Netflix will air NFL's Christmas games for the next three seasons

[mike_usagisan]

Everyone seems to expect that Netflix is going to get the two Christmas games this year, though Amazon is also bidding on the package, too.

Amazon said to bid on NFL Christmas games

Netflix remains the favorite, but Amazon has reportedly tossed its hat into the ring for the NFL's Christmas Day slate.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

 

[cupofjoe1962]

How many pay stations do we need to watch sports?

No games on the food network?

 

[TheRainMaker]

This is getting out of hand.

 

[XLIX]

I think this is a false flag put out by the NFL to try and squeeze more money from Netflix.

Amazon already has 17 TNF games. Hardcore NFL fans are already subscribed to Prime for those. Amazon gains very little from buying the Christmas Day package. It isn't like people are going to subscribe to Prime because of the Christmas games; they are already subscribed. And all the Christmas shopping is over so they get no retail boost.

 

[FortressX]

No, but Amazon can market their stuff a lot more on Christmas if they have a bunch of people signing in for games

OT, kind of, but

Comcast to launch Peacock/Netflix/AppleTV+ bundle at "vastly reduced price"

Our corporate overlords will be lording over a bundle of major streaming services.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[FrodoBagginz]

Prices of streaming services are rising. Netflix, Disney+, Prime, Peacock, Hulu, etc. have all raised prices.

One of the few bright sides of streaming is you can have a month subscription for a streaming service and watch what you want and then end it and start up a subscription for another service. How long before they start forcing year long contracts for these services so you cannot do that? If you terminate early, you'll have to pay a fee.

People went to streaming to get away from high cable prices. Now streaming is going to become as expensive as cable. How long before Netflix raises prices again to pay for these NFL games? Spreading the NFL out to multiple subscription services is a bad idea.

 

[Steve102]

I have resigned myself that I am going to miss games or sports I want to watch. I shut off FUBO due to price. I signed up for NESN for round 1 of the playoffs, will shut it off now. I signed up for SlingTV and I will shut that off when the Bruins season ends. That will leave me with no access to any other pro sport unless it's on Hulu, Amazon Prime or Apple TV. Enough is enough.

I will flip on an off the apps as needed, and I'll figure out the cheapest way to watch the Pats come Sept 1. But as far as signing up for 1 service and paying every month like cable, those days are over. All set. As far as the rest of the NFL, I won't chase the games. If they are on one of my providers, fine, otherwise they can eff off, too.

 

[Scotty]

Money money money

 

[NCPATSFAN1971]

Prices of streaming services are rising. Netflix, Disney+, Prime, Peacock, Hulu, etc. have all raised prices.

One of the few bright sides of streaming is you can have a month subscription for a streaming service and watch what you want and then end it and start up a subscription for another service. How long before they start forcing year long contracts for these services so you cannot do that? If you terminate early, you'll have to pay a fee.

People went to streaming to get away from high cable prices. Now streaming is going to become as expensive as cable. How long before Netflix raises prices again to pay for these NFL games? Spreading the NFL out to multiple subscription services is a bad idea.

I switched out of cable for YouTube TV (which is also all streaming BTW) about 2 years ago. YTTV has gone up about $4.00 since I got them but is still much cheaper than Cable. My Cable was from Spectrum (Time Warner). Cable was charging me allot for my DVR and an extra surcharge for local channels as well. I now have unlimited recording with YTTV at no extra charge and no extra charge for local channels.

I also have Netflix, Prime and Paramount. I was able to reduce the cost of Netflix from over $17 per month down to $7.48 per month and Paramount down to $6.41 per month. With Paramount, I eliminated Showtime because I can watch most of the Showtime movies on prime or Netflix and I've already watched Showtime exclusive programs like Donavan and Billions etc. I've also agreed to have an occasional commercial on what I do watch. With Netflix, I also agreed to have commercials shown and on a 1 hour show the amount of commercials are hardly noticeable and nothing like the amount of commercials on regular TV. I was also able to reject the latest price increase on Prime by accepting commercials on that too. Once again, the amount of commercials on Prime are hardly noticeable. Because of the reduced rates on all three there will be an occasional special event or movie that might have a surcharge but this is only happened once over the past few months.

It's hard to factor in the actual cost of video content on Prime because I use the free shipping on Amazon so much so I don't factor video cost in at all. However, because I was able to reduce the cost of Netflix and Paramount so much, my total cost for Netflix, Paramount and over a 100 channels on YTTV, is still considerably less than what I was paying for cable 2 years ago.

BTW, at one time, I had Peacock and I thought it was not worth it and that was before their last price increase. If the NFL decides to pull the same **** like they did with the KC / Miami Playoff game last year with a Patriots game then I'll probably sign up for one month and cancel.

 

[XLIX]

Amazon was never anything but a false flag. As for the games themselves...

 

[mike_usagisan]

Amazon was never anything but a false flag. As for the games themselves...

I believe that Amazon was bidding, but NFL likes having multiple partners with big wallets.

 

[mike_usagisan]

They'll be airing on Netflix for the next three years:

2024 NFL schedule surprise: Netflix lands rights to NFL's two Christmas games as part of three-year deal

Netflix will soon be airing an NFL game for the first time

www.cbssports.com

 

[XLIX]

They'll be airing on Netflix for the next three years:

2024 NFL schedule surprise: Netflix lands rights to NFL's two Christmas games as part of three-year deal

Netflix will soon be airing an NFL game for the first time

www.cbssports.com

I bet they go to 3 Christmas Day games those years since it is on a Thursday and then Friday. Much easier from a scheduling standpoint.

 

[KCSVEN]

It is a pain, having moved out of NH to NC I've done every option for watching New England Sports since I don't have any reason to have cable TV when everything is on streaming.
The DOFU app, which became Sportive and now is back to the DOFU app gets you Every game streamed for free and you can cast to the tv.

Only problem is they list multiple Streams per game and 4-5 times during a game the stream gets taken down and you have to go back to the stream list, wait for the ad to finish and choose a new stream.

Sounds like a pain but, in reality, the first year I watched every Pats game with it and was not that bad.

Sunday Ticket is convenient and lets me access other games but occasionally, like when it's on NFL Network I still use the app.
I added an HD antenna when it's a locally televised game and blocked on Sunday Ticket.
You gotta find a way!

Amazon and Netflix are the 2 almost everyone has so at least they are streaming mostly on the most popular services.

 

[FrodoBagginz]

Wait until the day comes when you watch the first half on Prime, and you switch to Netflix for the second half.

Or the first quarter on Prime, second quarter on Netflix, third quarter on Peacock, and the fourth quarter on Apple TV+. Add in the NFL Draft on Paramount Plus, and the Super Bowl half time show on Max.

 

[FortressX]

Wait till the day comes when people don't sign up for these things just cause an NFL game is on them

I have Amazon prime for other things

 

[XLIX]

Wait till the day comes when people don't sign up for these things just cause an NFL game is on them

For me, that day is already here. I missed several games last year, including a playoff game. As crazy as it sounds, the world somehow kept spinning.

Who knows.... maybe I'll spend Christmas afternoon with my family instead of in front of a TV this year...

 

[Vindicate]

Prices of streaming services are rising. Netflix, Disney+, Prime, Peacock, Hulu, etc. have all raised prices.

One of the few bright sides of streaming is you can have a month subscription for a streaming service and watch what you want and then end it and start up a subscription for another service. How long before they start forcing year long contracts for these services so you cannot do that? If you terminate early, you'll have to pay a fee.

People went to streaming to get away from high cable prices. Now streaming is going to become as expensive as cable. How long before Netflix raises prices again to pay for these NFL games? Spreading the NFL out to multiple subscription services is a bad idea.

The next step, and I will bet my entire life's earnings on it, is consolidation. After there is stagnation, and with no more 'real estate' to grab (specific week nights between streamers, specific holiday games, specific tournaments, portions of those tournaments ((FOX'S FINAL FOUR, ESPN's Sweet Sixteen)), and more), the companies that saw most success will begin to buy up the lesser companies as the stagnation has damaged the lesser companies more, mergers and acquisitions will happen.

UNLESS these services find ways to create more ad revenue real estate and then implement pricing plans around that. Either way, it will come at increased costs to the consumers until something else moves in as free/super cheap (like YouTube did w/ no ads, or like Netflix was super cheap) and wait as long as it can to raise prices after it has assumed it's control of that relative frontier (YouTube/netflix being the transition from cable to streaming).

 

[IcyPatriot]

Good ... anything Amazon or Netflix I already have.

 

[Bill Lee]

How many pay stations do we need to watch sports?

No games on the food network?

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