[RedAlice]

The only issue is if Google/YTTV (and by proxy the NFL) really do require a full subscription package to a higher tier. Now while you and others might not give a rats ass about other sports besides NFL football, many people do.

It would really suck to have to double pay to get access to Sunday Ticket because YTTV doesn’t have regional sports and other channels.

As I keep saying: AT LEAST YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO DECIDE. You will have a choice.

Tons of people right now don't even have a choice. I have never been able to pay for Sunday Ticket even if I wanted to. It was not an option.

DirectTV is done. No matter what. (For Sunday Ticket).

Doesn't matter if it is Amazon, Google or woulda been Apple.... and people will now get to make their own decision and have the choice.

[St. Loser Fan]

My hope is that Google doesn’t chain Sunday Ticket to full YTTV service. I hope they copy the Apple/MLS model where people that don’t subscribe to Apple TV+ can still get the soccer season package, but they have to pay a premium.

But I have a feeling I’m not getting that gift for Christmas.

[RedAlice]

My hope is that Google doesn’t chain Sunday Ticket to full YTTV service. I hope they copy the Apple/MLS model where people that don’t subscribe to Apple TV+ can still get the soccer season package, but they have to pay a premium.

But I have a feeling I’m not getting that gift for Christmas.

For those who don't like whatever is decided, they can do what those of us without DirectTV have been doing for years:

1. Go to a sports bar for out of market games
2. Go to a friends house who has Sunday Ticket
3. Find an illegal and unreliable stream
4. Don't watch the game

Those have always been my choices.

[RedAlice]

Looking at what is being reported - if Sunday Ticket is available on YouTube Premium channels and not only on YouTube TV, then I think you can just subscribe to one channel instead of the whole package.

Isn't that what those of you with DirectTV want? Hope it's true for you all! Everyone should have access if they want it.

The Sunday Ticket package will be available on YouTube TV and YouTube Premium channels, if/when the deal is done. The price will be similar to the current DirecTV charge. That reportedly became the sticking point for Apple, which wanted to make the product less expensive for consumers.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... ay-ticket/

[St. Loser Fan]

As I keep saying: AT LEAST YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO DECIDE. You will have a choice.

Tons of people right now don't even have a choice. I have never been able to pay for Sunday Ticket even if I wanted to. It was not an option.

DirectTV is done. No matter what. (For Sunday Ticket).

Doesn't matter if it is Amazon, Google or woulda been Apple.... and people will now get to make their own decision and have the choice.

I completely understand. I used to live in an apartment and had a completely redneck setup where I took a 5 gallon bucket, filled it with Kwickcrete, put in a metal pole attached to a DirecTV dish until the landlord made me take it off.

My concern about Google is getting access to Sunday Ticket might mean a $60-100/month full YouTubeTV package. At least Apple or Amazon don’t have that and the path to entry would have been less expensive.

[RedAlice]

I completely understand. I used to live in an apartment and had a completely redneck setup where I took a 5 gallon bucket, filled it with Kwickcrete, put in a metal pole attached to a DirecTV dish until the landlord made me take it off.

My concern about Google is getting access to Sunday Ticket might mean a $60-100/month full YouTubeTV package. At least Apple or Amazon don’t have that and the path to entry would have been less expensive.

Looks like you can subscribe to individual channels without the full subscription.

I just googled this, I don't know all of the information. But looks like you will be able to just get the channel you want, Sunday Ticket in this case.

Google probably wants to add subscribers for Sunday Ticket, so will make some plan for that without requiring the full subscription. DirectTV never did this - they were selfish bastards.

YouTube TV will no longer force a base subscription plan if all you want are premium shows

https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube- ... base-plan/

[St. Loser Fan]

Looks like you can subscribe to individual channels without the full subscription.

I just googled this, I don't know all of the information. But looks like you will be able to just get the channel you want, Sunday Ticket in this case.

Google probably wants to add subscribers for Sunday Ticket, so will make some plan for that without requiring the full subscription. DirectTV never did this - they were selfish bastards.

YouTube TV will no longer force a base subscription plan if all you want are premium shows

https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube- ... base-plan/

We’re all speculating and will have to wait.

The only reason I don’t share your enthusiasm for YTTV is right now all I see is the minimum entry cost on their site is $64.99.
https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/signup/

[PARAM]

I have been waiting for DTV to lose the Ticket so I can cancel. I used to say, "well it only pours every now and then, so losing the signal (as long as not during a Rams game) is fine". But they got really bad after AT & T bought them. A marked difference in customer service. And then that pouring bothered me even though you could switch to a lower resolution. The Ticket is the only reason I subscribed in the first place. And with so many new services coming into existence since I first subscribed in 2000....Prime, Roku, Hulu, Netflix, HBOMax, Paramount+, AppleTV, YouTubeTV, etc....it's cheaper to go ala cart than subscribe to cable or DTV. And DTV has become expensive...extremely. It used to be way less than going to a sports bar on a weekly basis. Not so much anymore.

@RedAlice....I have no problem when I'm in FLA streaming NFLTicket on my phone or my TVs down there, no where near a dish. But that's neither here nor there. I'll be glad to rid myself of DTV though!

[Elvis]

I've been thinking for a while about what i'll do once ST leaves DTV and YouTube was an option. The main reason being they carry the NFL Network. DTV Stream doesn't, neither does ATT. (Dish too i think.) And since DTV is also owned by ATT, i'm guessing once they're done with ST, they'll stop carrying NFL Network too.

My brother has had YouTubeTV for a couple years now and he seems happy with it.

Maybe they'll up their RSN game now that they're making a move?

I guess we'll see what's what and get some details soon enough.

But as StLoser points out, they're not cheap, pretty similar to what i'm paying DTV especially when you consider how much you can get back/off if you call and complain...

[RedAlice]

@RedAlice....I have no problem when I'm in FLA streaming NFLTicket on my phone or my TVs down there, no where near a dish. But that's neither here nor there. I'll be glad to rid myself of DTV though!

Yes, but that is only because you have DirectTV. Previously, they have not offered streaming to anyone who didn't actually already have DirectTV.

Last year, I tried to say I was renting in a place without DirectTV to get an exception and they DENIED my request. This year, I got a DTV streaming box mid year with my iPhone replacement at AT&T, but it was already half way through the season and so I didn't pay for it (my choice).

If I had always had the option of DTV streaming, I would have taken it and would not hate them so much.