NFL Sunday Ticket goes streaming only for businesses

[Bruce]

So, you would have went out and bought the equipment 3 years before it was able to be used ?

You keep posting the same thing over and over again, I am talking about making plans, which any good business should do, like upgrading broadband for one example.

We all know that TV Entertainment will be only coming via the internet, sooner or later, both consumers and businesses will have to modernize their equipment .

I have never seen so much resistance towards something like how we receive programming, if people are so against change, go back to receiving everything via a antenna and use a VCR.

Oh wait, VCRs were new at one point also.

Second, ST for business has been available streaming from Everpass the last 3 years, along with from DirecTV ( and Charter).

Third, in reading about this more, looks like DirecTV did not want to pay a increase for the rights fees ( yet they are so happy to keep raising the prices every year), so EverPass took their ball and went home-

DirecTV said that EverPass has "failed to meaningfully engage with DirecTV following months of proposals at terms consistent with the prior agreement," in a note to customers posted online Thursday.

One key disagreement in those negotiations was the value of the rights fee EverPass was seeking from DirecTV, sources tell Front Office Sports.

NFL Sunday Ticket Exit from DirecTV Forces U.S. Bars to Adapt

The league’s out-of-market game package will not be available at commercial establishments through DirecTV, barring a reversal of recent negotiations.

frontofficesports.com

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Many mom and pop places just show those events anyway and hope for the best.

For many around here, airing the NFL is their bread and butter. The rest of the week is dead for them.

 

[Jimbo]

You keep posting the same thing over and over again, I am talking about making plans, which any good business should do, like upgrading broadband for one example.

We all know that TV Entertainment will be only coming via the internet, sooner or later, both consumers and businesses will have to modernize their equipment .

I have never seen so much resistance towards something like how we receive programming, if people are so against change, go back to receiving everything via a antenna and use a VCR.

Oh wait, VCRs were new at one point also.

Second, ST for business has been available streaming from Everpass the last 3 years, along with from DirecTV ( and Charter).

Third, in reading about this more, looks like DirecTV did not want to pay a increase for the rights fees ( yet they are so happy to keep raising the prices every year), so EverPass took their ball and went home-

DirecTV said that EverPass has "failed to meaningfully engage with DirecTV following months of proposals at terms consistent with the prior agreement," in a note to customers posted online Thursday.

One key disagreement in those negotiations was the value of the rights fee EverPass was seeking from DirecTV, sources tell Front Office Sports.

NFL Sunday Ticket Exit from DirecTV Forces U.S. Bars to Adapt

The league’s out-of-market game package will not be available at commercial establishments through DirecTV, barring a reversal of recent negotiations.

frontofficesports.com

Point #2 ... NFL was available via Streaming for ST 3 years ago, I did not know that.
Point#3 ... Everpass failed to agree with Directv on Terms, we'll of course they didn't ... D* wanted OUT years ago, when they lost the Residential side, Everpass moved the pricing high enouygh that D* said No ... Everpass wanted it to themselves ... Can't wait till it get over the pricing that Everpass is wanting to pay ... it will, the NFL is Very Greedy.

 

[Bruce]

D* wanted OUT years ago, when they lost the Residential side

Once again, DirecTV did not lose the rights, they decided not to bid on them, they had a exclusivity time frame to make a deal with the NFL and they choose not to.

Everpass moved the pricing high enough that D* said No

There is no evidence of that, the only thing we have is DirecTV wanted the same deal as before, as proven by their own press release.

... Everpass wanted it to themselves

Then why was EverPass talking with DirecTV?

... Can't wait till it get over the pricing that Everpass is wanting to pay ... it will, the NFL is Very Greedy.

And DirecTV is not, the most expensive provider, whose prices have become so high, that even you left, a former employee of the company.

 

[comfortably_numb]

We all know that TV Entertainment will be only coming via the internet, sooner or later, both consumers and businesses will have to modernize their equipment .

Restaurants operate on very thin margins. Franchisees of large chains especially are the last and most reluctant to update and upgrade their equipment and technology. Trust me, I used to work for one.

Did DIRECTV inform these restaurants that last year was the final time they'd be offering Sunday Ticket? If not, I don't blame these establishments for waiting.

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[comfortably_numb]

go back to receiving everything via a antenna

"Go back to?" We have an OTA antenna we still
use. I suppose you think that's quaint and archaic.

 

[Jimbo]

Once again, DirecTV did not lose the rights, they decided not to bid on them, they had a exclusivity time frame to make a deal with the NFL and they choose not to.


There is no evidence of that, the only thing we have is DirecTV wanted the same deal as before, as proven by their own press release.

Then why was EverPass talking with DirecTV?

And DirecTV is not, the most expensive provider, whose prices have become so high, that even you left, a former employee of the company.

So, were saying the same things, but word are getting twisted to fit your ideas ... just like many others here .
Sad, very sad ....

I'm really tired of defending myself when were all saying the same thing ....

Social Media really does Suck.

The whole world seems to have to be the person that is right ... regardless of what others have to say ...
What ever happened to having a discussion instead of a Your wrong conversation ?

 

[Jimbo]

Unfortunately, anymore you can't tell News from Gossip/AI BS making stuff up ...

Do a quick search on anything, instead of getting the news article you look for, you get AI Garbage ... and have to wade thru the crap to find an actual article.

 

[comfortably_numb]

FCC takes notice as America’s most popular sport becomes increasingly costly, frustrating to consume

NFL fans who want to access every game need YouTube TV for “NFL Sunday Ticket," along with costly subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Peacock and Netflix.

www.foxnews.com

NFL fans who want to access every game need YouTube TV for "NFL Sunday Ticket," along with costly subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Peacock and Netflix. All the packages cost fans well over $1,500 a year combined, and that doesn't include fees associated with basic cable packages that many Americans still subscribe to or high-speed Wi-Fi needed to accommodate the streamers.

Carr has suggested it's simply too expensive and inconvenient for consumers to watch their favorite teams, and while he understands the argument that streaming opens more games and more content, he believes the cons outweigh the pros for most fans.

"Americans are frustrated when they sit down and can't find the game they want to watch. And that feeling grows only worse when they realize that they might need to sign up for another streaming service to watch the game"

"I want to see Americans continue to benefit from free over-the-air sports programming."

 

[osu1991]

NFL is going the same way as MLB, NBA and NHL did 20 years ago, when moving everything to the RSN's. Once CBS and Fox lose or move games from free OTA to behind their streaming paywalls, viewership and ad dollars will tumble and popularity will wane as they lose the next generation of fans.

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[b4pjoe]

There was never a time when a person could watch all games OTA. If a person wants all games they just have to subscribe to every service that carries them. I don't have a problem with that although I am not a person that needs to see every game.

 

[comfortably_numb]

There was never a time when a person could watch all games OTA

You can (could) watch all your local games OTA

 

[b4pjoe]

You can (could) watch all your local games OTA

And you still can.

 

[comfortably_numb]

And you still can.

I wonder for how much longer..

 

[meStevo]

"I want to see Americans continue to benefit from free over-the-air sports programming."

This doesn't feel like a productive path, how many OTA windows has the NFL eliminated because of streaming? 1 with Monday night football? But Disney has chosen to simulcast that over to ABC anyway right?

NFL is going the same way as MLB, NBA and NHL did 20 years ago, when moving everything to the RSN's. Once CBS and Fox lose or move games from free OTA to behind their streaming paywalls, viewership and ad dollars will tumble and popularity will wane as they lose the next generation of fans.

I understand the sentiment, but as long as ratings continue to go up instead of down nothing is changing, consumers are still willing to pay for what the NFL has done to its broadcast landscape.

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[b4pjoe]

how many OTA windows has the NFL eliminated because of streaming? 1 with Monday night football?

Actually zero. All games on ESPN are also broadcast into the 2 teams playing local networks.

 

[meStevo]

Actually zero. All games on ESPN are also broadcast into the 2 teams playing local networks.

Oh I know that, but the FCC seems to be addressing 'finding the game you want to watch' rather than access to your local team. Kind of like this thread mixing residential and commercial, I think the quoted statement mixes various things that aren't necessarily interchangeable. I'm not convinced there's really anything the FCC can / is going to do on this front.

The FCC's actual jurisdiction over the topics being covered in this thread (contracts with streamers, game availability) is overall pretty limited and barely relevant. They have nothing to do w/ pricing, regulation of streaming services, etc.

 

[Don in CT]

Actually zero. All games on ESPN are also broadcast into the 2 teams playing local networks.

Home networks only not adjoining affiliates.

 

[PioneerDJ]

There are a number of sports / sporting events that have been exclusively streaming for some time now, the writing has been on the wall for any reputable business that this is important to.

And DirecTV has distributed most of them (even the Netflix MLB opening night game) to businesses except for Peacock exclusives, Netflix Xmas games, and a boxing fight or two

 

[meStevo]

And DirecTV has distributed most of them (even the Netflix MLB opening night game) to businesses except for Peacock exclusives, Netflix Xmas games, and a boxing fight or two

That's the point though - DirecTV has helped serve as a stopgap at best, but the gap has remained and consistently continued to widen. Every business has a tipping point where it's time to finally make the changes required to support modern content distribution.

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