DIRECTV unlikely to keep NFL Sunday Ticket
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Well I guess they are real Luxury TV then.
And no they didn’t, the most Video customers they had was 23.99 million in 2016 ( still more then DirecTV because it is real luxury TV).
Comcast: no of video subscribers in the U.S. 2024 | Statista
How many customers does Comcast have? In Q4 2023, the number of Comcast subscribers amounted to 14.1 million, down from previous years.
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Broadband a little over 32 million.
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You don't realize sunday ticket is a luxury that appeals to people who like luxury tv( directv is not a luxury)Well I guess they are real Luxury TV then.
And no they didn’t, the most Video customers they had was 23.99 million in 2016 ( still more then DirecTV because it is real luxury TV).
Comcast: no of video subscribers in the U.S. 2024 | Statista
How many customers does Comcast have? In Q4 2023, the number of Comcast subscribers amounted to 14.1 million, down from previous years.
Broadband a little over 32 million.
Comcast shares slide after the cable giant fails to add broadband subscribers for first time ever
Comcast beat revenue and profit estimates but failed to deliver broadband subscriber growth. Peacock subscriber numbers were also flat.
The same cheapskates who wouldn't subscribe to directv to get sunday ticket will not pay apple or amazon $300 for sunday ticket by itself
Basic math?
What does “has access” have to do with anything? How many folks actually subscribe to DirecTV?
More than 85% of the U.S. actually has broadband internet.
Which one is less again?
U.S. households with home internet 2020 | Statista
As of 2020, 85.5 percent of total U.S.
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Don’t tell Sam that.
And again, just like a few others who do not have DirecTV that have posted here and myself, we have all said we will subscribe to it.
Just will not give DirecTV $2000 a year just for being able to subscribe to it.
And next year, I will have the majority of content from Traditional Channels, NFL, MLB, NHL, Big Ten Football, Exclusive Streaming Shows and new Movies all in 1080P or 4K, Dolby Digital+ or Atmos from Streaming Services and OTA, most with no commercials, all for the monthly cost that would be less then the average of a monthly DirecTV bill.
That is real Luxury Television.
People in the city have less access to Directv. More people live in cities than Rural areas where there is no broadband.
Directv costs thousands a year to have and only provides a portal to the channels they provide.
Streaming opens the door, not closes it.
But this may be starting to change now that RSNs are going DTC. Bally Sports+ launched in the five markets where it has DTC rights for MLB teams back in the summer. But they have DTC rights for all the NBA and NHL teams on their linear RSNs, so they've now launched Bally Sports+ in all their markets. And NESN up in New England launched their own DTC service this year too.
If you're a die-hard fan who needs to be able to watch every game your team plays, yeah, you're gonna need a full-blown cable TV package. But then you also may need multiple streaming services too; for instance, both Apple TV+ and Peacock feature some exclusive MLB games you can't watch anywhere on the cable dial.
But I can imagine there being a lot of fans who would be fine watching their teams' games on Bally Sports+ and then supplementing that with whatever may be on the broadcast nets via OTA, without the need for those additional national games (few of which would feature their local team) on cable nets like ESPN, TNT, FS1, etc.
Agreed, and with Fiber I can get great speeds for that price.
DTV is way more expensive.
My Fiber is $80 for the first year, afterwards that same speed is $120 for the cheapest available.
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Most people do not need 1G, but I have it, heck, if 2G was available I would have it instead.
Just ordered the new ipad pro because it has the M2 chip and it is 20% faster, did not need it, my 2021 Pro I bought 18 months was just fine, but the new one is faster, the 2021 model will go to my daughter.
Now looking at the new Apple TV, it has a 10/100/1000 ethernet port, unlike the Roku Ultra which only has a 10/100 port, which is just fine, never a issue, but the new Apple TV is faster.
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What does a 13 year old picture have to do with anything?DirecTV satellite dishes in a suburban housing community Stock Photo - Alamy
Download this stock image: DirecTV satellite dishes in a suburban housing community. - BFJTBT from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.
From your link- Date taken: 18 November 2009
Take a current pic, based on losing 11 million Subscribers, I would bet most of those Dishes to be gone.
Probably streaming or have Comcast since they have 17 million subscribers.
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That is the answer.
Not that long ago, there was no streaming. And most everyone paid for cable, DISH, or DirecTV. Where were these people back then? The number of ST subscribers back then was about the same.
When ST goes to streaming, at the end of the day, a leopard cannot change its spots. Cheap is as cheap does. We will have a long thread complaining about how much ST costs and how useless what it is predicated up is to the cheap. With the same sayings (see above) you see in every thread about streaming. “I saved …” “I don’t miss ….. that much” and “someday they will just have to sell me …… “. No, no they won’t.
BTW, checked again this morning. ESPN is still linear only.
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