NFL to stream NBC games in real time
 

Pretty cool

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IMO, this would be a good solution to the NFL Network problem. Instead of forcing lots of fans to miss the game if they don't live in the home market, stream it live on the internet so fans can catch it and the quality of the NFL N presentation.

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great.

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Not a big deal IMO. Thats the sunday night game and that is on Nationwide. Id like to see them put something together to play the 1 and 4 pm games via the net. That way im not forced to watch steelers and eagles games.:woot:

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i feel you wald. im lucky, my best friend has the nfl ticket. so i rarely miss the skins. and there are plenty of sports bars around here

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Having NFLN is nice and the Sunday ticket deal I have with DirecTV works cool but I think it's great that they're taking the initiative to broadcast it for all to see.

Very cool.

On another note.....
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I wish they did this last year. If some of you rememberI had NFL Network during the Bears-Skins game and all year they advertised how the road to the playoffs begins "here on NFL Network." Anyway the day of the game came got the pregame show and everything then all of a sudden an NFL Films documentary about High School Football in a small town comes on. Needless to say I was pissed especially since I had gotten every other game that NFL Network advertised.

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Great move for both the NFL and NBC Sports. It gives them an extra revenue stream, it allows them to test the idea for a possible bigger play, it serves the fan who might have only tv at his place and he has to let his fiancee watch Platinum Weddings on TLC because she let him hog the tv all Sunday during the day watching all the other games that were on and she doesn't realize that there's still Sunday night and Monday night football and that her fiance is in the sports business and really shouldn't go into work the next morning without having seen as many games possible...and it's great if they offer it on-demand for next day viewing.

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[quote=SmootSmack;459466]Great move for both the NFL and NBC Sports. It gives them an extra revenue stream, it allows them to test the idea for a possible bigger play, it serves the fan who might have only tv at his place and he has to let his fiancee watch Platinum Weddings on TLC because she let him hog the tv all Sunday during the day watching all the other games that were on and she doesn't realize that there's still Sunday night and Monday night football and that her fiance is in the sports business and really shouldn't go into work the next morning without having seen as many games possible...and it's great if they offer it on-demand for next day viewing.[/quote]

i kinda feel like there's a hidden message here, but i'm not quite sure what it is...

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[quote=SmootSmack;459466]Great move for both the NFL and NBC Sports. It gives them an extra revenue stream, it allows them to test the idea for a possible bigger play, it serves the fan who might have only tv at his place and he has to let his fiancee watch Platinum Weddings on TLC because she let him hog the tv all Sunday during the day watching all the other games that were on and she doesn't realize that there's still Sunday night and Monday night football and that her fiance is in the sports business and really shouldn't go into work the next morning without having seen as many games possible...and it's great if they offer it on-demand for next day viewing.[/quote]

Come on now. We all know that the Platinum Weddings show that so horribly conflicts with Sunday Night Football is on We.

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[QUOTE=That Guy;459470]i kinda feel like there's a hidden message here, but i'm not quite sure what it is...[/QUOTE]

SS was trying very hard to avoid writing in the first person, because it was his own personal experience shared. There is way too much detail not to be!

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[QUOTE=amorentz;459513]Come on now. We all know that the Platinum Weddings show that so horribly conflicts with Sunday Night Football is on We.[/QUOTE]

Oh is it on WE? That's right! Trading Spaces is the one on TLC!!

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Definitely an awesome concept to stream the games in real time, and something I hope gets picked up quickly.

And SS - I have 2 words for you. Picture-in-picture.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;459466]Great move for both the NFL and NBC Sports. It gives them an extra revenue stream, it allows them to test the idea for a possible bigger play, it serves the fan who might have only tv at his place and he has to let his fiancee watch Platinum Weddings on TLC because she let him hog the tv all Sunday during the day watching all the other games that were on and she doesn't realize that there's still Sunday night and Monday night football and that her fiance is in the sports business and really shouldn't go into work the next morning without having seen as many games possible...and it's great if they offer it on-demand for next day viewing.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like you need a plasma TV, NFL Sunday Ticket, and a new pimped-out Redskins room -- for work, of course. Expense it! :D

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Ok last year some one posted a web site with a colored map of the US that told you what games were being shown in which markets.

Does anyone remeber that link? I tried searching to no avil.

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[QUOTE=mredskins;459661]Ok last year some one posted a web site with a colored map of the US that told you what games were being shown in which markets.

Does anyone remeber that link? I tried searching to no avil.[/QUOTE]

This will be updated as the season approaches I'm sure, but here's the link you should bookmark

[url=http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/]NFL TV Distribution Maps[/url]

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thanks SS!

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Here is the sight for where games will be shown. All I noticed was the mighty Skins pummelling the GI ants for the opening week, on of course National TV

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[quote=SmootSmack;459466]Great move for both the NFL and NBC Sports. It gives them an extra revenue stream, it allows them to test the idea for a possible bigger play, it serves the fan who might have only tv at his place and he has to let his fiancee watch Platinum Weddings on TLC because she let him hog the tv all Sunday during the day watching all the other games that were on and she doesn't realize that there's still Sunday night and Monday night football and that her fiance is in the sports business and really shouldn't go into work the next morning without having seen as many games possible...and it's great if they offer it on-demand for next day viewing.[/quote]
Well if it was on-demand the next day how would that help you on Monday if the game was played on Sunday?

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[QUOTE=firstdown;459734]Well if it was on-demand the next day how would that help you on Monday if the game was played on Sunday?[/QUOTE]

I don't understand your question. But what I'm saying is suppose you missed the game-flying back from Michigan after visiting your future in-laws, and your flight gets delayed because Northwest Airlines sucks...for example-and you didn't get a chance to DVR the game, you could watch the game online the next day.

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Smootsmack:

Since you are in the sportsmedia business, you can explain something to me.

Why is NBC happy to do this? :confused: Every person who views the games over the Internet is one person who is not watching the game on NBC TV. And fewer viewers on TV mean lower ratings and lower ratings mean lower ad revenues.

So, how is this a good deal for NBC - - and particularly their affiliate stations? :confused-

And if this is such a bonanza, why is the NFL keeping all playoff games and the Super Bowl away from these new revenue streams? :nono:

I see how fans can like this - - but NBC is paying $600M per year for SNF and now it will be available over a different "channel" and that's good for NBC???

I'm dense; I don't get it. Please help. :cheers

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[quote=SmootSmack;459736]I don't understand your question. But what I'm saying is suppose you missed the game-flying back from Michigan after visiting your future in-laws, and your flight gets delayed because Northwest Airlines sucks...for example-and you didn't get a chance to DVR the game, you could watch the game online the next day.[/quote]Where in Michigan, if you don't mind?

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[QUOTE=sportscurmudgeon;459807]Smootsmack:

Since you are in the sportsmedia business, you can explain something to me.

Why is NBC happy to do this? :confused: Every person who views the games over the Internet is one person who is not watching the game on NBC TV. And fewer viewers on TV mean lower ratings and lower ratings mean lower ad revenues.

So, how is this a good deal for NBC - - and particularly their affiliate stations? :confused-

And if this is such a bonanza, why is the NFL keeping all playoff games and the Super Bowl away from these new revenue streams? :nono:

I see how fans can like this - - but NBC is paying $600M per year for SNF and now it will be available over a different "channel" and that's good for NBC???

I'm dense; I don't get it. Please help. :cheers[/QUOTE]

Well yeah the affiliates aren't too happy right now. And I don't know that it's such a bonanza at this point that they will add the playoff games and Super Bowl. This first year should give them a sense of their future business model.

However, speaking as someone who deals with the same matters for a competitor I can say that one of the more interesting aspects of watching sports online is that it doesn't cannibalize sports ratings on television. Our most watched sports online are still the most watched on television. We're setting records both online and on television. Still trying to figure out why that is exactly. Primarily it's because the people that are watching online are not those that would be watching on television in other years, but rather those that wouldn't have been able to watch at all in other years. Maybe they're at work, maybe they just have one television in the house, whatever the reason may be.

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[QUOTE=GTripp0012;459809]Where in Michigan, if you don't mind?[/QUOTE]

Southfield

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Smootsmack:

Thanx.