sweatpantsjoe Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 Theres no way the network affiliates will allow this to happen.
GG Posted March 7, 2013 Author Posted March 7, 2013 Theres no way the network affiliates will allow this to happen. They don't have the power to block it.
seadog Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 Cable sucks will never go back. Directv is freedom from comcast and there suckie service and never ending signal connection problems. Directv forever and i hope they keep sunday tickect exclusive to only directv customers. Cable is so 20th century, step into the real world.
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 I will go wherever ticket goes. That said, I hope DTV keeps it. I don't want to deal with cable companies anymore.
BobChalmers Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 Comcast is horrid, their customer service is the worst. Seriously! I like DirecTV's customer service and DVR, but I'd still go back to my Verizon FiOS if they had Sunday Ticket.
BobbyC81 Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 I joined Direct TV when NFL Ticket first came available with them. If NFL Ticket became non-exclusive, I would at least look at the alternatives to DT.
Heathcliff Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 I have DirectTV for two reasons. 1) Sunday Ticket 2) Portable for my RV (cable or FIOS not so much). I have double play FIOS in my house now (phone/internet) and for about $30 a month I could add FIOS TV and replace DirectTV. But 1 and 2 above keep me with them. And their Customer Service is second to none.
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 A couple years back I had Sunday Ticket to go, worked OK, but there were things that didn't work like you couldn't watch split screen four games in full screen mode. So on like a typical 20 to 24 inch computer monitor the screen opens up to about nine inches. Then split that into fourths, you're looking at a postage stamp. You also couldn't use any DVR functions online, the buttons were there, but greyed out, then about half way through the year, the buttons disappeared. This past year I went to DTV and did get ST, unfortunately I signed up about two weeks before they were offering it for free, after much calling and complaining was able to get the price down for ST to around $90 after applying the credits they gave me. To be honest I did enjoy it much more than I expected and found myself watching more out of market games than I expected, maybe not the entire game, but jumping around,watching the ends of them etc. Whenever the Bill's game went to commercial would jump to the mix channel I had ST Max so was able to view online and it appeared the items I stated didn't work two seasons ago still didn't work, or if they do I wasn't able to figure it outk. If someone know's different about that let me know as would like to know how to view 4 games in max screen. As was said - yup! And last year it was awesome, I ended up getting the "Digital Only" Sunday Ticket package, the price was lower than the year before ($250, maybe?) and not only did the password work on my iPad and iPhone, but also on my PS3 (which as a Sunday Ticket app). Not sure how it will all work without Direct TV since they're the ones you paid, even for the digi subscription, but lets hope this means we'll see ST on cable and on tons of different devices! Dish Network is surviving without ST. DTV will die when they give up the sunday ticket May be that DTV is trying to save face here too as would it would be best for NFL to offer a streaming package and keep all the $$ for themselves. It seems everything is going in that direction. Or offer it thru Amazon Prime All in all like my five tuner HD DVR much better, but definitely don't feel signal is as reliable as cable was. To me the area that makes cable so expensive compared to DTV is in the equipment costs. It would likely cost me $40 or more a month to have the ability to record five (hell even four) programs at once, whole house abilities, and 200 hours of HD storage. DTV tends to more nickel and dime you quite frankly have worse customer support than cable does when you have problems. You want someone to come visit, unless you're paying $6 per month it's like a $50 fee. Would I go back if ST was no longer an issue? Maybe!!
Lv-Bills Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) I have DTV only because they are the only provider with Sunday Ticket. I guess I'm the opposite of CodeMonkey, because almost everyone I know that has DTV has it because of the Sunday Ticket. If FIOS gets the Sunday Ticket, my DTV will be history! Edited March 8, 2013 by Lv-Bills
Gibran Chandan Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 I used (or tried to use) game rewind exclusively last year. I was on tour and had shows every Sunday up until Week 16, so that was the perfect way to catch up on the games from various hotel rooms - and a fraction of the price of having to pay for a live service! That said, if I'm not touring during the regular season this year and a non-exclusive, non-console linked service were to come into play, I'd definitely be tempted. No backer bar within 90 minutes one-way
RealityCheck Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 It is amazing what people spend to watch a fraction of the available content. It's like buying a loaf of bread just to nibble on a crumb and throw it away.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 Found this: On March 23, 2009, it was announced that DirecTV paid $4 billion to extend its exclusive contract for NFL Sunday Ticket until 2014. At a mean average of $200 per subscription (some pay more, others pay less), they would need 2 million Sunday Ticket subscribers.
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 S I just read that DTV has around 20 mil subscribers so that would mean you'd need 10% to get ST, though from everything I've read the $200 price seems high. I would have guessed the average was closer to $100, at least based on what you read here on this site. At a mean average of $200 per subscription (some pay more, others pay less), they would need 2 million Sunday Ticket subscribers.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 S I just read that DTV has around 20 mil subscribers so that would mean you'd need 10% to get ST, though from everything I've read the $200 price seems high. I would have guessed the average was closer to $100, at least based on what you read here on this site. I'm just guessing. Like I said, some folks pay more and some pay less. The official price for Sunday Ticket last year was $299. On a sidenote, the only reason I have DirecTV is because of the Sunday Ticket.
SACTOBILLSFAN Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 I think one thing that may hold this idea back is that the NFL tends to only deal with exclusive licenses. Comcast owns everything now so I could see them going for the exclusive rights.
plenzmd1 Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 Seems to me this is all part of a negotiation.Contract is up next year. NFL ratings are sky high, I am sure NFL is asking for a HUGE bump in fees, using the exclusivity against DTV. They have to state publicly that, at an investors conference no less (quote is from CFO, not CEO), that they can live without it and see what effect that has on the stock price. Bolsters the position they can live without the deal , and takes away one of the levers the NFL I am sure is pulling, and pulling hard, at the table. As for the suggestions the NFL should sell single games, go to different outlets etc....the NFL loves the revenue certainty this setup provides. One in the hand so to speak. Allows for much better 5 year strategic plans etc.
1B4IDie Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 You do not need to have DTV in your home in order to watch Sunday Ticket. It is 2013. Sign up for the sunday ticket online streaming option.connect HDMI cable to your laptop. Switch TV to HDMI port of your laptop. Viola.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 You do not need to have DTV in your home in order to watch Sunday Ticket. It is 2013. Sign up for the sunday ticket online streaming option.connect HDMI cable to your laptop. Switch TV to HDMI port of your laptop. Viola. How much does that cost?
GG Posted March 8, 2013 Author Posted March 8, 2013 At a mean average of $200 per subscription (some pay more, others pay less), they would need 2 million Sunday Ticket subscribers. You sure about that math?
1B4IDie Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 How much does that cost? I think it was two fity last year. For the technically advanced you can use your ipad, apple TV and airplay the game on the big screen.
Recommended Posts