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I don't care how many people watched the game on Yahoo.  It belongs on TV in the entire states of New York and Florida.

Quote:I don't care how many people watched the game on Yahoo.  It belongs on TV in the entire states of New York and Florida.

 

I'm sure the NFL does, this is good for the future imo.

Quote:I'm sure the NFL does, this is good for the future imo.

 

Of course they do. I am fine with the live streaming, but there is no excuse for doing it instead of showing the game on TV. It should always be in addition to TV coverage.

Quote:Of course they do. I am fine with the live streaming, but there is no excuse for doing it instead of showing the game on TV. It should always be in addition to TV coverage.

 

If it was in addition to tv coverage, I doubt Yahoo would have forked over as much money as they did.  

Quote:It gets the game which no one would be able to see available to almost any one with internet. I think to say that's a stupid idea is a bit ignorant. No offense but how is availability for free to everyone a stupid idea?

The stupid idea is denying people a product they pay for. I pay a lot of money to have the games on my TV, which also makes them recordable. Like another poster said, stream that poor quality crap all you want, but leave it on the service people pay for.

Quote:The stupid idea is denying people a product they pay for. I pay a lot of money to have the games on my TV, which also makes them recordable. Like another poster said, stream that poor quality crap all you want, but leave it on the service people pay for.

 

when you pay for cable, you arent paying for guaranteed jaguars games..... so idk where your complaint is. maybe you need better internet. 

 

edit:unless youre talking about nfl sunday ticket, in that case you should call up DTV and have them credit you 1/16th of what you paid for your sunday ticket back. 

Quote:Stream the games...fine

Just don't black them out on DirecTV Sunday ticket!!

So much this. You feel like you were ripped off, right? Then you're hassled by the freebie loving fools.

Quote:when you pay for cable, you arent paying for guaranteed jaguars games..... so idk where your complaint is. maybe you need better internet. 

 

edit:unless youre talking about nfl sunday ticket, in that case you should call up DTV and have them credit you 1/16th of what you paid for your sunday ticket back.

Yep. It's even advertised watch every game. Not this year.

Quote:when you pay for cable, you arent paying for guaranteed jaguars games..... so idk where your complaint is. maybe you need better internet. 

 

edit:unless youre talking about nfl sunday ticket, in that case you should call up DTV and have them credit you 1/16th of what you paid for your sunday ticket back.

Oh, and my internet is fine. Poopoo streaming not so much.

Quote:If it was in addition to TV coverage, I doubt Yahoo would have forked over as much money as they did.  

 

Yahoo + TV = more money. Obviously the more companies the NFL has contracts with, the richer they get.

Quote:Yahoo + TV = more money. Obviously the more companies the NFL has contracts with, the richer they get.

 

That's not necessarily true in this situation, Yahoo paid $17 million for the exclusive rights to this game, which is roughly 5x more than what Direct TV pays on a pergame basis, and this is for a non premium matchup, at what is typically a non premium time.  Does yahoo or anybody open that checkbook for a game they do not have exclusive rights to?  If there was more money to be made I'm sure the people at NFL would have found a way to make it. 

I thought it worked really well. I was concerned about possible bandwidth problems. I know Sling lagged out at the Walking Dead premier, but Yahoo was on it. I watched it through Yahoo Screen on my apple TV. 70 inch TV perfect HD picture

Quote:That's not necessarily true in this situation, Yahoo paid $17 million for the exclusive rights to this game, which is roughly 5x more than what Direct TV pays on a per game basis, and this is for a non premium matchup, at what is typically a non premium time. Does Yahoo or anybody open that checkbook for a game they do not have exclusive rights to?  If there was more money to be made I'm sure the people at NFL would have found a way to make it. 

 

CBS, Fox, and NBC don't have exclusive rights to any game during the second half of the season. During the first half of the season, CBS and NFL Network simultaneously broadcast TNF games. Only ESPN's schedule is exclusive and never subject to change. So you are wrong on this one.

Quote:CBS, Fox, and NBC don't have exclusive rights to any game during the second half of the season. During the first half of the season, CBS and NFL Network simultaneously broadcast TNF games. Only ESPN's schedule is exclusive and never subject to change. So you are wrong on this one.

 

Wrong how?  Yahoo had exclusive rights to this game, what other network would fork over $17 million for a non premium game, that starts at 6 am in certain parts of the country, if they didn't get exclusive rights? 

Quote:Wrong how?  Yahoo had exclusive rights to this game, what other network would fork over $17 million for a non premium game, that starts at 6 am in certain parts of the country, if they didn't get exclusive rights? 

 

Wrong about nobody wanting to shell out more money if the coverage rights are not exclusive. All four TV networks did pay more to get non-exclusive rights to games. I don't know how much the TV networks spent, but it is in the millions.

Quote:That's not necessarily true in this situation, Yahoo paid $17 million for the exclusive rights to this game, which is roughly 5x more than what Direct TV pays on a pergame basis, and this is for a non premium matchup, at what is typically a non premium time.  Does yahoo or anybody open that checkbook for a game they do not have exclusive rights to?  If there was more money to be made I'm sure the people at NFL would have found a way to make it. 

 

Quote:Wrong how?  Yahoo had exclusive rights to this game, what other network would fork over $17 million for a non premium game, that starts at 6 am in certain parts of the country, if they didn't get exclusive rights? 

 

even though I'm probably being trolled

I watched a small portion of the pre-game coverage on my computer just to test the stream.  For the most part it seemed to be pretty good, though I think that the coverage on television was better regarding the picture quality.

 

The NFL and Yahoo are definitely onto something here, especially when more and more people are "cutting the cable" and getting their entertainment by other means, the bulk of it being digitally over the internet.

 

If I was one to bet, I would say that this test is probably the beginning of the end to cable/satellite television providers.  Personally for me I haven't "cut the cord" only because there are some events that I want to be able to watch live, and if it can be done via the internet, then that's how I'll do it.

Quote:I watched a small portion of the pre-game coverage on my computer just to test the stream.  For the most part it seemed to be pretty good, though I think that the coverage on television was better regarding the picture quality.

 

The NFL and Yahoo are definitely onto something here, especially when more and more people are "cutting the cable" and getting their entertainment by other means, the bulk of it being digitally over the internet.

 

If I was one to bet, I would say that this test is probably the beginning of the end to cable/satellite television providers.  Personally for me I haven't "cut the cord" only because there are some events that I want to be able to watch live, and if it can be done via the internet, then that's how I'll do it.

 

Of course the NFL is not going to cut ties with cable companies completely. There will always be people who prefer to watch games on TV or lack good Internet connections. Then there is NFLN, which people get through cable providers. But I can see a long-term relationship with Yahoo because of the international viewing audience and easier access on mobile devices than televisions.

Yahoo claims 33.6 Million people watched the Jaguars game streaming video... i know I was one of them, but I wouldve prefered it to be on my TV or in Jacksonville.