DIRECTV:No Policy Change For Streaming-Only ‘Ticket’

[dfergie]

An online promotion touting a new set of streaming-only, no-satellite-TV-service required subscriptions for the NFL Sunday Ticket package from DirecTV has caused some to mistakenly believe that the online version of the out-of-market football service is being made available to anyone in the U.S.

Not so.

DirecTV confirmed that policies governing who can or can’t qualify for its unbundled, streaming-only Ticket option remains generally unchanged. DirecTV began to push the broadband version of Ticket back in 2009, first testing it in Manhattan for $350, then expanding access to consumers in other markets who qualified for it.
The FAQ for the streaming-only packages being offered for the coming NFL season is careful to point out that the online-only service, NFLSundayTicket.TV, “is available to people in select areas, residence types, and enrolled in select universities.” It then directs NFLSundayTicket.TV subscribers to visit www.NFLSundayTicket.TV, where they can input their address to see if they meet the eligibility requirements.

What is new is the variety of packages DirecTV is offering to consumers who qualify for the unbundled, streaming-only packages. There are now three to choose from:

- $329.99 for NFLSundayTicket.TV Max

-$239.99 for NFLSundayTicket.TV Console (limited to the Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4), no Red Zone Channel, and no access to DirecTV Fantasy Zone)

-$199.99 for NFLSundayTicket.TV Digital (no streaming to game consoles, no Red Zone Channel, and no access to DirecTV Fantasy Zone)

multichannel.com

 

[Jimbo]

Link is bad ....

 

[dfergie]

Works for me with firefox...

 

[Jimbo]

Works for me with firefox...

Not here ...
Originally I was using Chrome, now FF, neither worked for me.

 

[dfergie]

The multichannel link?
http://www.multichannel.com/news/technology/directvno-policy-change-streaming-only-ticket/382568

 

[Jimbo]

You were talking about this link, correct ?

www.NFLSundayTicket.TV

I rebooted the computer and tried both browsers again, no luck ....
I'll use your multichannel link this time.

 

[dfergie]

No the multichannel.com at bottom ...

 

[Jimbo]

No the multichannel.com at bottom ...

Oh, well that explains everything

 

[whitewolf8214]

DirecTV is cutting the cord on NFL Sunday Ticket with online-only subscriptions
By Janko Roettgers
Jul. 16, 2014 - 2:28 PM PDT
Summary:
DirecTV will sell you NFL Sunday Ticket streams even if you don’t have their satellite TV service — but only if you live in an apartment.Cord cutters rejoice: DirecTV is finally making the NFL Sunday ticket available to football fans without a pay TV subscription. The satellite TV provider is about to launch a new online service, dubbed NFLSundayTicket.TV, that will offer access to NFL games that were previously only available to DirecTV subscribers. However, it looks like eligibility is limited to people who can’t get DirecTV.The new service will be available in three service tiers when it officially launches in September: A $200, season-long package will give users access to live, out-of-market games on computers and mobile devices. A $240 package lets you watch games on the Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3 or Playstation 4, and a $330 package includes both mobile and PC as well as game console access as well as other exclusive features.
On the mobile front, the service will offer apps for iPads, iPhones and a variety of Android devices, but iOS users will apparently not be able to use AirPlay to watch games on Apple TVs.
The bigger drawback of the service is that many sports fans won’t have access to it. Prospective buyers have to enter their home address to see whether they’re eligible, and many are turned away, just like I was when I tested it with my San Francisco Bay Area address.

It looks like DirecTV is checking whether applicants live in single-home residencies, which could theoretically get satellite TV, or apartments, where satellite dishes are often blocked. Two of my co-workers who live in apartment buildings were told that they’re eligible.

NFLSundayTicket.TV also offers price-reduced packages for college students, but the list of eligible colleges is fairly short as well and includes Ohio State University, University of Southern California, Havard University and Syracuse University along with a few others. And like most sports streaming packages, the NFL SundayTicket.TV still comes with blackout rules for local games.
http://gigaom.com/2014/07/16/direct...sunday-ticket-with-online-only-subscriptions/

 

[ocnier]

You need to check the pub area, there's some data there you might find interesting....

 

[joed32]

That's only available in New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, nowhere else.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Here is a question I'm sure that service members & residents of outlaying American territories would appreciate,would this be available in Guam,American Samoa,& the Northern Marianas? They are American territories & they DEFINITELY can't get Directv. The same goes for Compact of Free Association nations like the Federated States of Micronesia,Republic of Marshall Islands,& Palau. How about Gitmo?

 

[joed32]

New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.