DirecTV survey suggests NFL Sunday Ticket on Apple TV
Currently, the NFL Sunday Ticket lets you watch every game, every Sunday on your TV via satellite or over the internet. The internet version is separate from the satellite service and streams HD-quality football to your desktop PC or a mobile device including the iPhone and the iPad. Yes, the iPad app is an option for catching up on the games while lying on the couch, but watching football on the big screen via your Apple TV would be so sweet. Fingers crossed that this survey is a harbinger of good things to come for football fans that own an Apple TV.
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A recent marketing research survey from DirecTV suggests its popular NFL Sunday Ticket may land on the Apple TV. The survey quizzes...
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DIRECTV charges customers almost $300 a season to get the NFL Sunday ticket, and that is on top of what you already pay for programing. If you are just a casual fan then I would suggest going with DISH Network and the NFL Redzone. Redzone shows you every touchdown from every Sunday afternoon game. I work and have DISH Network and the Redzone is one of my favorite channel.
January 30 2011 at 8:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIs Direct TV a competitor of DirecTV?
December 15 2010 at 2:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHehe, fixed.
December 15 2010 at 3:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOh, I so want this to be true!
December 15 2010 at 1:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyand you have to have DirecTV (or prove you live in a place where you absolutely cannot GET DirecTV...), so you have to factor in the cost of your monthly DirecTV bill too, since MLB.tv has no such requirements...
I would pay even the ridiculous Sunday Ticket Prices to be able to watch on my computer and iOS devices, as I do with MLB.tv... but I will not get DirecTV just to be granted the privilege of paying even more for this package for the 5 months I want it...
I agree that Direct TV is way more than I am willing to pay.
If the NFL would allow direct streaming of individual games at a modest price or a reasonably priced annual NFL ticket they would, in my opinion, make a lot more than they now do from off site viewing.
The service that would attract me would be direct over the internet streaming without the need for a satellite dish and no add on Direct TV requirement.
I wish someone would come up with a means to simply stream ONLY the games I want, specifically my home town team. I want to watch one game a weekend and that's it. I would pay a couple bucks a game or $20-$25 for the season for one team. I'm tired of these huge ticket packages which demand to give you everything for a premium.
December 15 2010 at 10:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHate to say it, but I 100% agree with you. After doing the math on both proposed NFL Sunday Ticket packages (as well as making a similar mathematical comparison on MLB's very similar service), here's what I came up with:
The two NFL Sunday Ticket digital prices from the Engadget piece:
$39.99/mo for the 5 mo season: $199.95 total for the season
$49.99/mo for the 5 mo season: $249.95 total for the season
Then make the comparison to MLB.tv Premium for a season that is a month longer than NFL Sunday Ticket's (supposedly) 5-mo season for what is essentially, and the comparison becomes even more stark.
Paying $119.95 for the entire season for MLB.TV Premium (as of last season, hopefully they don't raise prices again) is:
$80 less than the $39.99/mo NFL Sunday Ticket Digital Pkg for the season
$130 less than the $49.99/mo NFL Sunday Ticket Digital Pkg for the season
However, when you look at the monthly prices for the entire season, and I'm going by the $24.99/mo price of MLB.TV Premium for the same length of time.
The yearly price of MLB.TV Premium is $119.95 as stated above, the cheapest option of any of these by far.
The monthly price for MLB.TV Premium is $174.93 if you count the extra month for the playoffs. This is about a $55 premium OVER the annual price.
Comparing the monthly price for MLB.TV w/ the proposed NFL Sunday Ticket Digital prices:
$39.99/mo ($199.95/yr): A $25 premium over the MLB.TV price per mo
$49.99/mo ($249.95/yr): A $75 premium over the MLB.TV price per mo
So, for a similar service to MLB.TV Premium, the powers-that-be at DirecTV are basically charging way, way too much for the exact same sort of streaming service. If the NFL were to offer themselves, without any stupid media deals, a similar service to what MLB offers, and similar pricing, I'd certainly consider it.
With DirecTV having too many fingers in the pie however, I cannot consider it on financial grounds. And that saddens me to say that, because while I love the NFL, the NFL cannot figure out how to offer live streaming sports at prices that cannot even trump their iTunes Season Pass pricing for the "NFL Follow Your Team" stuff that isn't even remotely CLOSE to live. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
And people wonder why live streaming TV over the Internet without a terrestrial TV service and a Slingbox or EyeTV device isn't even remotely a possibility yet. Sheesh.
@bjwanlund. It doesn't hurt to agree with me, go ahead and do it :)
I'm even more concerned that you don't get the option to watch only a specific selection of games. Both the MLB package and the NFL package include every game. I have absolutely no time to watch every game. I just want to watch the games for my favorite teams in each sport (which basically amounts to the four major sports teams in Philadelphia). It's a classic example of media companies bundling a whole bunch of crap into one deal which on the surface seems nice but in hindsight forces people to buy a bunch of stuff they don't want just to watch a few games they really really want to watch.
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