Interesting article:
www.sportingnews.com
says:
So it seems one will need a login from a cable TV provider and the account probably needs to be carrying that service already i.e. you're probably better off just watching it on your TV if you are home.
Other stuff I found interesting was how the characterize the coverage:
That's some really interesting positioning.
ESPN and ABC are owned by Disney, they could just save themselves some money on production and use the same coverage for both, but nope, ESPN will get the NFL-heavy coverage and ABC will get the college-heavy coverage.
I hope college football fans aren't insulted by this, but IMO the NFL stuff is the premium coverage and college is standard level. I'd prefer to be watching the ESPN coverage but since I refuse to pay for cable I'm gonna take the L. I've watched the ABC level stuff before and while I do think the GameDay crew is talented I am not a CFB fan and I don't find their coverage very engaging. This is why I'll search around YouTube to see who is doing independent live streams, and tune into one of them.
As for NFLN, it does make one wonder where they stand overall.
I found the following article had interesting coverage:
Thursday Night Football’s history could have been much different if it wasn’t for the NHL. You see, TNF was initially not supposed to air on NFL Network, but actually the Comcast-owned OLN. Shortly after NFL Network’s 2003 launch, when discussing carriage for the network, Comcast reportedly...
awfulannouncing.com
A quote:
So, it seems unless Rodger has yet another trick up his sleeve, NFLN will be on the verge of irrelevance after the 2022 season.
NFL Strikes New Rights Pacts: Fox Cedes Thursdays to Amazon, ABC Gains Super Bowl Slot
says:
This is as vague as possible: which games, what time slots? It seems it will be the international ones, since they don't seem to fall into the traditional time slots.
The articles say there will be more 'exclusive' games on each provider 'silo'.
Looks like someone who wants to watch 'all' the football games will need to buy into up to five different silos:
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I'm just not that much into football to do that.
You can say 'just buy cable' but nope, after 2022 you need Prime to get TNF, it is 'exclusively digital'.
You can see NFL's take on each package doubled, and guess what, that money has to come from somewhere: cable fees and streaming package fees WILL go up.
So far, it is said they still have to broadcast games in the team's local market over the air, so that's what I'm going with as long as I still live in New England.
There's no such thing as a free lunch. Life is full of choices.