Fubo isn’t happy about Peacock’s exclusive rights to the NFL’s Wild Card game. The streamer’s CEO, David Gandler, decried Comcast’s decision to put the playoff game exclusively on Peacock, which is owned by the cable company, as a bad decision from a business and consumer standpoint. “I’m horrified,” Gandler said at the Needham Growth Conference. […]
  • Fubo CEO, David Gandler, is unhappy about Comcast’s decision to exclusively stream an NFL Wild Card game on Peacock.
  • Fubo pays to air NBC, so the decision by Comcast creates competition between the two streaming platforms.
  • Peacock’s exclusive stream of the game reached 23 million viewers, making it the most-streamed event ever for the service.

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  • Pwrupdude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    66·
    10 months ago

    I absolutely hate that sports, especially the NFL, is getting locked behind streaming services. Football is my favorite sport, but I will not pay to have every streaming service to watch games. I know I’m probably the outlier here. It’s decisions like this that will promote illicit streaming of the games. Take something that was free and put it behind a paywall and people will find a way to get it for free again.

    • AnActOfCreationOPEnglish
      15·
      10 months ago

      You’re spot on. I pay enough to YouTube TV for NFL games. I wasn’t paying any more for this one.

    • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      I’m a believer of “illicit streams.” It gives you the ability to watch any game and you still see the ads, so to me it’s still revenue for them. They’re just getting super greedy.

      I watched a stream in the UK to get those wildcards. Was it perfect? Nah, but it’s cheaper and you get way more bang for the buck.

    • TragicNotCute@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      10 months ago

      It’s super frustrating that even paying for the NFLs super expensive service isn’t enough to watch your team’s games. It’s almost like they want people to pirate.

  • Pistcow@lemm.eeEnglish
    52·
    10 months ago

    Seeing as most sports team stadiums are publicly funded, maybe we should broadcast the games on public access.

    • WallEx@feddit.deEnglish
      31·
      10 months ago

      You don’t understand, they are privatising the profits while taking the costs out of taxpayers pockets, it’s really smart, if you’re a turbocapitalist.

      • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        Can’t anyone think about jobs these stadiums create? Back in my day, getting underpaid to serve nachos to drunk sports fans who just want to grab your ass was a privilage.

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      10 months ago

      Agreed, if my taxes paid for the stadium they play in by any percentage, then they can stream all games on public broadcast. We all know cunts like Kroenke are fully capable of building their own stadiums, they just know we’ll do it for them if they refuse and then they take in even more money

      • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        To be fair, in the local markets for the two teams involved (Miami and Kansas City), they were on over the air broadcast TV and thus also cable and satellite providers that carry those stations. Although of course the local markets for TV purposes are literally only the cities in question and people in a different part of that same state might get boned still.

        I think they should be made to be broadcast or at least free streaming only by virtue of the NFL’s specific antitrust exemptions though.

  • cybersandwich@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    10 months ago

    I found that my interest in football is directly correlated by how easy it is to access the games. If there is any friction I just won’t watch the games.

    If it’s on a TV somewhere, and I am there, I’ll watch.

    I used to watch all the time but I don’t have 3 hours to devote to each game where 2 hours and 45 minutes is talking heads or commercials and you make it hard to find? Nope.

    The only football I’ve be watched this season was a few minutes of a Thursday night game because it was on prime.

  • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    10 months ago

    Fubo is expensive but has almost every sport I want to watch. My in laws have it and it beats the premium cable packages for cost and convenience. Sorry to sound like an ad but if people have only seen fubo’s ads they might not realize that this is a streaming service that can be worth the money if you like all sports all the time. Fuck the peacock exclusive. Fuck the prime exclusive. Fuck the apple TV exclusive. Sports should be easy to watch!

  • peanutbutter_gas@lemm.eeEnglish
    15·
    10 months ago

    I’m just waiting for us to go full circle where the majority are just listening to the radio for the broadcast about the game.

    • sirfancy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      I’m sorry my guy but how in the world are you suggesting pirating live television