vike daddy Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 As America's tech, media and telecom giants launch new streaming services, the rights for one of the National Football League's most coveted packages may soon be on the auction block. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is courting partners including Amazon and Disney for streaming rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, which gives viewers access to the full slate of NFL games not already being broadcast in their market, according to sources familiar with the league’s discussions. In a contentious war for subscribers, the Ticket could be the X-factor for any one of the major media companies vying for pre-eminence. No one is more keenly aware of the Ticket's power than AT&T, which has had exclusive rights to the service for 25 years. AT&T sells the package through its DirecTV service, and the fact that Goodell may break that exclusive partnership is straining their long-standing relationship, the sources said. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/are-you-ready-some-football-disney-amazon-might-be-n996381 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Another reason to get Disney+. As if the MCU, Star Wars and Pixar weren't good enough reasons. AT&T looks like they're still in the running, so the league will have to figure in costs to change and such - but an Amazon or Disney+ ran Sunday Ticket would be cool, IMO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtait93 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 That’ll be a massive blow to AT&T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Oh, please yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 For the love of god please be Amazon. I already have Prime 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Danger said: For the love of god please be Amazon. I already have Prime don't you think it would be a separate fee from Prime though? anyone think Goodell is just playing with AT&T to get their fees up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, vike daddy said: don't you think it would be a separate fee from Prime though? anyone think Goodell is just playing with AT&T to get their fees up? I expect that it will be less expensive to obtain if you already have prime, by a notable amount. That's entirely possible, basically I think he's testing the waters of FA so to speak. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 29 minutes ago, dtait93 said: That’ll be a massive blow to AT&T. Thoughts and prayers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twizlers Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Interesting move. If I could ditch cable all together and stick with Prime/Sunday Ticket/Hulu then I'll be golden. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 can see NFL ticket being apart of ESPN+ or Hulu if Disney wins the bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 I couldn't get DTV in my area because of the trees, so I did Sunday Ticket through my PS3. It was GARBAGE. Worst money I've ever spent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingoLadd Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Given it to amazon, I don't want it locked behind whatever ESPN does as a streaming service. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 No!!!!! I've had Sunday Ticket for free for years. It will be terrible if DirecTV/AT&T lose it. But I think they will sell a streaming package and a linear package so DirecTV may still have some rights to it. DAZN is another streaming service that will go after it heavy. Interested in seeing how this all plays out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Pleaseeee. DirecTV has botched this so long. And get Adam off Redzone, he’s such a monotone robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronsWitness Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 2 hours ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: Thoughts and prayers. Yeah I let out a huge 'WTF!" when I flipped to NFL Network and the screen read something like 'This channel is no longer available we are sorry for the inconvenience' I had to get a upgraded package with AT&T to one that included NFLN and in the middle of the night they just yank the channel from programming. Time to switch back to Time Warner/Spectrum. AT&T has been a nightmare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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