Don't know actually. It's never been presented as an option before, but that may have changed this year. Will have to check when I get home. Looks like I have a few days to cancel automatic renewal of the full service.
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- Mar 2008
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- I'm slutty: Roma (on haitus until I can forgive them for hiring Jose), Liverpool, and Dortmund
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In response to UA's comment above, YES was barebones and I can't remember how long it took them to expand, but I think they've been the only team-specific network to expand. The Lakers may or may not have added other content (I think the Galaxy were part of their network at one point). The Dodgers' network is a mess all the way around but the content seems to be Dodgers specific. Most of it wouldn't be very interesting to anyone except a diehard fan.
A friend of mine subs to the Mets only games through MLB but he only gets the games, no other SNY content. And the price for Mets only is not much less than doing the full MLB package (maybe $30 per year less) so he would be better off doing a full sub given that he also follows a few other teams peripherally. I don't know about the international stuff, but UA's link above might help. There's no way the Cubs new network will be available outside the Chicago rights territory during games but in the US a sub to the DirecTV sportspack will include that other content, just not live or delayed games. (DirecTV blacks out delayed games--even so-called classic games on various networks, except YES for some odd reason).
If you are willing to chance IPTV then you might find the right package that includes the new Cubs network. I just re-subbed yesterday to an IPTV package and I can report back later this week if Marquee is showing up on that IPTV package.Last edited by danielmak; 24-02-2020, 20:15.
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- Mar 2008
- 7573
- Off the purple line
- I'm slutty: Roma (on haitus until I can forgive them for hiring Jose), Liverpool, and Dortmund
- Del Taco
Here is the link I looked at last week:
https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/subscribe
And here is a screenshot of the site just in case you see something different outside the US:
I was wrong with my post above about the price difference between a single team and yearly. I can see why my friend might just want one team (esp. since he still has cable as well so can bounce around to watch other games if the Mets aren't playing).
BTW, I'm sure this would never happen outside the US but in the US, T-Mobile was offering a deal last year where any new subscribers got MLB yearly for free for one year. No data charges were applied when using a phone and that sub worked for set-top boxes as well like a Roku or Amazon Fire Stick.Last edited by danielmak; 25-02-2020, 00:39.
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It’s all maddening. Everyone knows that what most fans want is to pay one, possibly high, price to see only the content, including all the games, of their favorite team (or, in the US, university).
We don’t want to pay for a lot of filler punditry bullshit or vaguely sports-related shows. We don’t want to pay for a lot of games with teams we don’t care about. And we don’t want to have to pay $100/month cable to get it. We are willing to pay a lot to just get what we want on our TV.
But that’s not offered and apparently never will be. Instead, we have to have cable and figure out week to week which channel will have the game. Even to watch things on something like the ESPN or Fox App requires cable and then there’s still a five to 10 second delay and it crashes a lot.
For example, the B1G Network will let you pay for BTN Plus that just includes one school’s games. But it’s only the games that aren’t on the actual network - a lot of stuff like field hockey from one static camera angle or baseball from one camera buried in center field. Anything broadcast in such a way that you can actually understand what you’re seeing requires cable.
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Originally posted by danielmak View PostHere is the link I looked at last week:
https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/subscribe
And here is a screenshot of the site just in case you see something different outside the US:
I was wrong with my post above about the price difference between a single team and yearly. I can see why my friend might just want one team (esp. since he still has cable as well so can bounce around to watch other games if the Mets aren't playing).
BTW, I'm sure this would never happen outside the US but in the US, T-Mobile was offering a deal last year where any new subscribers got MLB yearly for free for one year. No data charges were applied when using a phone and that sub worked for set-top boxes as well like a Roku or Amazon Fire Stick.
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- Mar 2008
- 7573
- Off the purple line
- I'm slutty: Roma (on haitus until I can forgive them for hiring Jose), Liverpool, and Dortmund
- Del Taco
I've never subscribed to MLB (been tempted every year since 2000) but I would assume that if you can sub yearly then you could sub to a single team. I read an article a couple years back that someone sued that requiring a sub for all teams wasn't fair (that's non-legal terminology, of course) and won. Can't remember if the suit was against MLB or the NHL. But such a scenario would only apply to US customers. Either way, it would seem to be to MLB's advantage to sell single team subs to whoever wants such subs. Any international sales would be better than not having the income. Although that kind of thinking has had no impact on a la carte programming with most companies.
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I’d be more sympathetic to cord cutters if they understood economies of scale. The people getting screwed by sports broadcasting are non-sports fans with cable subscriptions, no one else. The whole system freeloads on those people.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostNon-sports fans with cable subscriptions are a dying group. Sports are really the only reason to have cable.
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- Mar 2008
- 7573
- Off the purple line
- I'm slutty: Roma (on haitus until I can forgive them for hiring Jose), Liverpool, and Dortmund
- Del Taco
When I switched from Comcast internet to ATT Uverse for internet, I was told by the ATT tech that ATT purchased DirecTV in part because Uverse TV customers were complaining that their TV images were poor or their internet speeds were slow; they couldn't have both fast internet and clean images because both were pulling from the same stream. The idea was to push people to DTV for TV. Now everyone I know who pays attention to tech company stuff says ATT is trying to pull people back to streaming because the setup is easier.
I can say this: the amount of shit I subscribe to is ridiculous and most it looks like garbage. DirecTV looks great (except most of the Spanish language channels which I sub to for South American leagues), ESPN+ looks great. Sling, which is how I get BeIN to watch Libertadores and Sudamericana looks ok on the two main channels and horrible on the Connect channels. Fanatiz looks like garbage and they blame it on the providers, which is not true.
Then there's an issue with data caps. Subscribing to DTV means ATT Uverse does not charge overages, whereas Comcast was going to charge me for going over data limits. I asked if they were going to refund me during the months I was under the cap. We all know the response to that one.
Finally, if you start to add up different subs: Sling (which is owned by Dish Network) or Youtube TV or Fubo and then add-ons like ESPN+, MLB package, NHL package, sports packages that don't come with the main packages, you're probably right back where you started.
I think the trick is to limit one's televisual interests and that solves that. haha. I'm just not in that category until I can kick this football habit.
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- Mar 2008
- 7573
- Off the purple line
- I'm slutty: Roma (on haitus until I can forgive them for hiring Jose), Liverpool, and Dortmund
- Del Taco
I basically went from 1991 - 2000 without cable. I only used rabbit ear antenna for local channels and then rented video tapes to watch movies. I had three different stretches during that time where over the air, radio, and live baseball met my needs. My girlfriend in LA had great connections for free Dodgers tickets and then I listened on the radio. When I was in NYC, I listened to the Yankees on the radio or would watch the Yankees or Mets when either was on over the air TV and I went to a few games here and there to see both teams. The Mets obstructed view seats were the best deal and then I'd just move to non-obstructed view since there were always a lot of empty seats. And when I was in Tampa, I went to see mostly Tampa Yankees games but also some St Pete Rays and Clearwater Phillies games. The Yankees were on the radio as there as well, which drove the local sports talk people nuts since the Devil Rays were in their first season. I went to a few Devil Rays games. So, for baseball all of this did the trick. And if I was only looking for baseball, I think the best deal would be a combo of HD over the air and MLB package.
But during all of this time, no satellite or cable meant no football (soccer) so I had to go for satellite.
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