Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream 2016 Thursday Night Football • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream 2016 Thursday Night Football

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Post by kin » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 4:21 AM UTC

Wow! I think this is actually pretty huge. Granted it puts a lot of pressure on Twitter to execute. I have a ton of questions to ask, so you can ignore the following, but I just wanted to put some of these questions out there.

Where in the current Twitter UI will users be able to access this? Are they going to all of a suddent develop AppleTV/Roku viewing apps? Is the stream using Periscope backend? Can it even handle that quality? Will there be a push for Periscope at all? If Twitter is paying for rights to show the games, where is the monetization? So it's just to acquire users? How will acquiring users to view games translate to users that will use Twitter? Will advertisers be streaming live tweets that are dynamically relative to what's going on?

Re: Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream 2016 Thursday Night Football

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Post by bogomipz » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 5:51 AM UTC

fluxquanta wrote: post #43

gdulli wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Streaming is a poor user experience compared to cable with a good DVR. In some ways it hits sports especially hard. Streaming is inherently rewind-unfriendly, that's something you want more often with sports. The whole smooth rewind/pause/fast-forward ability is a priority for me and would keep me on a Tivo forever. Even on a local bluray it's less convenient, with streaming it's a dealbreaker. Also, streaming is inh…

Streaming TV is only getting better. I only watch TV for basketball, and when the grey-market streaming service I was using for NBA games got shut down, I wanted to at least be able to see the nationally televised (ESPN and TNT) games without cable. I tried Sling for a month and it had issues, but for the past few weeks I've been using Playstation Vue it has been practically flawless. I'm on a 25/3 Time Warner connec…

Looking at the Playstation Vue plans right now and it doesn't look like these are any cheaper than regular cable TV $55/$45/$40 a month are the three tiers. Is there something I'm missing?

Re: Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream 2016 Thursday Night Football

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Post by bogomipz » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 5:57 AM UTC

Why do I want to tweet while watching the game? How does taking your attention off the game by multitasking enhance the experience in any way? This seems like a desperate move to me on Twitter's part. Football is about drinking a few beers and watching the game with a couple of friends not hashtags.

Re: Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream 2016 Thursday Night Football

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Post by beedogs » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 6:35 AM UTC

campuscodi wrote: post #61

erichocean wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably has some inside knowledge on the NFL's own financials, too.

Or he blackmailed his old buds... just saying :D

Wouldn't surprise me, NFL corporate 'culture' being what it is.

Re: Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream 2016 Thursday Night Football

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Post by awad » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 6:52 AM UTC

bogomipz wrote: post #73

Why do I want to tweet while watching the game? How does taking your attention off the game by multitasking enhance the experience in any way? This seems like a desperate move to me on Twitter's part. Football is about drinking a few beers and watching the game with a couple of friends not hashtags.

Tweeting during live events is pretty much how my regular (don't work in tech) friends use Twitter. I would wager that many/most people use Twitter this way.

Re: Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream 2016 Thursday Night Football

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Post by fluxquanta » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 1:07 PM UTC

bogomipz wrote: post #72

fluxquanta wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Streaming TV is only getting better. I only watch TV for basketball, and when the grey-market streaming service I was using for NBA games got shut down, I wanted to at least be able to see the nationally televised (ESPN and TNT) games without cable. I tried Sling for a month and it had issues, but for the past few weeks I've been using Playstation Vue it has been practically flawless. I'm on a 25/3 Time Warner connec…

Looking at the Playstation Vue plans right now and it doesn't look like these are any cheaper than regular cable TV $55/$45/$40 a month are the three tiers. Is there something I'm missing?

Pricing must be based on where you're located, because the lowest tier (all I need) is only $30 here. The biggest benefit for me is that when the NBA season's done I will just click a button and stop paying, then click another button and start again in October.

When I gave up on cable I had to take half a day off of work and drive an hour to the central office and say "no" a dozen times to their pleas to keep me on as a cable customer.