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I don’t live in Buffalo anymore and my friend (who i was splitting Sunday Ticket with) has decided not to renew this season. I live in Long Island so I’ve been able to see the first two games, but now I’ve got nothing. 

 

Im exploring youtubetv and Hulu live, but I’m not sure if they will allow me to stream out of market games. The website seems to indicate that WIVB is available, but if it’s out of market will i be able to watch it still? Can i plug in a buffalo zip code and get the games that way?

 

20 years I’ve been waiting to watch good football and now this. 

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4 minutes ago, blacklabel said:

If you have Verizon for your cell provider, there's a good chance the NFL app is already on your phone and it streams games. I'm not sure if there are restrictions based on location or anything but it's worked for me in a pinch before.

interesting, thanks, i pay Verizon have to look into this

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I say the cheapest and easiest way is to call DTV and tell them you've moved back to your winter home in Buffalo now, and brought your receiver with you and you'd like to begin getting your beloved Buffalo local channels again.   They'll transfer you to the Dish Movers Department, you should probably ask for that department first because the reps at DTV are complete idiots.

 

Tell them you brought your dish with you and installed it on your roof (they'll ask to send out a tech or an installer, just tell them it's all done and there's no need).  

 

Use someone's address in the 716 that you know doesn't have DTV.     This will be your INSTALL address and will give you full local Buffalo channels.  As far as DTV knows (or cares) this is where you live until further notice.   Tell them you still want your Long Island home to be the billing address, so nothing changes there. 

 

Make sure you're in front of the TV because the rep will send down a new signal for the receiver and it helps if you're watching the TV so you can confirm that the switch is made.

 

Done.  Now you get local Buffalo channels (and Ad's which will be funny when your Long Island Buddies ask you why they've never heard of ECMC)   You don't have to stream, you can record everything on your Genie and you get all Bills games, including pre and post game coverage if it's on local TV.   It'll be just like you lived back home.

 

After the season if you get sick of seeing West Herr Ford commercials you can call the dish movers department and tell them you've moved back to your Long Island Lair and would like local channels reset to reflect that area.

 

I've used this system many times in the old days to get blacked out games here in Rochester.  I'd call in an install address outside the blackout zone for the season and get all the games.    Don't wait until game day to do this because there can be big waits on the phone on weekends.    

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Reddit streaming is dead. It's now through Sportsurge as Gonzo pointed out. I watch all my sports on that. Most CFB streams are HD quality. Most marquee NFL games are HD quality. Sometimes the Bills games or NFL games in general will get a lag here or there. All in all, it's easy as hell to use. 

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7 hours ago, RobbRiddicksTDLeap said:

I don’t live in Buffalo anymore and my friend (who i was splitting Sunday Ticket with) has decided not to renew this season. I live in Long Island so I’ve been able to see the first two games, but now I’ve got nothing. 

 

Im exploring youtubetv and Hulu live, but I’m not sure if they will allow me to stream out of market games. The website seems to indicate that WIVB is available, but if it’s out of market will i be able to watch it still? Can i plug in a buffalo zip code and get the games that way?

 

20 years I’ve been waiting to watch good football and now this. 

I thought every out of towner has heard the news and reddit by now......p

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7 hours ago, blacklabel said:

If you have Verizon for your cell provider, there's a good chance the NFL app is already on your phone and it streams games. I'm not sure if there are restrictions based on location or anything but it's worked for me in a pinch before.

 

Verizon will only give you the games shown on your local stations, so little help there.

 

But re--read what was posted above for some good solutions.

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3 minutes ago, KzooMike said:

Reddit streaming is dead. It's now through Sportsurge as Gonzo pointed out. I watch all my sports on that. Most CFB streams are HD quality. Most marquee NFL games are HD quality. Sometimes the Bills games or NFL games in general will get a lag here or there. All in all, it's easy as hell to use. 

Reddit has been alive and well for me in central PA. Not dead at all...

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4 minutes ago, KzooMike said:

Reddit streaming is dead. It's now through Sportsurge as Gonzo pointed out. I watch all my sports on that. Most CFB streams are HD quality. Most marquee NFL games are HD quality. Sometimes the Bills games or NFL games in general will get a lag here or there. All in all, it's easy as hell to use. 

 

Not true at all. Still works as always.

 

Well at least that's what a friend of a friend told me.  Also did  confirm this Sportsurge works too.

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