setup will allow us to watch any game regardless of where you live (and what your cable provider allows you to watch).

Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by [deleted] »

burntsushi wrote: post #6
aroch wrote: post #2

I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). I can't justify the cost of buying Cable/DTV + the $30-50 a month for the sports package but would happily pay that ~30/month during the season. NFL doesn't offer live streaming inside of the US for some daft reasons (OK, its because they get a ton from cable/DTV regardless of whether someone actual…

You can do it this year for $100 for the whole season. Just buy the Madden 25th Anniversary Edition on Amazon. [1] Before you read the fine print and conclude that it's only available to people who can't get DirecTV, please see this clarification [2] from Anthony Stevenson (Madden's director of marketing). If the clarification turns out to be false, Amazon will be getting a return from me and a strongly worded compla…

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Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by nmcveity »

aroch wrote: post #4
dragonwriter wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). Blackouts exist to limit the extent that remote viewing substitutes for live attendance, as a means to support the live ticket prices. The alternative to blackouts is to accept that remote viewing is a substitute for live attendance, and to make the prices for remote viewing higher and those for l…

There's no pro team with several hundred miles of me. I know why blackouts exist, and they make sense to a degree in larger cities/areas near a team. However, if we're going to be honest, they have no problems selling tickets to games people actually want to go to. Assuming I had a more flexible work schedule, I would try to go to a few Steelers games (Which would, basically, force me to fly there...I wouldn't relish…

NFL offers a fantastic service, similar to the one you want, called gamepass. There is a catch (of course!), you just need to be in an international market.

Its been a few years since I moved to the US so my memory is probably a little spotty but I seem to recall all games, live, HD with the ability to replay on demand (like gamerewind). You could also have the feed use the audio from teams radio network instead of the TV commentary. Man, I really miss that feature!

Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by chrisgd »

burntsushi wrote: post #6
aroch wrote: post #2

I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). I can't justify the cost of buying Cable/DTV + the $30-50 a month for the sports package but would happily pay that ~30/month during the season. NFL doesn't offer live streaming inside of the US for some daft reasons (OK, its because they get a ton from cable/DTV regardless of whether someone actual…

You can do it this year for $100 for the whole season. Just buy the Madden 25th Anniversary Edition on Amazon. [1] Before you read the fine print and conclude that it's only available to people who can't get DirecTV, please see this clarification [2] from Anthony Stevenson (Madden's director of marketing). If the clarification turns out to be false, Amazon will be getting a return from me and a strongly worded compla…

I had not heard of this, thank you. I imagine there will be a number of used one's on ebay after people pull the passcode out of the box, which is what I am thinking about doing.

Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by the_watcher »

minikites wrote: post #13
pdubs wrote: post #8

Has Netflix done live video on anything approaching this scale? I don't doubt that they have the capabilities to put a live streaming infrastructure together for something like this, but DTV's out starting next year and there's a lot of work to get done in that time. That would be a lot of risk.

NBC put the Super Bowl online and it seemed to work okay as I recall. I imagine weekly Sunday games get less traffic. Does Sunday Ticket include RedZone? That would be the real selling point.

RedZone is key to anyone buying Sunday ticket. You could sell RZC without Sunday Ticket though (I'd buy it).

Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by ajross »

dbarlett wrote: post #19
ajross wrote: post #15

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I'm curious about your last paragraph. Certainly on-demand video is subject to buffering, but the rest of that doesn't seem to be my experience at all. We watch both Netflix and Youtube content at home on multiple clients (e.g. browesr, phones, the now-ancient Netflix app on the TiVo HD...) and while obviously we've seen the occasional network failure I don't think any of them seem to be service-specific. Basically,…

What ISP do you have? Degraded streaming is widespread these days: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/why-yo...

It's just a Comcast line at home. But my point wasn't that video streaming works perfectly, just that I don't see a notable difference in reliability between Youtube and Netflix. They both work about the same, which is to say "well enough for me".

Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google

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Post by lionsdan »

freehunter wrote: post #18
kodablah wrote: post #11

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> Blackouts exist to limit the extent that remote viewing substitutes for live attendance Y'all are confusing your words. "Blackouts" you describe are local TV broadcast blackouts if they don't sell out the stadium. "Blackouts" the GP describes are the blackouts on Sunday ticket because you are supposed to watch them locally. Opinions: The former is good, it forces attendance. The latter is not, as it puts prevents r…

I subscribed to MLB.tv for one month so I could watch my Detroit Tigers last year. Every game was blacked out, since I live in Michigan. I could only watch, for example, the Kansas City feed, with Kansas City announcers and Kansas City-focused commentary. I don't get antenna reception in my apartment for whatever reason, so I have no alternative. My alternative was to visit a local bar for games I needed to see, and…

Lucky you don't live in Iowa. The Cubs, White Sox, Brewers, Twins, Cardinals, and Royals are all blacked out. That can be up to 40% of the entire schedule on many nights.
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