NFL Sunday Ticket to be Offered Via Broadband by 2012

[Dayman]

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Relief for fans without Sunday Ticket

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March 23, 2009 6:02 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando
DANA POINT, Calif.

For years, the NFL's exclusive agreement with DirecTV prevented fans from accessing the Sunday Ticket game package without a satellite subscription.

That will be changing no later than 2012 as part of a newly extended agreement through 2014, it was announced Monday at the NFL owners' meeting.

For years, the NFL's agreement with DirecTV locked out fans unable to install a satellite dish for various reasons. If your landlord or condominium association didn't allow dish installations, or if trees or other structures blocked satellite signals, you were out of luck. I was in that situation for more than a decade before finally adding the service in recent years (the only practical way to watch all NFC West teams each week).

The latest agreement provides a measure of relief.

Fans without satellite access will be able to purchase NFL Sunday Ticket via broadband by 2012 at the latest. Also by 2012, a new "Red Zone Channel" showing critical game situations as they happen each Sunday will be available to non-DirecTV subscribers through cable, telco and satellite systems, plus wireless devices and the Web, according to a news release.

 

[Buckybird]

Bet that will not be cheap

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

I don't care if it's double DTV's price, at least I won't have to deal with DTV's pos DVR's

 

[Perfectionist]

I don't care if it's double DTV's price, at least I won't have to deal with DTV's pos DVR's

I've had no problem. Maybe misunderstanding your situation.

 

[Dr. Jones]

This is crap IMO......

Until I see Sunday ticket on Comcast and Fios (Fios preferably) I am screwed with this high priced package.

Please for gods sake, PUT SUNDAY TICKET ON FIOS!!!!!!!!

 

[SuperSpck]

Whoo!!!
If it's in HD I'm in love!
Gladly shell out $200 for it.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

We get Sunday Ticket through our cable companies up here. Have from day one. I pay $29.00 per month for a package that includes: NFL Sunday Ticket; NHL; NBA; Major league baseball; College Basketball and hockey; NASCAR in car, and for us, Major Junior hockey.

 

[O]

We get Sunday Ticket through our cable companies up here. Have from day one. I pay $29.00 per month for a package that includes: NFL Sunday Ticket; NHL; NBA; Major league baseball; College Basketball and hockey; NASCAR in car, and for us, Major Junior hockey.

Socialist!

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Yes! I only have to wait 3 more years!!!

 

[Buckybird]

Whoo!!!
If it's in HD I'm in love!
Gladly shell out $200 for it.

Good luck with that. i think it was $300 w/HD on DirecTV.

 

[Dr. Jones]

We get Sunday Ticket through our cable companies up here. Have from day one. I pay $29.00 per month for a package that includes: NFL Sunday Ticket; NHL; NBA; Major league baseball; College Basketball and hockey; NASCAR in car, and for us, Major Junior hockey.

Freaking Canada.

 

[dogpoo32]

We get Sunday Ticket through our cable companies up here. Have from day one. I pay $29.00 per month for a package that includes: NFL Sunday Ticket; NHL; NBA; Major league baseball; College Basketball and hockey; NASCAR in car, and for us, Major Junior hockey.

jerk!

 

[stewdog1]

This is crap IMO......

Until I see Sunday ticket on Comcast and Fios (Fios preferably) I am screwed with this high priced package.

Please for gods sake, PUT SUNDAY TICKET ON FIOS!!!!!!!!

What is not mentioned in that article is that the Red Zone Channel will be offered to cable companies.

I don't know if you've ever watched it but I would gladly pay for just that channel if I did not have Directv. They are live all day Sunday going to each game live especially when a team is in the red zone.

It is also not affected by black outs.

NFL and DIRECTV Extend NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) Agreement through 2014 Season

New 'Red Zone Channel' to Be Widely Offered on Multiple PlatformsNew NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) Package Available Via BroadbandNFL Network Carriage Agreement Extended


NEW YORK & EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Mar 23, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The National Football League announced today an agreement to extend DIRECTV's rights to carry NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM). DIRECTV will continue to have exclusive television rights to air the package of Sunday afternoon games through the 2014 NFL season.
The agreement also significantly broadens the reach of NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) by enabling NFL fans who cannot receive DIRECTV satellite service to get NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) via broadband. This service will begin no later than 2012.
In addition, the NFL will offer fans (also no later than 2012) a new "Red Zone Channel" that shows crucial live action cut-ins of all Sunday afternoon games starting at 1 p.m. ET and continuing through the conclusion of the 4 p.m. ET games. The "Red Zone Channel" will be available to cable, telco and satellite systems, wireless devices, and the Internet.
"We are pleased to extend a partnership with DIRECTV that has complemented and supported our broadcast television packages for 15 years," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. "We are looking forward to having the Red Zone channel on cable and other media platforms as well as showing NFL Sunday Ticket via broadband to the homes that cannot get satellite. This new content enhances our tradition of being the most pro-consumer, widely available sport on television."
"The NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) service has been a part of DIRECTV since our first year of operation and is one of the defining characteristics of our best-in-class positioning," said Chase Carey, president and CEO of DIRECTV Group. "This latest extension allows us to retain and broaden our most popular sports subscription service. Through our wireless offering to NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) customers and the new broadband service to non-customers, we're now able to expand the reach to even more NFL fans everywhere."
Among the new features for fans are:

• Red Zone Channel: subscribers who do not have DIRECTV will have access to the "Red Zone" channel through local cable systems or telco and Internet providers. This special channel has been part of NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) on DIRECTV the past four seasons and will continue for those subscribers. It provides live look-ins and real-time highlights from every Sunday afternoon game starting at 1 P.M. (ET) through the late afternoon games. The channel switches from game to game and airs live action when a team is in the Red Zone (inside the 20-yard line) and poised to score. A host also provides real-time scoring and fantasy updates.
• NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) on Broadband: Fans who live in areas where DIRECTV's service is not available, such as apartment buildings or in residences with poor sightlines to a satellite signal, will be able to purchase a new NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) broadband package.

DIRECTV customers who purchase NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) and the SuperFan(TM) package receive all Sunday afternoon games in HD; a Game Mix channel with up to eight games on one screen; the Red Zone Channel; the SUPERCAST(TM) service that streams every live NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) broadcast to laptop computers; and the NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) Mobile service that delivers up-to-the-minute highlights, and soon full-length games, to cell phones, pda's and other wireless devices.
DIRECTV also has extended its carriage agreement with NFL Network which airs seven days a week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and is the only network fully dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football. NFL Network will continue to be offered in DIRECTV's CHOICE package.

 

[Skkorpion]

2012? I'll worry about that if I'm still alive and care and when it comes around. No worries.

 

[Ryanwb]

Time to dump the DirecTV stock I've been hording, hopefully they bring my 3000 shares of SirusXM (siri) back from the dead.... jerks

 

[mjb21aztd]

lol hopefully the world doesnt end in 2012 that is considered doomsday by the mayas and a few other people hahahahah

 

[Shzm13]

Sweet, now, if they could only get it on Dish Network

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Cool. The NFL Ticket is great, it will be nice to see it shown on broad band....heck by then we might be watching all our TV over the web.

I L O V E, LOVE DirecTV. I will never ever go back to cable. I grew up with cable and it sucked, I have seen cable since then and it still sucks, and I bet it will continue to suck.

I don't know how it is in AZ, but the cable companies in the tri-state (NY,NJ & PA) area have horrible customer service, horrible reliability, horrible service in general, and are greedy scam artist jerkoffs.

 

[CaptTurbo]

What was not mentioned is that DirectTV's payments for the NFL rights went UP 45%. That means our bill will go UP 45%+

I hate DirectTV and its crappy DVR that I have to exchange every 6 months or so. Plus I cant bundle my phone, intenret and TV and save 40 bucks a month.

 

[gamebird98]

Id pay $500 not to have to deal with those idiots fron DTV....thats only $31.25 per Cardinlas game

 

[Mulli]

Cool. The NFL Ticket is great, it will be nice to see it shown on broad band....heck by then we might be watching all our TV over the web.

I L O V E, LOVE DirecTV. I will never ever go back to cable. I grew up with cable and it sucked, I have seen cable since then and it still sucks, and I bet it will continue to suck.

I don't know how it is in AZ, but the cable companies in the tri-state (NY,NJ & PA) area have horrible customer service, horrible reliability, horrible service in general, and are greedy scam artist jerkoffs.

That is what it is like in Chicago. DTV customer service is 100 times better. Cepting that a service call is 40 bucks unless you get the protection plan.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Socialist!

Progressive Conservativism, actually...

 

[Dr. Jones]

I was thinking about one bill also. Fios would allow that.

And I would never just have the red zone channel. It would be like the stripper that gave you a lap dance without ever sitting in your lap. She just shook it it front of your face for five minutes.

I WANT THE WHOLE PACKAGE BABY!!!!!!!

 

[lauraw]

why would DirecTv agree to something that will drive up its price and yet lose it's exclusivity? Did they not have a choice?

 

[Shzm13]

Yeah, Directv is actually losing money on the NFL ST. They use it to lure in the customers, then raise the prices once they're signed up and committed, in order to make up for the loss of skrill.