notwoz Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Amazon is raising the price of Prime membership by $20 a year. They're citing the cost of its exclusive deal to televise Thursday Night Football. I know that it works out to $1.3333333333 (ad infinitum) per game for the 15 games Prime will broadcast, but I find Thursday night games to be less than compelling. It irks me that I'm forced to pay for something I rarely watch. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/amazon-to-increase-price-of-prime-membership-due-to-exclusive-thursday-night-football-deal/ar-AATrVjd?ocid=msedgntp 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dorquemada Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 minute ago, mikemac2001 said: You like paying more? Welp you're gonna love it when all games go PPV Maybe the 'fixed' firestick and some eastern european sports sites next year then 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Who still pays for games that aren't broadcast in their area/subscriber any more... people still do that? 1 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 a thread about $1.33 to watch an NFL game. heads must roll!! while the OP may not care to watch the NFL on Thursday, many millions do.. It is an absolute ratings goldmine/winner/slam dunk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Every streaming service increases their rate every couple years. Netflix just did the same thing and didn't even bother providing an excuse. It's how all these companies plan to make money in the long run. Operate at a loss for a few years, build a massive customer base, keep that customer base while slowly increasing the rate until they become profitable. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, HappyDays said: Every streaming service increases their rate every couple years. Netflix just did the same thing and didn't even bother providing an excuse. It's how all these companies plan to make money in the long run. Operate at a loss for a few years, build a massive customer base, keep that customer base while slowly increasing the rate until they become profitable. It’s the American way!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac2001 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) 54 minutes ago, dorquemada said: You like paying more? Welp you're gonna love it when all games go PPV Maybe the 'fixed' firestick and some eastern european sports sites next year then 4 cents a day or let’s break it down to 35 cents a game (4 games a month) I cancelled my prime but I’ll probably sign back up but I’m not gonna complain about 20 dollars a year when you break it down at a day or game level it’s Pennies and I understand how businesses work you spend money you gotta find ways to make it back I also thought that was the best gif for this thread lol Edited February 3, 2022 by mikemac2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
947 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I'd bet 90% or more of Amazon Prime members have no interest in watching Thursday Night football. It's BS to make all members pay to cover that contract. It's like Sirius/XM radio charging ridiculous subscriber rates to cover Howard Stern's contract, who less than half of subscribers even listen to. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw2112 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 My wife orders packages almost daily through Amazon Prime, so there's no chance we'll be canceling. I have a couple of Fire sticks on older TVs and the app installed on one of my newer ones, so I won't miss any of the NFL Thursday games. I have not used Prime for any live content to date, so I wonder how it will work in terms of the broadcasts. I live in the West, so I often am not home from work by the time the games start. In the past, I would often record from Fox or NFL Network to my DVR and watch later. I don't subscribe to or own any Amazon DVR product. Will I be able to simply start the games from the beginning when I want to watch the stream (and then pause and resume as I like) or will I only be able to watch live? Does anyone know how it works/will work? In the past, when the games were available on Prime, it was just easier to watch on Fox or NFL Network, so I never tried the Amazon stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 17 minutes ago, HappyDays said: Every streaming service increases their rate every couple years. Netflix just did the same thing and didn't even bother providing an excuse. It's how all these companies plan to make money in the long run. Operate at a loss for a few years, build a massive customer base, keep that customer base while slowly increasing the rate until they become profitable. Netflix doesn't carry NFL games that I know of. But they do spend a shitload of money sending out useless crap to entertainment writers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 46 minutes ago, msw2112 said: My wife orders packages almost daily through Amazon Prime, so there's no chance we'll be canceling. I have a couple of Fire sticks on older TVs and the app installed on one of my newer ones, so I won't miss any of the NFL Thursday games. I have not used Prime for any live content to date, so I wonder how it will work in terms of the broadcasts. I live in the West, so I often am not home from work by the time the games start. In the past, I would often record from Fox or NFL Network to my DVR and watch later. I don't subscribe to or own any Amazon DVR product. Will I be able to simply start the games from the beginning when I want to watch the stream (and then pause and resume as I like) or will I only be able to watch live? Does anyone know how it works/will work? In the past, when the games were available on Prime, it was just easier to watch on Fox or NFL Network, so I never tried the Amazon stream. I fear there will be no DVR features. That's how most streaming sports work, and it's crazy that the companies don't realize the value of the feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw2112 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) I'm sure there will be some kind off offering there - for an additional fee.... Me living out West and my sports teams all being in the East is one of the reasons I have stuck with a more "conventional" TV service and not gone to streaming. I know that many streaming services are starting to offer cloud DVR services now, but I don't know what/how this will work with Amazon and TNF. I wouldn't pay an extra fee to Amazon just to be able to record 1 game per week. Edited February 4, 2022 by msw2112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 No wonder people stream everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Bezos gotta pay for his rockets somehow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, notwoz said: Amazon is raising the price of Prime membership by $20 a year. They're citing the cost of its exclusive deal to televise Thursday Night Football. I know that it works out to $1.3333333333 (ad infinitum) per game for the 15 games Prime will broadcast, but I find Thursday night games to be less than compelling. It irks me that I'm forced to pay for something I rarely watch. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/amazon-to-increase-price-of-prime-membership-due-to-exclusive-thursday-night-football-deal/ar-AATrVjd?ocid=msedgntp I use Prime a ton. The TV watching is a bonus. First increase since 2018. I'm not complaining. 2 hours ago, dorquemada said: You like paying more? Welp you're gonna love it when all games go PPV Maybe the 'fixed' firestick and some eastern european sports sites next year then You realize we all pay for sports TV contracts if you are on cable, right? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Have Prime but only watch TNF on the NFL Network anyways. As for a streaming service Prime generally blows as far as the content that comes with the service. If it goes up I may consider getting rid of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klos63 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, notwoz said: Amazon is raising the price of Prime membership by $20 a year. They're citing the cost of its exclusive deal to televise Thursday Night Football. I know that it works out to $1.3333333333 (ad infinitum) per game for the 15 games Prime will broadcast, but I find Thursday night games to be less than compelling. It irks me that I'm forced to pay for something I rarely watch. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/amazon-to-increase-price-of-prime-membership-due-to-exclusive-thursday-night-football-deal/ar-AATrVjd?ocid=msedgntp who's forcing you to purchase amazon prime? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, HappyDays said: Every streaming service increases their rate every couple years. Netflix just did the same thing and didn't even bother providing an excuse. It's how all these companies plan to make money in the long run. Operate at a loss for a few years, build a massive customer base, keep that customer base while slowly increasing the rate until they become profitable. Streaming services. Everybody is increasing the cost on everything largely because they can. Don’t get me wrong. They’re are supply chain issues. I deal with a ton of very common manufacturers daily for work. They’re increasing pricing by 20% quarter after quarter without any inventory constraints just because others do have some bottleneck. A ton of very popular brands have had record profitability during the pandemic by laying people off and cutting out T&E while consistently raising prices. Basically slashing expenses and price gouging. Its not great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, klos63 said: who's forcing you to purchase amazon prime? Nobody's "forcing" me to subscribe to Amazon Prime. But I don't subscribe to Prime for football and I especially mind being forced to pay for ***** (and Thursday Night Football is *****) I don't watch. Is that plain enough, or do I have to draw you a f***ing picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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