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  1. Internet Streaming Services
    The RSNs will try this route. For all sports, except the NFL (maybe MLB), the MLS/Apple model seems more viable. One service, all teams anywhere. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. Internet Streaming Services
    Yet YTTV price hikes may one day be the death of them. The problem is that I and many others switched to vMVPDs because they had smaller packages with the more popular channels and fewer of the niche ones. I was happy with 45 channels, 20 of which I watch at $50 compared to 150 channels, 22 of...
  3. DIRECTV General Discussion
    The Disney bundle can be weird… it includes monthly ESPN+ and Hulu with commercials. When I signed up, I already had an annual ESPN+ subscription and wanted commercial free Hulu. To do that, I created the Hulu account and then the Disney+ bundle. They prorated the price of Disney+ to its...
  4. DIRECTV Programming
    To be specific… it’s BS to say Apple needed DirecTV to broadcast MLS from a technology standpoint to the bars most likely to show MLS games. Soccer bars stream live sporting events, and have for about 5 years… since NBC pulled the extra EPL channels from DirecTV. Before Peacock, I’d go to the...
  5. DIRECTV Programming
    The MLS Apple thing shows just the opposite. Most bars interested in MLS already open early and STREAM English Premier League games on Peacock, well NBS Sports Pub Pass (or whatever it’s called). If anything, between NBC licensing EPL through the Pub Pass, and Apple TV needing DirecTV, the only...
  6. Internet Streaming Services
    No. But I have unlimited data and my ISP is net neutral. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I think this is more the gap between seasons, and maybe some of the earlier cancellations. The season format is also in a state of flux. This isn’t really a pandemic issue, it started before the pandemic, but like many things, the pandemic sped up changes. You had old school US big three...
  8. DIRECTV Programming
    While sports are the big ticket items in the package, dedicated sports channel are only a limited number of channels… mostly the ESPN package and the RSN. The other cost is the large number of channels (maybe 70+) that have little other than reruns. Those channels cost between $0.25 and $3...
  9. DIRECTV Programming
    Many of the MLB teams are co-owners of the RSN they are on. I’m not sure how this affects things with the bankruptcy, but it surely complicates matters. My guess is that they do some sort of debtor in possession financing, maybe with the team putting up the money to continue operations. This...
  10. DIRECTV Programming
    To add another twist…. Most English Premier League games are on Peacock. Most soccer bars have and stream games on Peacock. The issue isn’t technical in that the bars have the bandwidth and hardware to stream from AppleTV. Recently, one of the local soccer bars was unable to stream a U.S...
  11. DIRECTV Programming
    Just to give a modicum of hope to those with a business account. Apple has DirecTV for Business providing satellite service for MLS games. No link to an actual report in the tweet… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. DIRECTV Programming
    The current Fox, CBS, etc rights deals go through 2033. I just don’t see the NFL rights agreements continuing in their current form beyond that time. Heck, I’d bet against the OTA networks completing these deals. As for RSNs… in stadium production will still be needed and that equipment is the...
  13. Internet Streaming Services
    My wife hates the old Siri Remote, too. I programmed the Apple TV to recognize button pushes on an old D* RC73. She likes it much better. Simple ff through commercials is much easier on the RC73. I don’t even try it with the Siri Remote. Sometimes, particular when the Apple TV wants text input...
  14. Internet Streaming Services
    The only discount I am aware of is a $5 promotion through T-Mobile. T-Mobile also offers a Netflix promotion, covering the cost of the HD service, and has been giving away MLB.tv for the last few years. I hope YTTV doesn’t follow the DirecTV promotion rabbit hole. I hated the annual call to see...
  15. Internet Streaming Services
    Hard wired or WiFi? If wifi, what type? If it’s an older router, that could be the limitation. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. DIRECTV Programming
    Growing up in south Florida in the early 70s, it seemed the Dolphins were routinely within 2,000 seats of a sell out. When that happened, someone, I think the local station that would carry the game, bought the rest of the tickets by the deadline to be able to broadcast the game. Not sure what...
  17. Internet Streaming Services
    For live TV shows, it assumes you want to pick up where you left when you turn the TV off. It’s odd, but makes some sense in that you can finish what you start. It’s just as odd that isn’t true for recordings, too. Most services keep track of where you are in a movie/episode and give to a way...
  18. DIRECTV Programming
    Couldn’t help thinking of this… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. Internet Streaming Services
    It’s under their control. From their web site: Sports recordings will generally be extended 30 minutes beyond the scheduled end time in case games run long. YouTube TV may also detect the specific end time of a game and extend the recording to that point. All other recordings will be extended...
  20. Internet Streaming Services
    The other thing that they do is record the show from any channel, including syndicated reruns. The only reason that I can think of is that this puts as complete a collection of episodes of a show into your library as quickly as possible, in case you were interested. Since DVR capacity is...
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