NFL Sunday Ticket

[CouchCoach]

Interesting article about those in the hunt for the Sunday Ticket.

Amazon, Apple, Disney could make play for DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket (usatoday.com)

But the most interesting is what I've never understood. DirecTV pays the NFL 1.5B for the rights to carry the games and charges $300, but not all subscribers pay that much, and they have 2M subscribers. Simple math 1.5B in expense - 600M max revenue = 900M loss each year and they admitted they have to write down a deficit of 2.5B with ATT laying off DirecTV.

What am I missing? Do they feel all of those 2M Sunday Ticket subscribers will walk DirecTV if they do not provide that? I originally signed up to get that but left that behind and kept DirecTV, mainly for convenience.

 

[Pape]

Interesting article about those in the hunt for the Sunday Ticket.

Amazon, Apple, Disney could make play for DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket (usatoday.com)

But the most interesting is what I've never understood. DirecTV pays the NFL 1.5B for the rights to carry the games and charges $300, but not all subscribers pay that much, and they have 2M subscribers. Simple math 1.5B in expense - 600M max revenue = 900M loss each year and they admitted they have to write down a deficit of 2.5B with ATT laying off DirecTV.

What am I missing? Do they feel all of those 2M Sunday Ticket subscribers will walk DirecTV if they do not provide that? I originally signed up to get that but left that behind and kept DirecTV, mainly for convenience.

awful announcing wrote an article about this awhile ago...

https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/nfl...ged-and-pushes-fans-away-from-the-league.html

 

[kskboys]

SundayTicket would be worth it to me for about a hundred bucks. Not much more. They paid way too much.

 

[SlammedZero]

I'd absolutely think about ordering a Sunday Ticket standalone package. For years I wished they would offer it up through their NFL app on Xbox. I'd be all over it but I will never be interested in DirectTV. Between the prices and the concept, satellite TV is a dying technology.

 

[viman96]

Interesting article about those in the hunt for the Sunday Ticket.

Amazon, Apple, Disney could make play for DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket (usatoday.com)

But the most interesting is what I've never understood. DirecTV pays the NFL 1.5B for the rights to carry the games and charges $300, but not all subscribers pay that much, and they have 2M subscribers. Simple math 1.5B in expense - 600M max revenue = 900M loss each year and they admitted they have to write down a deficit of 2.5B with ATT laying off DirecTV.

What am I missing? Do they feel all of those 2M Sunday Ticket subscribers will walk DirecTV if they do not provide that? I originally signed up to get that but left that behind and kept DirecTV, mainly for convenience.

Think of Sunday Ticket as a halo car that brings people to the dealership. How much money does DTV make through subscriptions and not just Sunday Ticket.

 

[erod]

I'd absolutely think about ordering a Sunday Ticket standalone package. For years I wished they would offer it up through their NFL app on Xbox. I'd be all over it but I will never be interested in DirectTV. Between the prices and the concept, satellite TV is a dying technology.

True, but as expected, going the app route is turning out to be just as expensive with a much more compressed picture quality.

As long as there aren't thunderstorms, DirecTV is still the best picture quality you can get in most cases.

 

[SlammedZero]

True, but as expected, going the app route is turning out to be just as expensive with a much more compressed picture quality.

As long as there aren't thunderstorms, DirecTV is still the best picture quality you can get in most cases.

I suppose picture quality could vary but you're absolutely right on the prices. I was just talking to somebody the other day that by the time you get all these streaming services you're shooting up into the $50-$100 range a month before you know it.

 

[erod]

I suppose picture quality could vary but you're absolutely right on the prices. I was just talking to somebody the other day that by the time you get all these streaming services you're shooting up into the $50-$100 range a month before you know it.

Streaming services compress their audio and video, whereas a satellite signal does not. It's like comparing a 4K disc to Netflix.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I'd absolutely think about ordering a Sunday Ticket standalone package. For years I wished they would offer it up through their NFL app on Xbox. I'd be all over it but I will never be interested in DirectTV. Between the prices and the concept, satellite TV is a dying technology.

That'd be great if it were offered through Xbox and Playstation.

 

[Big_D]

Directv is pure crap. I look forward to the day it's available through someone else. Then I can finally cancel and get the dish off my roof.

 

[SlammedZero]

Streaming services compress their audio and video, whereas a satellite signal does not. It's like comparing a 4K disc to Netflix.

Which I why I still argue for physical media with movies vs streaming. With that said though, I've experienced some pretty amazing picture quality through streaming. One of the first things I tell people who are new to 4K and buy a capable television is to go to YouTube are search 4K videos.

 

[CapnB]

Streaming services compress their audio and video, whereas a satellite signal does not. It's like comparing a 4K disc to Netflix.

But what if Netflix has 4k? See? See? probably not, me either. actually, they do show some movies in 4k but your internet speed better break the sound barrier if you want to tell a difference.

 

[remdak]

I actually get Sunday Ticket streaming for about $80 since my daughter is in college. She's a football fan as well and uses it sometimes. I use it when they aren't showing the Cowboys game where I live.

 

[kskboys]

True, but as expected, going the app route is turning out to be just as expensive with a much more compressed picture quality.

As long as there aren't thunderstorms, DirecTV is still the best picture quality you can get in most cases.

I'm starting to hear those exact complaints.

 

[McKDaddy]

You can get pretty much every network game (if not every one) for $5 a month.

I cut the cord last spring & for the most part have been content. ATT made DTV even worse to deal with. Got tired of getting ripped off.

My TV (along with other items) suffered an electrical surge a couple mths back. I had intended to get an OLED but since I'm primarily streaming, I think I am better off to get a cheaper TV. I do have some OTA channels but reception is spotty in my area. Difficult to depend on the signal to watch a game. At least that was my experience last fall\winter.

 

[Flamma]

SundayTicket would be worth it to me for about a hundred bucks. Not much more. They paid way too much.

I agree. That would be my max too. But I'm not even sure I would do it because I spend enough money on crap. Adding another 100 to an already high bill is probably not a good idea. I don't have DTV and I'm not switching to it anyway. But even if they offered to me I wouldn't buy it.

I'm just interested in Cowboys games, playoffs, and your occasional good game during the season. All of which are aired on television minus maybe 2 Cowboys games that I need to find a stream. What would I be paying for? A random Browns VS Jets game?

 

[kskboys]

I agree. That would be my max too. But I'm not even sure I would do it because I spend enough money on crap. Adding another 100 to an already high bill is probably not a good idea. I don't have DTV and I'm not switching to it anyway. But even if they offered to me I wouldn't buy it.

I'm just interested in Cowboys games, playoffs, and your occasional good game during the season. All of which are aired on television minus maybe 2 Cowboys games that I need to find a stream. What would I be paying for? A random Browns VS Jets game?

Yup. I mean, there's a few games every year I'd really like to watch, but not enough to pay their 400 or whatever price tag. Seems to me as if they'd sell an absolute ton for around 100 to 150. Almost everyone would pay that.

 

[Flamma]

Yup. I mean, there's a few games every year I'd really like to watch, but not enough to pay their 400 or whatever price tag. Seems to me as if they'd sell an absolute ton for around 100 to 150. Almost everyone would pay that.

You'd get more people for sure. But consider what they're paying for the exclusive rights. I think they'd need a bigger audience. Maybe offer it as a stand alone package. They'd probably get a ton of people that would get it. People like me who aren't switching from cable to a dish even if they offered it to me free of charge. They're losing out on all of that potential money. Because even though I may not want it now, about 5 years ago I was looking to get it. But they wouldn't offer it to me because DTV was available in my area. I know plenty of people with cable that would get it as a stand alone deal. The only people I know with some kind of dish are those that have no other choice.

 

[Dallas_Cowboys50]

Directv is pure crap. I look forward to the day it's available through someone else. Then I can finally cancel and get the dish off my roof.

This.

 

[McKDaddy]

Yup. I mean, there's a few games every year I'd really like to watch, but not enough to pay their 400 or whatever price tag. Seems to me as if they'd sell an absolute ton for around 100 to 150. Almost everyone would pay that.

Agreed. Or sell you a package for certain team(s) with the ability to buy other individual games at a reasonable price.

If you watch a lot of NFL, as a former Sunday Package subscriber there is an upside that most people don't mention. Often the games in your local market turn out to be real duds. Can't tell you how many times I flipped thru and found an absolute barnburner. Often on a game that you would have thought would have been horrible. Some of my most memorable Package experiences honestly.