Amazon, Disney in play for Sunday Ticket

[Hammock Parties]

DirecTV going the way of the dodo, hopefully.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...sunday-ticket/

Before the next wave of TV deals will be negotiated, the NFL will surely be doing its biggest deal yet in the environment where much of what used to be viewed on TV is now being consumed.

Via NBCNews.com, the NFL could move its out-of-market streaming rights to Amazon or Disney. Amazon already streams Thursday Night Football, and Disney would surely love to boost the offerings of its in-house streaming service, ESPN+.

Recent tensions have emerged between the NFL and AT&T, which has purchased DirecTV. Meanwhile, ESPN has worked hard to rebuild bridges to 345 Park Avenue, and Amazon has become a behemoth in the streaming/sales space. Its value comes from the merger of viewing preferences and purchase habits, enabling Amazon to tailor commercials to viewers, who can make a purchase with the click of a button while otherwise watching a game.

Per the report, the NFL also has considered Google and Netflix for a streaming deal. The former has been “on and off”; the latter has never shown interest.

AT&T abruptly dropped NFL Network from Uverse and DirecTV now this week, while keeping NFLN in the DirecTV lineup. This development surely doesn’t make it more likely that DirecTV and the NFL will renew its longstanding arrangement, which began in 1994.

It’s possible that, in the end, DirecTV will keep the satellite rights while another company assumes the streaming of the games, allowing people in rural areas that lack high-speed Internet access to continue to watch all Sunday afternoon games and giving the NFL a potent double-dip with big fees both from DirecTV and a new streaming partner.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by In58men

Oh shit, I was thinking it would be like hours behind or some shit.

I need a drink!

Cheers man! Pool time soon here.

Hope all is well.

But yeah, **** DTV. I dropped them but need something reliable for getting games.

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by lewdog

I think he means the typical 30 second delay you get when watching a stream vs cable provider. I notice if I try to follow chat while streaming, I am always about a play behind.

this.

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by In58men

Oh shit, I was thinking it would be like hours behind or some shit.

I need a drink!

Too much family today?

[Chief Pagan]

Amazon would be great as I am already prime.

Not interested in a monthly Disney account. I doubt you could get ST standalone.

I like switching to redzone when KC is in commercial. If I’m hanging around the house I might put redzone on in the background.

[In58men]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

Too much family today?

Too much work, 21 days straight with 3 more to go.

[displacedinMN]

When the chiefs are not on, and I have school work to do
the 8 screen game mix is nice. would miss that

[In58men]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Cheers man! Pool time soon here.

Hope all is well.

But yeah, **** DTV. I dropped them but need something reliable for getting games.

Thanks, all is well. Pool time will be very soon for me as well. It’s only enjoyably for only about 3 weeks then the water gets too hot lol.

[Indian Chief]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Sell me just the Chiefs games, damnt.

MLB TV has a less expensive package for games of a single team. I think it's a great option to have.

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

I agree but it goes much more deeper IMHO.

There are a lot of reasons in our culture/society why boys are being steered away from American football. But the biggest reason IMHO is the disintegration of the "American family unit" either because of divorce/extremely passive father at home who does not care. Absent fathers have had the biggest negative impact on our society for sure. Judeo/Christian values are out the window of this country and have been for awhile now but you pay a dear price all the way around in a society when this happens. Thus you have less and less fathers involved with their kids which does not bode well for boys in particular to fall in love with the game of 'real football' (American NFL). In turn what happens now the mothers become more in charge of their kids activities and with all the bad PR about how dangerous 'real football' can be the mothers will choose 'fake football'(soccer)more often than not for Johnny because she does not want him to get hurt. The de-masculinization of the American male in our culture both purposeful(by Left Progressivism IMHO) and some unintentional has taken it's toll.

We have created at breakneck speed an immensely soft underbelly of youth in this country in just the last 25yrs and it is very scary for our future as a country. Kids who don't want to work and feel entitled, kids who think real life is lived on their phones thus who really don't know how to relate outside the family let alone inside their own, in turn who have become overly narcissistic than normal and thus more sociopathic when push comes to shove in a social moral situation.

Yes, there is blame to spread around all facets of our society as the moral fabric is being torn to shreds for sure. But IMHO the biggest blame lies within man himself who chooses 'self' as opposed to God and why all the social mayhem continually rises each and every day. And let's not forget about the political/$$ ramifications of all this 'pussifying of our country' in our American culture which brings out the lawyers.

The Progressive Left and their lawyers don't like the NFL(for many many political, social and economical reasons because the NFL represents too much AMERICA and in their socialist communistic minds you can't have that) so they send their ambulance chasing lawyers in for concussion payoffs and their community organizing lawyers to stir the bigoted pot for big lawsuit payouts while using NFL players as 'useful idiots' to accomplish this(See Kapernick).

Sorry for the soapbox 'zilla' nothing personal but I see the fallout of this everyday in my office.

You are mentally ill

[Chiefs4TheWin]

This would finalize my chord cutting.

[wheeler08]

Please Amazon. I can’t wait to ditch DTV. Only reason I have it

[dirk digler]

The NFL needs to follow the NBA and MLB streaming model to allow purchasing of streams of one team or every game. Of course that makes to much sense so they probably won't do that.