DIRECTV unlikely to keep NFL Sunday Ticket
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does apple have any plans to have the apple+ MLB games on commercial tv?
also with NFL ST bars may not be willing to buy 8+ apple tv boxes or even more if apple trys to lockout Matrix Switchers.
also with NFL ST bars may not be willing to buy 8+ apple tv boxes or even more if apple trys to lockout Matrix Switchers.
Maybe, maybe not ....
Thats a LONG time from now .
We don't even know WHO is getting the ST
We've had articles saying D* was keeping it, Amazon was the leader to get it, now Apple is the leader to get it ....
Once its OFFICIALLY going to someone, THEN I'll look to see HOW I'll need to get it.
It could very easily be available on Google TV by then.
IF Apple gets it and does not allow it to be on Google TV .... then the NFL has made a HUGE mistake in making half of the population not able to get it ...
How is THAT any better than D* having it ?
I've got at least one more season of watching the ST before I have to figure it out.
A few years ago, I figured cable cos would get out of the business as they could charge as much for broadband internet as they were for TV service without the headache of negotiating carriage agreements every few years. Most of the networks are starting streaming services on their own.
Accessing ESPN channels for an occasional game is about the only use case for cable since pretty much all the cable and OTA programming are available on streaming services nowadays.
and don't forget that apple is facing issues with there app store lock in and takeing NFL ticket into the same type of lock in may not look good in court.
And the NFL may even say you need to give to bars on stearming / cable and sat tv.
Half the population?
I'm sorry, but that's utter nonsense. Most smart TV platforms have Apple TV+ in addition to Roku and Fire TV devices. Additionally, an investment in a Roku device is minimal compared to a Directv subscription. No Google TV availability, should that be the case a year and a half from now, is meaningless.
I would join those who say wait for the details. There are lots we need to know.
- Since ST cannot make money for any provider on a cash basis, Apple would have to bundle it in some manner. Exactly what? Apple TV +? Buy a phone for a free year?
- Commercial accounts have lots of issues, most discussed upthread.
- Apple’s geo-location is easily spoofed.
- There is no way, short of unleashing millions of spies, of preventing small businesses from using their own, or any patron’s, non-commercial account.
Just what Apple is going to do with these and other issues may well be questions Apple hasn’t decided upon yet.
- Since ST cannot make money for any provider on a cash basis, Apple would have to bundle it in some manner. Exactly what? Apple TV +? Buy a phone for a free year?
- Commercial accounts have lots of issues, most discussed upthread.
- Apple’s geo-location is easily spoofed.
- There is no way, short of unleashing millions of spies, of preventing small businesses from using their own, or any patron’s, non-commercial account.
Just what Apple is going to do with these and other issues may well be questions Apple hasn’t decided upon yet.
I'm not going out and buying a Roku for every TV I might want to watch the game on.
Btw, do we even know, is it Apple TV (the App) or Apple Tv the hardware ???
AND, No one knows if Apple is even going to have it ....
3 months ago it was Amazon we were talking about.
Maybe Netflix next, or Disney or ....
IF the NFL was truly trying to get it to as many as possible (like they said when the D* negotiations ended) they give it to all of them ... any that are capable and willing to get into the ST stuff.
Don't say never, IF it does get offered to anyone whos interested (they get the most people that way) D* should definitely stay in it ... it would have to cost Much less if they are all in on it.
It would be part of the service in some form, just like MLB is. Doesn't make sense to tie it to hardware.
Betting money would be on the app, which as pointed out, is available on most every streaming platform, even google tv (except in some cases of older hardware perhaps, like your tv).
How much does APPLETV+ cost ? (thinking about $175-200 ?)
Then add the cost of the MLB package and what do we have.
The apple tv app is free. Apple tv+ service is 4.99 a month, so $60 a year (although there are ways to get it for free)
I too am expecting it to be tied to the App, not hardware.
I just went to talk to my friends that run the High end TV store ... asked about why my TV wouldn't get Apple tv ...
We tried on thier TV's and it showed up each time.
He said it much have something to do with the version of Google OS on my TV ... (It is up to date, most recent for my set).
They said that the update IF thats what it is, would come from Apple.
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