Thursday Night Football 2022

[WmHBonney]

On a related topic, if you are getting Direct TV's Sunday Ticket, get ready for some changes. Direct TV's contract expires after this season, and the favorite to win the new contract to begin in 2023 is Apple:

Report: Apple is "likely" landing Sunday Ticket

Apple is about to take a, well, something out of the NFL's rights portfolio.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

This could be a positive change as it might make it cheaper for more people to get Sunday Ticket as you won't have to install and pay for Direct TV's premium satellite serviceI

How is it going to be cheaper? Doesn't this mean that you will have to own an Apple product in order to watch Apple TV?

 

[RedAlice]

How is it going to be cheaper? Doesn't this mean that you will have to own an Apple product in order to watch Apple TV?

You do NOT need to own an Apple device to stream Apple TV.

Currently, you need a Direct TV satellite or their odd rules to buy streaming. (For Sunday Ticket)

This will ABSOLUTELY make it more accessible than it currently is right now. Possibly cheaper, but not sure on that.

 

[RiverDog]

How is it going to be cheaper? Doesn't this mean that you will have to own an Apple product in order to watch Apple TV?

No. Anyone with a smart TV, Roku, Fire Stick, etc, can access the Apple TV app. A subscription currently sells for $4.99/month. If you are a Direct TV subscriber, you can download their NFL Sunday Ticket app, but I'm not sure how much it costs. However, Direct TV's starter package, which obviously doesn't include Sunday Ticket, sells for $74.99/month. Apple won't be charging $4.99/month for Sunday Ticket, but it will almost certainly be cheaper than what Direct TV charges.

As far as accessibility goes, the previous poster is likely correct simply due to the difference in cost to subscribe to basic services. This is going to be a big plus to football fans.

 

[kidhawk]

Omg. Seriously?

you all are beyond even the concept of STUPID.

we NEED games to be legally streamed.

I think most people want to see games streamed, but it's crazy that the NFL is so greedy that they won't allow for games to be recorded, paused or replayed on streaming networks such as Prime. Streaming TNF is a great step forward, but they still have a long ways to go to get it right.

 

[Lagartixa]

NFL Game Pass has given me streaming access to all games live. Part of this is because I'm in Brazil, where there are no NFL-imposed "blackouts" of games on NFL Game Pass. In the USA, some games are blacked out live, and even for those who have the international version of NFL Game Pass in places like the UK, it's not possible to watch certain games live. But aside from market restrictions, I think in the recent pass, U.S. subscribers to NFL Game Pass were able to see Thursday-night games live, and I'm not sure if that will continue.

Through NFL Game Pass, I have access to any and all games both live with commercials and then archived without commercials after each game ends. Further, after a game has been played, I have the choice of watching the full game without commercials, a 40-minute condensed version, or a ten-minute "just the highlights" version.

I'm not sure how exclusive Amazon Prime's Thursday-night exclusivity will be. I'm hoping I'll still be able to see the games live via NFL Game Pass, as I have been in recent years. There were a couple of times that I chose to go through Amazon to watch the Thursday-night game, so I could get it with different people doing the announcing, but opening NFL Game Pass has become kind of automatic when I want to watch a game, so I usually watch that way.

I'm so positive about NFL Game Pass that I think it's important for me to say that I pay for the service and have no other relationship with it. I've just found that it's been a very worthwhile purchase for me, and I've been very satisfied with it.

 

[Lagartixa]

It would be interesting to know what the viewing numbers are with Prime. Unlike the Nielsen system with is educated guess, Amazon knows exactly how many people view their content and for how long.

At this point, pretty much all those who have "smart TVs" are sending out very detailed info about what they're watching and even what they're considering watching.

Anyone who connects a "smart TV" to a network, which has to be done in order to use the "smart" features, has to agree to let pretty much anyone collect pretty much any usage data from the TV. That includes things like all on-screen activity, including where the pointer hovered and for how long. In a few cases, it also included data from microphones and even cameras in the "smart" TVs.

In the old days, TV manufacturers used the classic manufacturing business model. On top of their production and distribution costs, the companies added some margin to the price and derived a profit from that difference between sale price and production/distribution cost. Now TVs are sometimes sold for less than what it costs to make them, but with "smart" features that require a network connection, which in turn allows for extensive data collection that the user has to approve in a giant EULA (that almost nobody bothers to read) in order to enable the "smart" features. The TV manufacturers then profit by selling those collected data.

The result is that there are extremely detailed data on people's viewing habits available even when the viewing is not through a streaming-only service like Amazon Prime.

 

[kidhawk]

Prime Video Adds DVR for 'Thursday Night Football'; Why You'll Want to Record Every Game

While the NFL regular season debut of Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” is still a few weeks away, the first preseason game is coming up this week. This is the first full season that …

thestreamable.com

Just saw this article. Amazon has the capability to “record” TNF but you have to enable it. The article has the link and instructions on how to do that for those who wish to have the ability.

 

[RedAlice]

Amazon and DirectTV have also made a multi-year agreement to bring Thursday Night Football to selected casinos, bars, etc....but it said 300k. Really not sure what this means for being able to watch TNF at dive bars.

Btw, Opening game w Bills @Rams is technically a TNF game.


ETA: links and more info

• Amazon Prime and DirecTV reached a multi-year agreement that will see the satellite-TV provider air “Thursday Night Football” games in more than 300,000 bars, restaurants and other businesses.
• Amazon Prime holds the exclusive rights to “Thursday Night Football” games for the next 11 seasons.

Amazon Prime signs deal with DirecTV to air 'Thursday Night Football' games in bars, restaurants

Amazon Prime holds the exclusive rights to "Thursday Night Football" games for the next 11 seasons.

www.cnbc.com

 

[RiverDog]

Prime Video Adds DVR for 'Thursday Night Football'; Why You'll Want to Record Every Game

While the NFL regular season debut of Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” is still a few weeks away, the first preseason game is coming up this week. This is the first full season that …

thestreamable.com

Just saw this article. Amazon has the capability to “record” TNF but you have to enable it. The article has the link and instructions on how to do that for those who wish to have the ability.

Wow, very simple, just one click! Thanks for the tip!