Jrb1979 Posted Tuesday at 01:54 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:54 PM 3 minutes ago, Gregg said: Exactly. CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN pay billions to have the rights to show these games. The NFL/networks aren't walking away from that $$$$ as it is extremely profitable for both sides. They will walk away after this contract. These networks don't have the money like they used to. With what Netflix and Prime have done, the move is to put the games all on streaming only. There is more money in streaming than on network TV. Quote
Gregg Posted Tuesday at 01:55 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:55 PM 3 minutes ago, ddaryl said: Last year we had so many prime time games in the early season I did't buy the youtube sunday tocket till the halway mark @ 50% off, worked well for me Expect the same this year. I don't know what the max number is for primetime games for one team. 5 maybe 6 but whatever it is I think the Bills will get the max number of primetime games. Quote
ddaryl Posted Tuesday at 02:18 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:18 PM 22 minutes ago, Gregg said: Expect the same this year. I don't know what the max number is for primetime games for one team. 5 maybe 6 but whatever it is I think the Bills will get the max number of primetime games. hopefully like last year..load them up front on the schedule to save me $$$$ 1 Quote
Gregg Posted Tuesday at 03:18 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:18 PM 58 minutes ago, ddaryl said: hopefully like last year..load them up front on the schedule to save me $$$$ They have a lot of good teams coming to OP this year so I expect the Bills will get at least 2 maybe 3 primetime home games. Hopefully the league schedules them in Sept, Oct, or early Nov. 1 Quote
LabattBlue Posted Tuesday at 03:21 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:21 PM 10 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Three to five years? You are much more in tune with the broadcast industry than I am, but I would be shocked if games are no longer accessible via over the air antenna that quickly…let alone in my lifetime. Quote
Don Otreply Posted Tuesday at 03:32 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:32 PM Greed knows no bounds, it is the one over bearing fault in our capitalist economy, is what it is, 1 Quote
boyst Posted Tuesday at 04:34 PM Posted Tuesday at 04:34 PM Haven't paid to watch a game ever. Have not missed any game I've wanted to see. I navigate the pirate waters every game. 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted Tuesday at 05:00 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 05:00 PM 1 hour ago, LabattBlue said: You are much more in tune with the broadcast industry than I am, but I would be shocked if games are no longer accessible via over the air antenna that quickly…let alone in my lifetime. I think it depends how greedy the NFL becomes. They have a great thing going, so naturally the temptation is to find and squeeze every nickel out of it. 2 Quote
RyanC883 Posted Tuesday at 05:30 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:30 PM On 2/24/2025 at 9:42 AM, ddaryl said: if this means we have to have 4 or more streaming services to watch all of the Bills games then it will be the end One service at a reasonable price is fair but if they are going to milk multiple streaming companies and expect fans to have multiple streaming services, then I will be watching less and less Esp. when Direct TV Sunday Ticket is several hundred dollars and offers nothing else. If it's like Peacock, Apple, Fubo, etc. at least those offer other items of interest. 19 hours ago, Lagoon Blues said: I swear all over 55 community homeowners here in Florida all have a superbox. It's hilarious...spectrum is freaking out about all the cable drops and offering an alternative box of their own. what is a superbox?!? Quote
Jrb1979 Posted Tuesday at 05:43 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:43 PM 38 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I think it depends how greedy the NFL becomes. They have a great thing going, so naturally the temptation is to find and squeeze every nickel out of it. It's not necessarily about greed. With cable dying as more people cut the cord, network TV is not getting the money from cable like they they did in the past. Add in the younger audience is more inclined to tune into a game on streaming versus over the air. Quote
Cheektowaga Chad Posted Tuesday at 05:50 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:50 PM You know what would be really convenient and neat If all these streaming services came together to offer a package of multiple streaming services. That way we wouldn't have to have twenty different subscriptions and everything would be all in one place That would be a dream, maybe someone with money can come up with this idea and implement it 1 Quote
ddaryl Posted Tuesday at 05:52 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:52 PM 6 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said: It's not necessarily about greed. With cable dying as more people cut the cord, network TV is not getting the money from cable like they they did in the past. Add in the younger audience is more inclined to tune into a game on streaming versus over the air. But it is determined by how many streaming services a fan must have to watch all the games for their team. Each streaming service will of course have to bid on the rights as well, which has been escalating exponetially over the last couple of decades. So we shall see... 1 minute ago, Cheektowaga Chad said: You know what would be really convenient and neat If all these streaming services came together to offer a package of multiple streaming services. That way we wouldn't have to have twenty different subscriptions and everything would be all in one place That would be a dream, maybe someone with money can come up with this idea and implement it So basically cable TV but now with a shiny new wrapper. We have come full circle 1 Quote
KOKBILLS Posted Tuesday at 05:54 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:54 PM It's 2025 and I still cannot simply purchase only the Bills games. I'm even OK with having to to buy YouTube TV... But the entire Package is ridiculous when I basically only watch the Bills and the Nationally televised stuff... 2025... 1 Quote
Jrb1979 Posted Tuesday at 05:55 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:55 PM 2 minutes ago, ddaryl said: But it is determined by how many streaming services a fan must have to watch all the games for their team. Each streaming service will of course have to bid on the rights as well, which has been escalating exponetially over the last couple of decades. So we shall see... So basically cable TV but now with a shiny new wrapper. We have come full circle We shall see. If you want to blame anyone for what's happening it's us. As soon as we started cutting cable, the companies were going to find a way to get that money. Quote
ddaryl Posted Tuesday at 05:56 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:56 PM Just now, Jrb1979 said: We shall see. If you want to blame anyone for what's happening it's us. As soon as we started cutting cable, the companies were going to find a way to get that money. yeah we all saw it coming. We even have people posting here suggesting that all the streaming services get bundled together, ala cable TV Quote
Jrb1979 Posted Tuesday at 06:00 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:00 PM (edited) 4 minutes ago, ddaryl said: yeah we all saw it coming. We even have people posting here suggesting that all the streaming services get bundled together, ala cable TV That was close to happening with a couple of them for just sports but FuboTV fought back against it. I can see the next contract being with Netflix, ,ESPN+, Prime and Peacock. With no network TV having it. It will cost close to $100 a month the watch the NFL. To be fair the NFL is the last major league to be mostly on free over the air TV. NHL, MLB and NBA are rarely on free TV. Edited Tuesday at 06:01 PM by Jrb1979 Quote
ddaryl Posted Tuesday at 06:02 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:02 PM 1 minute ago, Jrb1979 said: That was close to happening with a couple of them for just sports but FuboTV fought back against it. I can see the next contract being with Netflix, ,ESPN+, Prime and Peacock. With no network TV having it. It will cost close to $100 a month the watch the NFL. $100 a month is out of my price range. Hopefully the NFL has a better plan but I fear they do not Quote
Cheektowaga Chad Posted Tuesday at 06:04 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:04 PM 2 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said: That was close to happening with a couple of them for just sports but FuboTV fought back against it. I can see the next contract being with Netflix, ,ESPN+, Prime and Peacock. With no network TV having it. It will cost close to $100 a month the watch the NFL. The fubo tv law suit thing got settled, they are now included in that bundle that was in the process of happening 1 Quote
Jrb1979 Posted Tuesday at 06:10 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:10 PM 5 minutes ago, Cheektowaga Chad said: The fubo tv law suit thing got settled, they are now included in that bundle that was in the process of happening That's good to know. If you look at their bundles for FuboTV and you want all the sports it's $80 a month. 3 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said: Will or Rumor? It's a rumor that it will only be on Streaming. What is happening is all games can be streamed as well as be on network TV 1 Quote
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