Report circulating that Apple will be 2023 home to Sunday Ticket

[BigDingus]

17 hours ago, ndirish1978 said:

 

Apple TV doesn't, this should just be a part of that app.

 

If it's just part of Apple TV, that would be amazing. I recently decided just to pay for a full year of the service since it was only $50, just to watch a handful of shows with hopes of finding more. The only obnoxious thing about the service is the lack of any search function whatsoever... they make you scroll through everything instead of being able to just search to see if they have something. Seriously hope that changes.

[Steptide]

5 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

Not at all.

 

Just simply stating that Apple is known for overcharging for something that shouldn't be. 

Apple TV costs me $4.99 a month. It's the cheapest streaming service I have and one of my favorites. There's not as much content as Netflix or Amazon, but Apple TV shows have been some of my favorite compared to other streaming services 

 

Side note, I so hope Sunday ticket goes to Apple, or someone else. I cannot wait to cancel directv 

[nucci]

14 minutes ago, Greg S said:

 

The only reason why I have DirecTV is because of the NFL's Sunday ticket. If they lose that then I could see many people dropping them. Question about Thursday night football next season. Is that only on Amazon next year or will the NFLN carry it as well?  

I think only Amazon

[Greg S]

2 minutes ago, nucci said:

I think only Amazon

 

That will suck for me. I was hoping the NFLN would also carry it. 

[dollars 2 donuts]

9 minutes ago, BTB said:

I wonder if losing the NFL Ticket will be a death blow to DirecTV, or will they still be a viable option to cable and FIOS?  Until just now when I googled them, I wasn't even aware that Dish was still around.  I am surprised the two satellite companies never merged.

 

 

I got DTV when I bought my first house in 2001, almost solely for the Sunday Ticket.

 

I have been with them, and generally fine with them, for more than 20 years.  If the ST leaves, and for various other reasons, I would consider moving on.  

 

I pay way too much, in general, for TV and entertainment.

[Ned Flanders]

This is yet another issue if Sunday Ticket goes full stream mode.

[Gisele]

33 minutes ago, BTB said:

I wonder if losing the NFL Ticket will be a death blow to DirecTV, or will they still be a viable option to cable and FIOS?  Until just now when I googled them, I wasn't even aware that Dish was still around.  I am surprised the two satellite companies never merged.

I'm betting it will be the end of their satellite dishes.  The whole thing will probably move to the app.

[Matt_In_NH]

I am curious why people think this will get cheaper when Apple or Amazon gets it.  They expect to generate 2.5 Billion dollars / year with it.  Some very large percentage of users will be out of market fans who want to see their team.   With the ST today, all you really get is 2 games, a 1 PM window and a 4PM window.   Sure you can watch all the games if you have 13 TV's and tuners but I am confident most do what myself and most others  who get ST do, they watch their team, that is why we all pay for it.  They are not going to do some a la carte thing that makes the revenues come down, like all things, prices will be going up.  Sure there are times I watch another game in the other window that is not on the network but I and most others would not pay for that, it comes free with ST.   The only thing that will limit that is the pirating which is rampant, at some point, more people paying will switch to that if the price is too crazy.   I have no idea what the price will be but dont be surprised if it is more than ST today.

 

 

[ProcessAccepted]

17 hours ago, atomicpwrd said:

Is 2022 still a DirecTV thing?

Can you imagine being the AT&T Exec who signed off on that purchase. Thing was in a tail spin when they bought it.

 

[jkeerie]

1 hour ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

 

Nuch, I know this is tangential and I am in the minority, but I am tired of seeing how long this goes on with my DTV bill.  In short, if it switches (and I don't think I have ever seen the option with DTV, although someone correct me if I am wrong) I want to pay for it in one shot.  

 

It's $350 or so for the season.  Fine, here, done.  Don't talk to me again, don't bill again.  Go away.  If I were to go to a game with some nice seats, parking, drinks, food I might be in the same range.  However, when it comes time to pay for it I am done the next month.  That's what I want with the ST.  

You have the option with Apple TV to pay an annual fee or go month-to-month.

[dollars 2 donuts]

2 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

You have the option with Apple TV to pay an annual fee or go month-to-month.

 

 

Yes indeed, and I do have AppleTV (for free for the next few weeks), but I was speaking specifically about the Sunday Ticket.  

 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by dollars 2 donuts

[jkeerie]

Just now, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

 

Yes indeed, and I do have AppleTV (for free for the next few weeks), but I speaking specifically about the Sunday Ticket.

I would think they would have the same payment options for ST.

[machine gun kelly]

3 hours ago, nucci said:

who thinks that? They'll probably be paying close to $2B for this...of course it will be an extra cost

A bunch of posters.  Read the history bud.  The good thing I was inferring is Apple may carve out lots

of different options.  Instead of $350 a year for all, what if a much smaller costs for us out of town era for all Bills games only, not everything on the NFL.  I’d save $ not going to bars or buying the ticket.

[Homey D. Clown]

18 hours ago, Virgil said:

 

If MLB can do it, hopefully so can the NFL. 

 

I love this.  Not because of Apple, just because anyone will have access to it now. 

apparently you don't need the dish to get the ticket, you can get it from their streaming service now.  I have decided a couple of years ago to just get NFL gamepass, go do stuff during the acrual game, then watch it right afterward.  you can hide final scores on the NFL app and fact forward through all the BS for 99 bucks, or watch the condensed game.  

[Last Guy on the Bench]

2 minutes ago, Homey D. Clown said:

apparently you don't need the dish to get the ticket, you can get it from their streaming service now.  I have decided a couple of years ago to just get NFL gamepass, go do stuff during the acrual game, then watch it right afterward.  you can hide final scores on the NFL app and fact forward through all the BS for 99 bucks, or watch the condensed game.  

Same for me. I had GamePass live for years living overseas, but since I moved back to the U.S. last year, I've been very happy to pay the $99 and just watch the games on delay, Sunday afternoon or evening. I actually like not spending my fall Sundays stuck in front of the TV. I get the beautiful fall early afternoons, and then I come in to watch the game, in total ignorance of what happened. I also love jetting past the commercials this way.

[bigK14094]

15 hours ago, T&C said:

I watched a couple of Sabres games on ESPN+ and didn't like the announcing at all. Much rather watch the Buff feed.

Actually, ESPN+ offers the choice of which broadcast you want to hear.  I always listen to the Buffalo audio.

[LabattBlue]

Did not know the ticket had their own red zone with Siciliano.  Very confused for a minute, as the only red zone I knew of was the one on cable with Hanson. 

[bigK14094]

1 hour ago, ProcessAccepted said:

Can you imagine being the AT&T Exec who signed off on that purchase. Thing was in a tail spin when they bought it.

 

ATT is/has spinning of the satellite/streaming  business of Directv.   They have a partner now.  Yes, Directv has been a huge loss for them.

[Matt_In_NH]

45 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said:

A bunch of posters.  Read the history bud.  The good thing I was inferring is Apple may carve out lots

of different options.  Instead of $350 a year for all, what if a much smaller costs for us out of town era for all Bills games only, not everything on the NFL.  I’d save $ not going to bars or buying the ticket.

Out of towners are the market for this, you wont be getting some great deal for only Bills games, that is the golden goose.  People in their market already get their teams games.

[nucci]

Oh well, the days of getting discounts every year to cover the costs are gone. I haven't paid for Sunday Ticket for many years now

[DrDawkinstein]

23 minutes ago, bigK14094 said:

Actually, ESPN+ offers the choice of which broadcast you want to hear.  I always listen to the Buffalo audio.

 

My favorite feature. Was just raving about it Sunday night.

[The Wiz]

2 hours ago, Steptide said:

Apple TV costs me $4.99 a month. It's the cheapest streaming service I have and one of my favorites. There's not as much content as Netflix or Amazon, but Apple TV shows have been some of my favorite compared to other streaming services 

 

Side note, I so hope Sunday ticket goes to Apple, or someone else. I cannot wait to cancel directv 

Apple TV itself is cheap, I agree.   But you have to know this is very likely going to be an add-on package that you will be charged for.  

[davefan66]

3 hours ago, BTB said:

Scott Hanson?

Andrew Siciliano is on DTV.  Hanson does all other versions.

 

Unless your saying you prefer Hanson.

3 hours ago, Ned Flanders said:

Respectfully disagree.  He talks over the game announcers too much...and goes to highlights while live games are going on.  All he has to do is announce where they're going and leave it at that.

Naw.  Andrew does a great job in stopping talking when he needs to.  Brings decent insight and hype when needed.

 

That being said, love the guy but not paying what I pay any longer to DTV just to be able to get ST.

[ndirish1978]

3 hours ago, BigDingus said:

If it's just part of Apple TV, that would be amazing. I recently decided just to pay for a full year of the service since it was only $50, just to watch a handful of shows with hopes of finding more. The only obnoxious thing about the service is the lack of any search function whatsoever... they make you scroll through everything instead of being able to just search to see if they have something. Seriously hope that changes.

 

I don't think any of the streaming platforms is set up very well logistically with their apps. I think they focus so much on network load that that they neglect UI. You should, for example, be able to look at a movie, see the actors and directors in it and then click on them to see other things they are in and watch those - none of the major streaming apps have that option. Netflix has a "more like this" that is insane; I'm watching Vikings and according to them that means I want to watch Bridgerton, smh. I haven't tried to use the Friday night baseball in apple tv because I cancelled my subscription, but I imagine it should be somewhat like that. Has anyone used Apple for baseball yet?

[Ned Flanders]

12 minutes ago, davefan66 said:

Naw.  Andrew does a great job in stopping talking when he needs to.  Brings decent insight and hype when needed.

His ears take up half the screen...and I've got a 55" set.

[T&C]

2 hours ago, bigK14094 said:

Actually, ESPN+ offers the choice of which broadcast you want to hear.  I always listen to the Buffalo audio.

This is true if one actually Has ESPN+... I don't, but it what was one of the choices I had if you know what I mean. Buffalo feed is always the best if possible.

[CBD]

1 hour ago, ndirish1978 said:

 

I don't think any of the streaming platforms is set up very well logistically with their apps. I think they focus so much on network load that that they neglect UI. You should, for example, be able to look at a movie, see the actors and directors in it and then click on them to see other things they are in and watch those - none of the major streaming apps have that option. Netflix has a "more like this" that is insane; I'm watching Vikings and according to them that means I want to watch Bridgerton, smh. I haven't tried to use the Friday night baseball in apple tv because I cancelled my subscription, but I imagine it should be somewhat like that. Has anyone used Apple for baseball yet?

It's been free, or at least was for the first two Friday

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

Concerns:

*Cost

*DVR functionality, losing nothing from DirecTV

*Frame rate: will it look like live TV?

*With DirecTV, it's nice to switch to local games (blacked out on Sunday Ticket) during commercials. With Sunday Ticket now being streaming only, changing your TV input from streaming to TV and back to streaming is a big hassle and will make checking in on blacked-out local games very inconvenient. This will be very annoying, especially in 4:25 windows where the local broadcast is usually the big national game.

22 hours ago, What a Tuel said:

Very much looking forward to a streaming option for the NFL in one deal rather than Fox here, NBC there, CBS Bills, ESPN Monday, etc

That's not going to change.

[Mike in Horseheads]

10 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

Concerns:

*Cost

*DVR functionality, losing nothing from DirecTV

*Frame rate: will it look like live TV?

*With DirecTV, it's nice to switch to local games (blacked out on Sunday Ticket) during commercials. With Sunday Ticket now being streaming only, changing your TV input from streaming to TV and back to streaming is a big hassle and will make checking in on blacked-out local games very inconvenient. This will be very annoying, especially in 4:25 windows where the local broadcast is usually the big national game.

That's not going to change.

A lot of the same concerns I have when they leave DTV.

 

As for 1 spot for all games as you said not happening. Hell the NFL would sell the jerseys washing to a local access channel if they thought they could make a dollar.

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

6 hours ago, BTB said:

Scott Hanson?

There are two RedZone channels -- one on broadcast TV and a Sunday Ticket-specific one.

6 hours ago, Greg S said:

Question about Thursday night football next season. Is that only on Amazon next year or will the NFLN carry it as well?  

Amazon Prime will be the exclusive home of Thursday Night Football.

[eball]

Oh please, please, please, please make this happen...the sooner the better.

[djp14150]

I don’t want this exclusive on one server such as app,e or directtv

[nucci]

1 hour ago, eball said:

Oh please, please, please, please make this happen...the sooner the better.

I think we have one more season of Directv

[Fred Slacks]

5 hours ago, The Wiz said:

Apple TV itself is cheap, I agree.   But you have to know this is very likely going to be an add-on package that you will be charged for.  

I would still happily give my money to Apple over Direct TV.  The customer service with Direct TV is absolutely the worst.

[wjag]

On 4/18/2022 at 4:20 PM, atomicpwrd said:

Is 2022 still a DirecTV thing?

for the first time in 30+ years I’m dropping my DIRECTV effective Thursday.  Ever since AT&T took them

over, their service has gone down hill.  Their web site is awful.  Can’t believe I’m finally cutting the cord.  

[davefan66]

5 hours ago, Ned Flanders said:

His ears take up half the screen...and I've got a 55" set.

Yep.  Would rather listen to him then 90% of the blow hard on ESPN football coverage.

Edited April 19, 2022 by davefan66

[machine gun kelly]

7 hours ago, 13 Second Prevent Defense said:

Out of towners are the market for this, you wont be getting some great deal for only Bills games, that is the golden goose.  People in their market already get their teams games.

People already get their team games.  As my sons when they were 4, no duh.  
 

that’s the point.  Instead of buying the whole league Apple has the ability to buy by team or division.  You basically stated the captain obvious.

[nucci]

7 hours ago, 13 Second Prevent Defense said:

Out of towners are the market for this, you wont be getting some great deal for only Bills games, that is the golden goose.  People in their market already get their teams games.

Yeah, that's the reason Sunday Ticket was created

[T&C]

1 hour ago, wjag said:

for the first time in 30+ years I’m dropping my DIRECTV effective Thursday.  Ever since AT&T took them

over, their service has gone down hill.  Their web site is awful.  Can’t believe I’m finally cutting the cord.  

Good for you, I had DTV for 17 years and dropped them around 6 years ago... never looked back and haven't missed a Bills game ever since.

[Matt_In_NH]

42 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said:

People already get their team games.  As my sons when they were 4, no duh.  
 

that’s the point.  Instead of buying the whole league Apple has the ability to buy by team or division.  You basically stated the captain obvious.

Not sure what you are saying, it’s not obvious to me.