What Does NFL Reddit Partnership Mean to Streams?

[RamsFanCK]

There is actually a CA law suit currently going on, which just might make it possible to get individual PPV for your favorite team/s. There is an Anti-Trust lawsuit that is picking up steam because of the fact that the current A-T laws do not cover DirecTV's version of Sunday ticket.

It's got to play out in court, but sentiment in the legal world is that DTV may just be forced to offer "team by team" packages, that the individual teams themselves have the rights to. ... or something along those lines. But I read the article in ... Forbes (I think) about 2 weeks ago.

Awwww yeah, not that streaming for free is hard but dang I just want to be a reliable consistent worry free stream.

If it goes against DTV does it apply to the whole nation or just CA? You’re my legal expert now hahaha

 

[MadGoat]

I still have no idea why the NFL doesnt just do pay per view streams of individual games at a reasonable price. It seems like they are oblivious to the ability to take a huge piece of that market share.

Anyone know if its because of the current TV contracts they have? Maybe it will change when the current contract expires

I really believe it comes down to two things. The NFL isn't sure they can fully recoup the insane money they get from ATT for exclusive out-of-market broadcast and streaming, and ATT isn't sure if their DirecTV customer base would collapse if they stopped paying for it. The unknowns have both parties stuck in a holding pattern for now.

If either party thinks they can move on, the deal will evaporate quickly.

 

[ReddingRam]

Awwww yeah, not that streaming for free is hard but dang I just want to be a reliable consistent worry free stream.

If it goes against DTV does it apply to the whole nation or just CA? You’re my legal expert now hahaha

LOL ... no, not a legal expert by any means. the lawsuit is over Anti-Trust laws... which cover the United States. But experts weighing in on the article I read, said they expect it to favor the Plaintiffs which would mean individual team ppv plans would soon be following. Whether DTV retains all rights to THAT outcome, was not spoken about. Just said that individual teams would then have the right to do their own thing. So in a nutshell, the Network TV rights that are afforded to CBS, FOX, ESPN, NBC, NFLNetwork .. do not cover DTV so Plaintiffs are saying they should not have to pay for "every game", just the ones they wish to watch. That is how I read it.