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[Pejo]

Google’s YouTube Grabs NFL Sunday Ticket in Seven-Year Deal

It’s official: YouTube is getting the hand-off for the NFL’s Sunday Ticket. Google and the National Football League announced a pact Thursday making YouTube the exclusive home of the Su…

variety.com

DirecTV is out, YouTube is in. This is a lot more convenient for me personally. I tried Sunday Ticket with DirecTV years ago, it was a huge pain in the ass.

Looks like it's still got local blackouts which fucking sucks for cord cutters, but it's a step in the right direction. You don't have to sub to YouTube TV though to get it. Wonder what they're going to do with pricing.

Starting next season, under the seven-year deal, NFL Sunday Ticket will be available on as an add-on package on YouTube TV and on a standalone, à-la-carte basis on YouTube’s recently launched Primetime Channels (which doesn’t require a subscription to YouTube TV). YouTube didn’t announce pricing for Sunday Ticket. For the 2022 season, DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket plans started at $293.94.

 

[EverydayBeast]

A size of that price is a big problem after paying the initially tv bill happy holidays to all the playoff teams.

 

[DR3AM]

What is NFL Sunday ticket anyway?

 

[DeepEnigma]

NFL Redzone > All

 

[Pagusas]

Gross, really sad to see Apple didnt get it. I fully expect Google to give us the worst quality, the worst presentation and the worst price out of all that were bidding on this.

 

[Pejo]

What is NFL Sunday ticket anyway?

It's basically on demand for all out-of-market games, so all games other than your local team. Great for bars, super fans, fantasy football addicts, etc.

 

[TransTrender]

Ugh
Watch as it's part of a forced bundle with Youtube Red Premium for Windows Live! YouTube TV's Base package Premium Plus $64.99 + $189.99

 

[Pejo]

Ugh
Watch as it's part of a forced bundle with Youtube Red Premium for Windows Live! YouTube TV's Base package Premium Plus $64.99 + $189.99

It's in the article that they're offering it a-la-carte. Price wasn't announced though, so you might still be close.

 

[Pagusas]

Ugh
Watch as it's part of a forced bundle with Youtube Red Premium for Windows Live! YouTube TV's Base package Premium Plus $64.99 + $189.99

It'll be more than that, one of the sticking points the NFL and Apple came to blows over apparently was NFL has a price minimum for the service and Apple wanted to include it as part of the general apple tv subsciption. NFL felt that would devalue the brand and broadcast partner relationship. Apple also didn't want to have any games blacked out. NFL said no.

Expect it to be 199+

 

[TransTrender]

It's in the article that they're offering it a-la-carte. Price wasn't announced though, so you might still be close.

Probably as I stated because, 'Oh well you want live in market games? Then you'll have to get Youtube TV.'
They will milk this for everything it's worth

 

[TransTrender]

It'll be more than that, one of the sticking points the NFL and Apple came to blows over apparently was NFL has a price minimum for the service and Apple wanted to include it as part of the general apple tv subsciption. NFL felt that would devalue the brand and broadcast partner relationship. Apple also didn't want to have any games blacked out. NFL said no.

Expect it to be 199+

Oh yeah, I was expecting $189.99 per month

At least Apple actually asked the right question and didn't want any blackout game. I don't like Apple but that was a very pro-consumer move right there.

 

[nickp91]

NFL RedZone is better than Sunday Ticket

 

[Pagusas]

NFL RedZone is better than Sunday Ticket

Not really comparable. Most people get Sunday Ticket because they want to watch ALL of their favorite team's games, not to watch every single game on sunday. I live in Dallas, I'm a Packer fan. My only options for watching Packer games when the cowboys play at the same time is to either 1. Pirate a game stream, 2. Go to a sports bar or 3. Buy Sunday Ticket. Money isn't an issue to me, but the NFL for the last few decades has made you have to go through DirectTV/buy a satalite dish to do it, even though there is 0 reason to force that. I refuse to put a dish on my house just for sunday ticket.

1 very good thing to come out of all of this at least, regardless of who won the bid, is that DirectTV/Satellite TV will finally die.

 

[AJUMP23]

NFL Redzone > All

This is the only channel I watch when it is on preview. I wish college had the same thing.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Just good that it's off DirectTV, that was always so colossally stupid.

 

[j0hnnix]

I have other means to watch, but I am curious what the price tag will be. I don't care much for the forced black outs for locals while paying for such a large some.. I briefly read the article, I guess big get for YouTube TV.