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NGT Do you anticipate any changes to the NFL Access

GiantBlue : 8/10/2020 3:35 pm
for out of market games.

I live in South Central PA and typically go to the sports bar to watch the Giants.

Seems like Direct-TV has a monopoly on the games. With fewer people gathering in sports bars, do you think they may change the rules and provide access through their App or through cable providers?

What are you hearing?
Not in 2020  
Ben in Tampa : 8/10/2020 3:45 pm : link
DirecTV is the option, contractually.

but almost assuredly in 2023 they will move to either release their own platform like MLBtv or sell the rights to a bigger platform looking for content.

AT&T will likely fold Directv once the Sunday Ticket contract runs out
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CoughlinHandsonHips : 8/10/2020 3:57 pm : link
I'd imagine the NFL views not being able to head out to the bars as an opportunity to sell more DirectTV subscriptions, so more than likely wouldn't touch it.
A lot of bars are opting out of Sunday Ticket this season  
VinegarPeppers : 8/10/2020 4:05 pm : link
At least that is what a few I know are doing and also what I have heard.

No confidence there will be a season, controversies and COVID just too much a threat for the investment.

Hope you find one. Go Giants!
Thanks, Guys!  
GiantBlue : 8/10/2020 4:15 pm : link
For games I can't get here, I guess GamePass might be an option. I can watch it at 4:00 after locking myself in a quiet room from 1-4 so I don't hear the score. LOL.

Go Giants!!!
RE: Not in 2020  
81_Great_Dane : 8/10/2020 10:42 pm : link
In comment 14947254 Ben in Tampa said:
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DirecTV is the option, contractually.

but almost assuredly in 2023 they will move to either release their own platform like MLBtv or sell the rights to a bigger platform looking for content.

AT&T will likely fold Directv once the Sunday Ticket contract runs out
A few years back an AT&T cable technician told me that they were pushing their TV customers away from U-verse and toward DirecTV, because they wanted to use all that cable bandwidth to sell high-speed Internet.

I suspect you are right about AT&T wanting to shed DirecTV, though. Doubt they shut it down, exactly, maybe sell it. Unless they have a new product to use the satellites.
I use Gamepass for all my out of market games  
Sneakers O'toole : 8/10/2020 11:17 pm : link
I love it.
I just realized I am looking forward to a season of games that I won’t  
Ivan15 : 8/11/2020 9:07 am : link
Be able to see anyway.
Gamepass  
Dragon : 8/11/2020 9:15 am : link
Has anyone found out about the renewal prices yet?
Ive been wondering about that myself  
Sneakers O'toole : 8/11/2020 9:58 am : link
I think its been over a year for me and last time I checked it's still working without a renewal.

If there's no season I may skip the year
RE: I just realized I am looking forward to a season of games that I won’t  
jerseyjokes : 8/11/2020 4:34 pm : link
In comment 14947561 Ivan15 said:
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Be able to see anyway.


They have the sunday ticket streaming pkg. If you live in an apt or some place without the ability to get a dish you can get it. It's a bit pricey though of course. There is another option if you know any college students. They get can get the streaming pkg for $100. They even do a deal and I've gotten it fore $80 for the whole season. Local games are blacked out, but you can use an antenna or vpn to get around it if you're blacked out.
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