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EPodolak 08-08-2021 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 15774919)
I won’t be surprised if the over/under on the survival of DTV is only a couple years once they lose ST.
DTV will be around, in some incarnation. May expect a big reduction of people getting service through a dish though.

Bob Dole 08-08-2021 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 15775204)
Saw this on a pop up...

TV Answer Man, a buddy got an e-mail saying DIRECTV is giving away the Sunday Ticket for free this year. I didn’t get the e-mail and I’ve had DIRECTV for 10 years. Are they giving it away for free? Is my buddy joking with me? — Carl, Reno, Nevada.*

Carl, your friend may be telling the truth, but that doesn’t mean*you*will get the 2021 NFL Sunday Ticket for free. Let me explain.
Several DIRECTV subscribers yesterday*posted messages*on social media sites saying they received e-mails from the satcaster indicating they will get the Sunday Ticket’s Max package for free during the 2021 season. The Max plan, which includes the RedZone Channel and Fantasy league channel, normally costs $395. (The Ticket’s base plan, which costs $293, does not include those two channels. Both plans include access to the streaming edition of the Ticket.)
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“Grab your face paint. The 2021 NFL Sunday Ticket Max is yours,” the e-mail states. “DIRECTV will celebrate this season of NFL Sunday Ticket Max by giving it to you, our loyal fans, at no cost.”
The e-mails generated a significant reaction on social media with some DIRECTV subscribers saying the popular football package was being gifted to every existing customer.
However, DIRECTV has confirmed to the TV Answer Man that only “select customers” are getting Sunday Ticket for free. The satellite TV service won’t explain who is getting it for free, or how many existing subscribers are getting it for free. But this is similar to*last year*when DIRECTV also provided free Sunday Ticket plans to select subscribers.

“We sometimes provide additional perks to our loyal customers as a way to say thank you,” an AT&T spokesman told the TV Answer Man last year.
AT&T this week*announced*that its sale of 30 percent in DIRECTV to private equity firm TPG has closed, allowing it to form a separate company for DIRECTV that will be jointly owned by AT&T and TPG. But the free Sunday Ticket has nothing to do with the new DIRECTV. This is just a continuation of a loyalty program from 2020.
The free Sunday Ticket for existing customers also is different from DIRECTV including the plan in certain packages for new customers, which it has done for several years.
Last note: The free Sunday Ticket is only being gifted to DIRECTV subscribers, not AT&T TV customers. The Sunday Ticket is not available on AT&T TV, which will soon be renamed, DIRECTV Stream.
Carl, hope that makes sense. Happy viewing, and stay safe!


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I was a DTV subscriber for 12 years. Not once was I able to get ST for free.

suzzer99 08-08-2021 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 15774915)
All true.

ATT almost ruined DTV.
I worked for DTV for 5 years then 2 years more as they got absorbed by ATT. They were like the Borg. I programmed the NFL Sunday Ticket streaming order flow by the way. So when I tell you how to sign up and save money, I know what I'm talking about.

I ended up transferring to the software architecture group because I thought it would be interesting. I worked from home full time and had nothing to do. I know this sounds like heaven but I hated it. I like my job, it gets me into flow state.

I complained to my boss that I had nothing to do, and he told me to create my own job. So I did. I got a side job and basically had two full time jobs for a year. That's how I paid for my big road trip to Panama.

It took me a while but I finally figured out how the whole scam worked. We would work on prototypes and proofs-of-concept, mostly for the ATT.com. We'd have a nice handoff meeting, all smiles. Then they'd just ignore it and do whatever they wanted to do anyway. We were the architecture group. But we could only suggest things.

So the boss of att.com was more than happy to say he was using our stuff - when our group did our quarterly dog and pony show to the higher up (to prove our worth basically). And my boss was more than happy for us to just do diddly - as long as our group kept getting funded. I think a lot of the other guys I worked with had side jobs or were fixing up houses all day or something. Just call into the meetings.

Why Not? 08-08-2021 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by EPodolak (Post 15775227)
DTV will be around, in some incarnation. May expect a big reduction of people getting service through a dish though.
Yeah maybe it’s more DTV as we’ve known it will die off but some incarnation will remain

DeepPurple 08-09-2021 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by suzzer99 (Post 15775506)
I worked for DTV for 5 years then 2 years more as they got absorbed by ATT...So when I tell you how to sign up and save money, I know what I'm talking about.
'How to signup and save money', I must of missed your answer.

rtmike 08-09-2021 05:31 PM
I was a loyal customer from '97 to around 2017 but now need to go different, big D.




Starting over I would appreciate some ideas of who to go with? I have Amazon Prime. Just order from there?
I gots to brush up on my fantasy stats.

Thanks!

Edit: Just got the kids email. I'm gonna try the college kid discount.

suzzer99 08-09-2021 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DeepPurple (Post 15776537)
'How to signup and save money', I must of missed your answer.
It's a few posts back - you need to know the name, birthday and school of a student. Name on credit card does not have to match.

JohnnyHammersticks 08-24-2021 09:48 AM
This thread just saved me ~$800. Because of the earlier posts regarding a few people getting Sunday Ticket free this year, I called in (lying...kind of) on Aug. 8th and told them that I had 2 friends that got emails saying that their NFL Sunday Ticket was free this year. Told them (lying again) I had been with DirecTV and Sunday Ticket longer than both of these guys and that since I wasn't getting Sunday Ticket for free to just cancel it. Said I'd stream games on illegal streaming websites, and that this unpleasant experience would probably cause me to drop DirecTV altogether.

Some chick from DirecTV left a message later that day saying they could offer me a $60 loyalty discount, but she didn't specify whether it was a one-time discount or $60/mo so I didn't respond. Opened my monthly bill email this morning and saw that they not only didn't cancel Sunday Ticket per my request, they were charging me full price for it. Called in and told them that on August 8th 2 different reps confirmed my Sunday Ticket cancellation request, so why was I being charged for it? Told them I wanted it cancelled and that I was going to look into Hulu or some other streaming service and drop them altogether. Got transferred to a "loyalty discount specialist" who offered me a $60/mo loyalty discount for 12 months, plus an additional $16 discount for 6 months, and Sunday Ticket Max.

:arrow:GO CHIEFS!:arrow:

KCJake 09-01-2021 06:42 PM
Hey guys, it’s time to figure out how I’m gonna watch Chiefs football this year. I currently have no satellite service. I’m doing the Hulu, Netflix, Amazon deal. What are my options?? Do I need direct tv? Can I stream some service to my cell phone??

Chief Pagan 09-01-2021 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by KCJake (Post 15811112)
Hey guys, it’s time to figure out how I’m gonna watch Chiefs football this year. I currently have no satellite service. I’m doing the Hulu, Netflix, Amazon deal. What are my options?? Do I need direct tv? Can I stream some service to my cell phone??
Do you want to stick to legal options?

KCJake 09-02-2021 12:00 PM
Those illegal streams in my experience are so hit and miss. I just wanna wake up Sunday morning and know I'm gonna be able to watch the game.

Why Not? 09-02-2021 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by KCJake (Post 15812039)
Those illegal streams in my experience are so hit and miss. I just wanna wake up Sunday morning and know I'm gonna be able to watch the game.
Pretty sure you can just purchase streaming Sunday Ticket for your phone or tablet. Will cost you a few hundred but it’s an option

Chief Pagan 09-02-2021 01:46 PM
Last year, I got a buddy to sign up who lived in an apartment and couldn't get a dish. They haven't seemed to try too hard to prevent you from sign up for streaming in the last few years. Although I haven't yet tried this year.

I used to sign up with a student account which was cheap. I don't know if they still offer that. But I don't know as many college students anymore.

KChiefs1 09-23-2021 10:38 PM
Your yearly "Get DirecTV to discount NFL Sunday Ticket" thread
 
Sources: NFL prefers Apple for Sunday Ticket; package could offer more choices

https://theathletic.com/2845054/2021...-more-choices/

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The NFL’s much-discussed Sunday Ticket package is in the news of late, with one report having Amazon as the lead contender to acquire the out-of-market games that are up for bid, while another touts Disney’s ESPN empire as interested.

All fair, but it’s still early in the process, and sources say the NFL wants — or perhaps, better termed, hopes — Apple gets the out-of-market package. And that package could look a lot different structurally than the one DirecTV has shopped since its inception in 1994, charging a basic rate for all the games. Under consideration is adding choices like allowing fans to buy just one team’s out-of-market games, or perhaps even stand-alone games, sources said.

“Everything is on the table,” one source said, but nothing is set in stone.

DirecTV is paying on average $1.5 billion a year in a deal that stretches through the end of next season. All indications are the satellite carrier’s parent AT&T has no interest in renewing, especially at the $2 billion-plus per year fee the NFL is reportedly seeking. AT&T has struggled financially, and talks with the NFL in recent years have proved unproductive.

So, why would the NFL prefer a bite of Apple (sorry, couldn’t resist)? The league already has a deep partnership with Amazon, which provides stats through Amazon Web Services, and will pay $1 billion annually starting next year for exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football after carrying the midweek games nonexclusively since 2017. And the league has long been intertwined with ESPN, which surely could juice its streaming service, ESPN+, with Sunday Ticket.

Apple, which did not reply for comment, is investing heavily in Apple TV+, home to hits like “Ted Lasso” but not live sports. However, unlike Amazon, which is a retailer, and ESPN, a content company, the NFL with Apple would for the first time be doing business on a large scale with the preeminent technology giant. It would marry the NFL with the company that sells arguably the globe’s most critical consumer product, the iPhone.

“Apple is different from Amazon in the sense that they are still a technological device company,” said Patrick Crakes, a TV consultant and formerly an executive with Fox Sports. “So that diversifies the league — or the league’s always believed in an inclusive diversified kind of network mix. Apple is a different company than Amazon, even though people talk about them in the same breath. They’re very different. So I can see how the league might view that as a great diversification to their portfolio for the next decade.”

There are also reports the Sunday Ticket deal could be paired with an equity position in NFL Media, so aligning with a company like Apple could be viewed favorably by the NFL.

The NFL declined to comment. A source close to the league had this to offer: “(T)here is a ton of interest in this product from a lot of companies you could probably guess (yes, Apple is one) and probably several others that might not be top of mind. … We will see how it ultimately shakes out, but I wouldn’t say anything is imminent here.”

And that’s about right, with the earliest the league might agree to a deal months away.

“You are going to hear a lot of different names get tossed around,” Crakes said. “All of this stuff can be true. ESPN can be involved. Amazon can be out front. And Apple can be preferred. And none of it means anything, right? That’s the problem with it.”

Crakes is not as bullish on the Sunday Ticket package as some. Off the bat, the buyer has to treat the deal as a loss leader (meaning it loses money but serves a strategic purpose). DirecTV charges about $300 a year for the games ($400 for those who also want add-ons like RedZone), though it often packages Sunday Ticket as free in other offerings and discounts. For example, it is currently offered for free to subscribers of its Choice tier. There are roughly 2 million Sunday Ticket subscribers, though Crakes estimates only half pay the full fare. That brings in well less than half of the rights fee.

For DirecTV, it’s a marketing expense, so Sunday Ticket almost surely would have to be treated as such by the interested companies, whether Apple, Amazon or others. Apple charges $4.99 a month for its TV stream, or $59.88 a year, so it would need to sell over 33 million subscriptions to make a $2 billion fee work — unless it views Sunday Ticket largely as akin to an advertising expense.

Could others be interested? Network partners CBS and NBC have their own streaming services, the two Ps: Paramount+ and Peacock, respectively. And Netflix, which has long said it’s not interested in sports rights, just put its nose under the proverbial tent, saying it might bid on Formula 1 rights.

And about Netflix, former NFL Media CEO Steve Bornstein recently said at a Sportico conference that it’s a question of when and not if Netflix gets into live sports. This argument looks at sports as a way for streamers to offer programming that distinguishes them from the many movies and TV shows that litter these services.

Back to Crakes’ worries over the Sunday Ticket value. There is the loss leader issue, but he also questions whether Sunday Ticket is really a must-have for most fans.

“So, first of all, I’ve got four national windows, right?” he said. “So on broadcast television, most of the games are on fully distributed pay TV. And so this product is for Sunday, daytime, it’s for games. It’s not going to be for the top game right here in the market. It’s not the top national game, right? That national game ends up in the master window somehow. So this is for true fans and for people who want to either have an ecosystem where they can flip around, but there’s RedZone for that.”

Many have been wrong before when arguing the NFL would suffer for creating more windows and packages. (Looking at you, Mark Cuban.) And the first two weeks of the NFL season further solidifies the incredible hold football has on American media. According to Fox Sports head of strategy Michael Mulvihill, since the season started, the 14 most-watched shows on TV are either NFL games or pregame shows. So everything Crakes argues might be right, but chances are the NFL will still roll in the Sunday Ticket cash, whether from Apple or some other company eager to hitch its train to the football popularity steamroller.

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Why Not? 09-24-2021 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan (Post 15812282)
Last year, I got a buddy to sign up who lived in an apartment and couldn't get a dish. They haven't seemed to try too hard to prevent you from sign up for streaming in the last few years. Although I haven't yet tried this year.

I used to sign up with a student account which was cheap. I don't know if they still offer that. But I don't know as many college students anymore.
Yes they still offer that. It’s $120 for the season. Here’s to nieces in college!

Chazno 09-24-2021 07:57 AM
Get a VPN. Connect to Brazil. Signup for NFL International Gamepass. $74 for the season + 13/mo vpn if you wouldn't normally have one.
You get all games Live, playoffs, Superbowl (no blackouts), All older games (I only looked through last year), NFL redzone and 40 min condensed games.

https://www.expressvpn.com/stream-sports/nfl/

Issue I have run into is getting it onto a TV. I've been using a laptop output via HDMI, works great. You can set up the VPN for your whole network which would allow you to cast. Supposedly there is also a international Gamepass app for firestick.

Beware running work devices through VPN, 15 minutes after installing VPN I got pinged by the network Admin asking me if I was in Brazil.... Network flagged me for travelling from Kansas to Brazil in minutes, locked my account.

Chief Pagan 09-24-2021 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 15851543)
Yes they still offer that. It’s $120 for the season. Here’s to nieces in college!
Yes they do indeed!

I found out my buddy's wife is taking nursing classes. $119 for the season, or at least that is what he charged me.

lewdog 09-24-2021 03:08 PM
How should I stream Chiefs game this Sunday?

cabletech94 04-20-2022 07:55 PM
Dumb question, short version:

My mom lives an hour from KC and has Dish network. Does Dish have Ballys sports for the royals games? She’s not technical at all, and forget about me trying to talk her through the phone on setting up something from the web.

Thanks in advance, you are all beautiful.

displacedinMN 07-08-2022 11:36 AM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NFL will select new Sunday Ticket partner by fall, says multi-millionaire Commissioner Roger Goodell <a href="https://t.co/5K4GDwuJyi">https://t.co/5K4GDwuJyi</a></p>&mdash; ⛓⚡️KickingitLIVE!⚡️⛓ (@KickingitLIVE) <a href="https://twitter.com/KickingitLIVE/status/1545459939199504389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not a fan of streaming. Feels like I am watching the game in the past.
I have directv. I guess we will have to make a decision once this happens.

Titty Meat 07-08-2022 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 16361299)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NFL will select new Sunday Ticket partner by fall, says multi-millionaire Commissioner Roger Goodell <a href="https://t.co/5K4GDwuJyi">https://t.co/5K4GDwuJyi</a></p>&mdash; ⛓⚡️KickingitLIVE!⚡️⛓ (@KickingitLIVE) <a href="https://twitter.com/KickingitLIVE/status/1545459939199504389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not a fan of streaming. Feels like I am watching the game in the past.
I have directv. I guess we will have to make a decision once this happens.
How? I have youtubetv there's no difference between watching a game on there and on cable

displacedinMN 07-08-2022 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat (Post 16361542)
How? I have youtubetv there's no difference between watching a game on there and on cable
That is good to know, I saw the twitter games were behind. And the other streaming sites are behind.

headsnap 07-08-2022 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat (Post 16361542)
How? I have youtubetv there's no difference between watching a game on there and on cable
yup, no more of a delay than when I had directv

IA_Chiefs_fan 07-09-2022 10:01 AM
This is either the second or third year in a row that DirecTV sent me an email that Sunday Ticket was free for me. I haven't even had to ask. My monthly plan is pretty high and that may have something to do with it.

Rausch 07-09-2022 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by IA_Chiefs_fan (Post 16362171)
This is either the second or third year in a row that DirecTV sent me an email that Sunday Ticket was free for me. I haven't even had to ask. My monthly plan is pretty high and that may have something to do with it.
I need to read this thread as I've got about a $200 DTV bill I'm done paying...

Mr. Kotter 07-09-2022 04:07 PM
I've paid two years in a row after alternating pay-no pay-pay-no pay cycle for years. I'm thinking this is the year to cut the cord though, unless they come through...not worth it.

BigRedChief 07-09-2022 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by IA_Chiefs_fan (Post 16362171)
This is either the second or third year in a row that DirecTV sent me an email that Sunday Ticket was free for me. I haven't even had to ask. My monthly plan is pretty high and that may have something to do with it.
I’ve got 2GB of fiber going into my house so I went totally to streaming apps and YouTube TV.

In58men 12-20-2022 06:10 PM
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Chief Pagan 12-20-2022 07:10 PM
An exclusive agreement is a drag.

But if that is what the NFL is going to do, YouTube TV would be my first choice.

notorious 12-20-2022 07:13 PM
Is was nice when YouTubetv was $35/month.

BigRedChief 12-20-2022 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 15851452)
Sources: NFL prefers Apple for Sunday Ticket; package could offer more choices

https://theathletic.com/2845054/2021...-more-choices/




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What I’m hearing is that YouTube TV has this all wrapped up. Just not officially announced.

Rasputin 12-21-2022 01:11 AM
Mother **** you Direct TV

displacedinMN 05-04-2023 07:50 PM
Bump.

Most likely will be giving up DTV in the next few weeks. I have been a customer since 1997.

Will go with youtube tv and sunday ticket.

I am a little amazed that youtube has not reached out to sunday ticket customers-but I would guess DTV will not give it up.

IA_Chiefs_fan 05-04-2023 08:50 PM
We're getting ready to switch to YouTube TV as well. We've been DirecTV customers for twenty years or so.

Rasputin 05-04-2023 09:19 PM
I hope all the execs at Dtv get a fungus disease in their taint.

suzzer99 05-04-2023 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 16933951)
Bump.

Most likely will be giving up DTV in the next few weeks. I have been a customer since 1997.

Will go with youtube tv and sunday ticket.

I am a little amazed that youtube has not reached out to sunday ticket customers-but I would guess DTV will not give it up.

https://i.imgur.com/gRaDrg7.png

I got an email.

displacedinMN 05-05-2023 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by suzzer99 (Post 16934077)
Mine may have gone into spam

Wisconsin_Chief 05-05-2023 09:07 AM
I give DirecTV two years tops before they're defunct. 50% of their customers were only subscribing for Sunday Ticket. I dropped it once I figured out how easy it was to get free streams, but they're really screwed now.

My guess is them and Dish Network will have to merge to survive at some point.

suzzer99 05-05-2023 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief (Post 16934319)
I give DirecTV two years tops before they're defunct. 50% of their customers were only subscribing for Sunday Ticket. I dropped it once I figured out how easy it was to get free streams, but they're really screwed now.

My guess is them and Dish Network will have to merge to survive at some point.
https://www.nexttv.com/news/less-tha...%20discounting.

According to this, 23% of DTV subscribers had Sunday Ticket. Out of # that some will cancel and some will just switch over and pay youtube but keep directv.

I'd guess they lose 10-15% of their subscribers. Which might actually make them money compared to what they were paying the NFL (or what they would have had to pay to compete with Apple and Amazon). I'm sure they did the math and came to that conclusion.

DTV was very profitable before AT&T bought them. Their overhead is low compared to the fees they bring in.

Oz_Chief 05-05-2023 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by IA_Chiefs_fan (Post 16934007)
We're getting ready to switch to YouTube TV as well. We've been DirecTV customers for twenty years or so.
Same. Just switched a week ago. It's easier to search for channels on DirecTV but that is the only comment I have. The product isn't really that different. It's nice to have NFL Network again. It's not included in DirecTV Stream.

Dunerdr 05-05-2023 11:37 AM
Every time I see this thread bumped I think of this Sunday ticket commercial

https://youtu.be/ISIXZawORno

displacedinMN 08-26-2023 08:46 AM
Directv ended today. The day I cannot see the game. I will find it.

Hog's Gone Fishin 08-26-2023 08:50 AM
I got the youtube version of NFL sunday ticket but can't figure out how to get it to my smart TV. The opener against Detroit is on NBC but my DTV is in an agreement dispute. It's all ****ing annoying. Making it difficult to even watch a damn football game

RunKC 08-26-2023 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 17074088)
Directv ended today. The day I cannot see the game. I will find it.
NFL+ dude I'm telling you. $14.99/month. You can watch any game from the last 12 years whenever you want.

Regional games are on live and if you can't see it then the replay is loaded 30 mins after the game is over.

BigRedChief 08-26-2023 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin (Post 17074091)
I got the youtube version of NFL sunday ticket but can't figure out how to get it to my smart TV. The opener against Detroit is on NBC but my DTV is in an agreement dispute. It's all ****ing annoying. Making it difficult to even watch a damn football game
You have to get the app on your tv. Or have the bandwidth to send it to your tv via your phone. It should prompt you to "pair" it with your TV.

Personally, I'd just get the app on your TV.

Balto 08-26-2023 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by RunKC (Post 17074096)
NFL+ dude I'm telling you. $14.99/month. You can watch any game from the last 12 years whenever you want.

Regional games are on live and if you can't see it then the replay is loaded 30 mins after the game is over.
I’ve thought about just doing this. Does it drive you crazy not watching some Chiefs game live? Guessing the replay has no commercials?

Monty 08-26-2023 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by RunKC (Post 17074096)
NFL+ dude I'm telling you. $14.99/month. You can watch any game from the last 12 years whenever you want.

Regional games are on live and if you can't see it then the replay is loaded 30 mins after the game is over.
This is the route I took, and so far so good. Most of the games are in the Dallas market anyway, or in prime time. We’ll keep an eye on how things progress during the season. I can see it’s infinitely cheaper than my previous package with DirecTV.

Monty 08-26-2023 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Balto (Post 17074109)
I’ve thought about just doing this. Does it drive you crazy not watching some Chiefs game live? Guessing the replay has no commercials?
The replays have a condensed version, but I haven’t really checked it out yet. I am sick of the NFL plus logo though, just to be clear.

Chief Pagan 08-26-2023 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RunKC (Post 17074096)
NFL+ dude I'm telling you. $14.99/month. You can watch any game from the last 12 years whenever you want.

Regional games are on live and if you can't see it then the replay is loaded 30 mins after the game is over.
Humm. That makes it much more appealing. I had thought that none of the replays were available until 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Sunday night game.

displacedinMN 08-26-2023 02:11 PM
8 Chiefs games are on unopposed.
Most others are not against Vikes games here.
I have tix to the Vikes game
So I am guessing at least 15 will be on locally one way or another. I can stream the ones I cannot get.

I just saved 230 or so a month by dropping DTV. I will not get sunday ticket this year. Another 350 or so saved.

I will need a firestick for one tv.

I can get locals with a paper clip in the antenna port.

It will just be weird for a while.

Jewish Rabbi 08-26-2023 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin (Post 17074091)
I got the youtube version of NFL sunday ticket but can't figure out how to get it to my smart TV. The opener against Detroit is on NBC but my DTV is in an agreement dispute. It's all ****ing annoying. Making it difficult to even watch a damn football game
I don’t believe the prime time games are on Sunday ticket. Just out of market noon/3 pm games.

displacedinMN 08-26-2023 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 17075011)
I don’t believe the prime time games are on Sunday ticket. Just out of market noon/3 pm games.
true

Frazod 08-26-2023 03:54 PM
Going through a lot of changes now. Obviously there's no reason to keep DTV now, so it's going away after 22 years. I currently have AT&T's dogshit internet service - switching that to T-Mobile. That should be here in a couple of days and should immediately and vastly improve my download speeds.

My problem is the wife, who is a diehard Braves fan and will straight up ****ing murder me if I do anything that screws up her watching games every night, so I'll have to keep DTV through the end of September. After that, I plan on going to firesticks for all the TVs. Then AT&T can take their dish and their crappy overpriced internet service and shove it.

All of this will be a tremendous challenge for me, since I haven't switched anything in years and am unfamiliar will all of the new tech. Ugh.

As for Sunday Ticket, I don't know if I'll even bother with it at this point. Damned near all the Chiefs games are either in prime time or broadcast locally in the Chicago area. I think I paid for ST last year and ended up needing it for only two or three games.

displacedinMN 08-26-2023 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 17075115)
Going through a lot of changes now. Obviously there's no reason to keep DTV now, so it's going away after 22 years. I currently have AT&T's dogshit internet service - switching that to T-Mobile. That should be here in a couple of days and should immediately and vastly improve my download speeds.

My problem is the wife, who is a diehard Braves fan and will straight up ****ing murder me if I do anything that screws up her watching games every night, so I'll have to keep DTV through the end of September. After that, I plan on going to firesticks for all the TVs. Then AT&T can take their dish and their crappy overpriced internet service and shove it.

All of this will be a tremendous challenge for me, since I haven't switched anything in years and am unfamiliar will all of the new tech. Ugh.

As for Sunday Ticket, I don't know if I'll even bother with it at this point. Damned near all the Chiefs games are either in prime time or broadcast locally in the Chicago area. I think I paid for ST last year and ended up needing it for only two or three games.
ditto x 100

IA_Chiefs_fan 08-26-2023 06:53 PM
My internet, for various reasons, has been down several times to every one time snow impacted my DirecTV. I called DTV to cancel and they offered locals plus the base package for $30/month. So I switched to YouTube TV but kept DirecTV as a backup. I'm unwilling to ever miss a Chiefs game. I'm also unwilling to not watch live. YouTube TV is quite a change and there are pros and cons but after using it for a month, I think YouTube TV is better.

BigRedChief 08-26-2023 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 17075115)
My problem is the wife, who is a diehard Braves fan and will straight up ****ing murder me if I do anything that screws up her watching games every night, so I'll have to keep DTV through the end of September. After that, I plan on going to firesticks for all the TVs. Then AT&T can take their dish and their crappy overpriced internet service and shove it.
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I got the MLB package through YouTube TV. Only cardinals games. $69 a year.

BigRedChief 08-26-2023 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by IA_Chiefs_fan (Post 17075345)
My internet, for various reasons, has been down several times to every one time snow impacted my DirecTV. I called DTV to cancel and they offered locals plus the base package for $30/month. So I switched to YouTube TV but kept DirecTV as a backup. I'm unwilling to ever miss a Chiefs game. I'm also unwilling to not watch live. YouTube TV is quite a change and there are pros and cons but after using it for a month, I think YouTube TV is better.
I love YouTube tv over box cable. And it’s way way cheaper.

displacedinMN 08-27-2023 05:26 PM
I have antennas on 4 tv's to get local channels. then other services.

Thinking about it, there will not be any new shows until at least January. So, I can find other streaming shows to watch.

But with the antenna, I feel like it is 1979 and I am tuning it to get to a new channel.
So glad we are going backwards on this thing. Next they will ask us to give up AC or pay for local channels OTA.

The switch to digital was one big govt scam

jdubya 08-27-2023 08:08 PM
For those that have Verizon. Wife and I turned in our 5 year old phones for new ones and with the upgrade we get one year of Sunday ticket. Of course its being covered in new costs but we needed new phones anyway. Our monthly fees went up $15.00/mo

mr. tegu 08-28-2023 01:55 PM
I don’t have YouTube TV but will be getting the stand alone Sunday Ticket and NFL RedZone through YouTube. $440 for the year. My main motivation is precisely because the Chiefs are so often not playing on Sunday afternoon. I really get frustrated being stuck on whatever they choose to broadcast locally which is often not a matchup I actually want to see.

So I’ll be able to choose from any of the out of market games, and they even have an option to have as many as four games on split screen at one time.

Rausch 08-28-2023 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 17076685)

So I’ll be able to choose from any of the out of market games, and they even have an option to have as many as four games on split screen at one time.
I didn't know this. I just liked being able to post on the Planet while watching the game. 4 games at once would be sweet.
Actually, I can have up to 4 monitors so I might have to rig something....

Chief Pagan 08-28-2023 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 17076909)
I didn't know this. I just liked being able to post on the Planet while watching the game. 4 games at once would be sweet.
Actually, I can have up to 4 monitors so I might have to rig something....
I would like to have two separate, full quality streams to separate TVs. Trying to split out a quarter stream... Yuck.

And actually, I would like to have separate high quality streams of the same game that was synced. The 'normal' view and say the view from behind the QB.

displacedinMN 08-28-2023 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan (Post 17077183)
I would like to have two separate, full quality streams to separate TVs. Trying to split out a quarter stream... Yuck.

And actually, I would like to have separate high quality streams of the same game that was synced. The 'normal' view and say the view from behind the QB.
I would think you would need a great computer and extended screens
May need to buy this to do more screens
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Chief Pagan 08-28-2023 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 17077193)
I would think you would need a great computer and extended screens
May need to buy this to do more screens
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Well, I don't think ST will provide two separate, high quality streams for one residential price?

Am I wrong on that?

I have a low/medium end gaming computer. But I don't really want to 'expand' a quarter screen up to my large screen TV. That was my original complaint.

displacedinMN 09-02-2023 01:53 PM
So, I have been without DTV for a week and football started today.
I have watched a lot of OTA stuff-especially CSI Miami. Not that I thought it was a good show-But cant go wrong with Eva LaRue and Sofia Milos.

After spending forever trying to figure out how to watch the Iowa game today-I think I may need YoutubeTV. Just dont feel like searching 8 platforms. I just want a list.

Jewish Rabbi 09-02-2023 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan (Post 17077183)
I would like to have two separate, full quality streams to separate TVs. Trying to split out a quarter stream... Yuck.

And actually, I would like to have separate high quality streams of the same game that was synced. The 'normal' view and say the view from behind the QB.
Been watching CFB on multi view all weekend. It’s ****ing bad ass

Chief Pagan 09-02-2023 04:08 PM
I had just been assuming that Sunday Ticket wasn't going to allow multiple streams to the same house for a standard subscription, but I guess they are.

So yes, I have 50 something inch TV that is actually still on the wall of my living room (because I chose a new spot for the new one).

I just need to decide if that's where I want to leave it and hook it back up.

Sports bar here I come...

Jewish Rabbi 09-02-2023 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan (Post 17084774)
I had just been assuming that Sunday Ticket wasn't going to allow multiple streams to the same house for a standard subscription, but I guess they are.

So yes, I have 50 something inch TV that is actually still on the wall of my living room (because I chose a new spot for the new one).

I just need to decide if that's where I want to leave it and hook it back up.

Sports bar here I come...
Unlimited streams in your household

Rausch 09-03-2023 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 17084874)
Unlimited streams in your household
So I got it but how do I set it up on the downstairs TV's? I don't need the boy watching a ton of youtube fap vids and shitty music on my log in and ****ing up my youtube history. Do I have to log in on my regular youtube profile to also watch it off the phone/comp downstairs?

IA_Chiefs_fan 09-03-2023 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 17085138)
So I got it but how do I set it up on the downstairs TV's? I don't need the boy watching a ton of youtube fap vids and shitty music on my log in and ****ing up my youtube history. Do I have to log in on my regular youtube profile to also watch it off the phone/comp downstairs?
Assuming that you're referring to YouTube TV and not regular YouTube, you can go into the settings and add additional profiles. This will accomplish your goal.

Chief Pagan 09-03-2023 12:53 PM
I actually have two separate Google email/accounts so I can have two separate YouTube accounts (I already have a family plan) with separate YouTube history.

One is strictly for when I want to veg out watching music. The other is for everything else.

It used to work great. But a few years ago Google made the recommendations algorithm much worse.

It decided you can't stay in your echo chamber. So even though I have only watched music on my music account for the last 5+ years, it now recommends a lot of non music crap.

And then, for instance, it seems to get overly specific much quicker than it used. Watch a couple of heavy metal covers and that is all it will recommend. At least as far as music. It will of course continue to recommend hurricane coverage or whatever that I never click on.

Chief Pagan 09-03-2023 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 17085138)
So I got it but how do I set it up on the downstairs TV's? I don't need the boy watching a ton of youtube fap vids and shitty music on my log in and ****ing up my youtube history. Do I have to log in on my regular youtube profile to also watch it off the phone/comp downstairs?
If you want to watch something on you tube without messing up your youtube history, you can watch it in a private browser.


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