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I read that the NFL is showing one of next week’s playoff games on Peacock (I think). I’m not smart on all this streaming stuff…just seems to me the long trend is niche services we’ll end up paying for separately in addition to whatever streaming platform we purchase.
Quoting Steve Martin from the movie “The Jerk”, “oh, it’s a profit thing?”
$160 a year regular pricing, get everything you can think of. I know it seems too good to be true, but I've been using it for years.
Just to update;
I cancelled and paid my last DTV bill this week ($210) for the past month. I went with Hulu and added Paramount + Showtime. Total is $88 a month. Saving $110 a month as of now.
I was under the impression that I had to do Paramount+ Showtime to get my local CBS affiliate channel, but Hulu live has it too. I'm going to keep the Paramount+ for a while because they seem to have some good originals to watch.
One side note, my local WSB Channel 2 (ATL) was banner streaming today about their contract with DTV was about to end, thus the channel may not be available. Glad I made the move and not looking back....
Article in Barrons about the new sports streaming coalition--the expected initial cost would be about $35/mo., but that doesn't include CBS and NBC (NFL). My guess is that they will have a high monthly charge compared to an annual plan because they know a lot of CFB fans would drop it for seven months a year. The networks listed:
>>Essentially, subscribers will get a skinny, sporty, channel bundle that includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, local ABC and FOX stations, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV, and the ESPN+ streaming service.<<
On the plus side, it will run on an app, so you could watch anywhere from your devices. On the minus side, I don't see much savings for somebody trying to assemble a streaming package to be competitive with something like Youtube or one of the other packaged services. From full cable prices, yes, though.
as a capitalist, i find it extremely disappointing that there is a simple product that people want in extremely high demand, and corporate greed is in the way of us getting it. smh
I saw that and wasn't too optimistic. It has the same trouble as a lot of the streaming services, because local channels get dropped. And if one cartel dominates, you can be sure the price won't stay down, and I'm just waiting for companies to require minimum contracts.
An article I read suggested ways to get everything and also save money.
They suggested having one service which includes live tv. Hulu live without ads would be one choice. YouTube live, another. I've used both and settled on Hulu.
Next pick the most appealing non-live streaming service - Paramount +, Netflix, Max, whatever - and subscribe to it. Just one of these. Watch everything you most want to on that one service for a month. Cancel it before the second payment is due, so you only have this service for a month, and only pay for a month.
For the following month, pick the next most appealing non-streaming service, for just a month, as above.
That way you get what you most want and pay the least.
Sounded like a good plan, I thought.
Go, Dawgs!
Apollo