PFT: Apple the "most likely" winner of Sunday ticket at possibly $3 billion

[TRUTH87]

If they give this to Apple, I can almost guarantee that we'll all be wishing DTV still had it in a couple years.

i hope they have single team packages. but it definitely won’t be cheap. paying 300$ for all the teams games sounds cheap compared to a dallas package for what? 200$? 11$ a game? i’m just throwing out numbers but i agree we will miss DTV

 

[pacy]

I've had the Sunday Ticket for years, but what I really want is just the Red Zone Channel only. They need to provide an option for just that.

Same here. I hate that Directv STREAM doesn't provide NFL network or the NFL redzone. Guess I am looking at youtube TV or Hulu.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I've had the Sunday Ticket for years, but what I really want is just the Red Zone Channel only. They need to provide an option for just that.

Wow, you guys are years behind the technology.

Many companies you already get the redzone channel or you simply pay for it. YouTube TV for an example.

With Apple TV having the NFL games, all you have to do is pay $20 per month, through Apple TV+ and you will get all the games along with everything else Apple offers. At worst, you will have to pay another $150 a year through Apple like you do now.

 

[big dog cowboy]

JMO but this isn't good news.

 

[jterrell]

At $300 per year, they need 10M subscribers just to break even.

The goal is to get some portion of that for the Sunday Ticket and then let those people help bring in other subscribers by talking up other shows.

It is how Fox used to build up their network shows. Use football to prop up everything else.

 

[jterrell]

Each bar will need to purchase roughly 75 Apple TV’s. And sorry BW3’s— They can’t possible lower the prices because of existing contracts with Chinese children.

Any smart TV made it in the last couple years can play apple-TV app.
5-7 20 a month subscriptions and they are covered much more cheaply then old Cable Sunday Ticket prices.

 

[erod]

I refuse to buy Apple anything, so..........

 

[lurkercowboy]

Does AppleTV have DVR capability? I work Sundays.

 

[zrinkill]

I hate what the NFL has become.

 

[Silly]

I don't know. My apple game pass never did work. & the device remote was some kind of arrogant apple joke on me.

I can't get excited about apple anything.

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

I'll just find a stream like usual for the 2-3 games a year that aren't on locally.

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

I hate what the NFL has become.

Profit first, everything else is last.

 

[ShortRound]

My 3% raise should cover it, don't worry guys.

 

[jterrell]

I hate what the NFL has become.

This isn't an NFL issue this is a shift in media period.
Everything is moving to streams over cable and OTA is all but dead ended.
NFL is massive media and carries largest rights fees.

Mavs fans were all but frozen out last year as Fox Sports Southwest was sold off to Sinclair and almost no one had access to them.
Apparently, they are building an app for the upcoming season....

I was using ESPN + for a ton of college games and soccer matches and that app was absolutely dreadful. Terrible resolution and the like.
Apple TV has insanely good resolution at least. Just very little content.

 

[jterrell]

Does AppleTV have DVR capability? I work Sundays.

THAT is a good question. not so much exactly as asked but will the games be available on demand???
If so it becomes a must have service.
If not I wouldn't care about it personally except, I already have Apple TV.
The beauty of content library-based streaming is just that. It goes live then can be watched whenever.
This works on ESPN+ to some extent.
If Apple+ has all the games with replay content that is sick.

 

[Hoofbite]

Yeah, me too as I'm already an Amazon Prime user. I don't own any apple products in my home!! I have an Android phone. I'm sure I could stream it on my Fire Stick, but I just don't want to subscribe to yet ANOTHER streaming service!!

Whoever gets it will make sure it's available on all platforms. You can't just ignore a certain platform because the a very niche item to start with.

 

[Hoofbite]

I've had the Sunday Ticket for years, but what I really want is just the Red Zone Channel only. They need to provide an option for just that.

Last time I had cable there was a sports package that included it for like $10/month. Not great, but beats $300/season. The real answer is to bribe a college student into signing up for you for $100 total and using their login credentials. Then you get Sunday Ticket and Redzone.

 

[Hoofbite]

I’d love to have the capability to rent single games on Apple TV. I’d gladly pay a few bucks to watch the Cowboys once a week, and not have to mess with shelling out hundreds of dollars to get a bunch of games I’m not able to watch anyway, like how DirecTV has been doing it for years.

This is where it should be but I can see plenty of reasons why it likely won't be.

Suppose they charged like $79.99 for a season pass to a single team. The subscriber watches the team of their choice. Compare that to $300 for all teams....and the subscriber likely only watches the team of their choice.

 

[DandyDon52]

At $300 per year, they need 10M subscribers just to break even.

my thought was how can they recoup that 3 bil and make a profit !!!!!!!!!!!\
it is all quite insane.

 

[DogFace]

Any smart TV made it in the last couple years can play apple-TV app.
5-7 20 a month subscriptions and they are covered much more cheaply then old Cable Sunday Ticket prices.

Yea. I have it. It was kind of a joke, but how many bars and restaurants have smart TVs all over their place? Apple has a way of making devices obsolete too.

5-7 20 for Apple TV? Then how much more for the ticket for at home consumers? Apple hates to let money slip through their fingers. I don’t think this will be good for any consumer. We will see.