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YouTubeTV done with NESN

NJHusky said:
Seems like the advantage of these streaming services over regular cable is shrinking with time...

Rather than cutting channels because of licensing fees, I wish they would just let us pick the channels we want within a budget....so if you want NESN, you need to drop Food & HGTV for the $60 tier....or pay more to select more channels.
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I’d imagine that is where things are going. Kind of an a la carte menu.
 
HooperScooper said:
I’d imagine that is where things are going. Kind of an a la carte menu.
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I've been hearing that for a few years. I believe Verizon Fios tried doing that but it violated their ESPN license and they were sued immediately and caved. It's really frustrating that 40% of the channels I pay to get I have ZERO interest in watching...
 
Is the thinking here that if we literally pay for only the channels we want that so many channels would just shut down? I've been hearing a la Carte forever but we never see it.
 
The Viking said:
Is the thinking here that if we literally pay for only the channels we want that so many channels would just shut down? I've been hearing a la Carte forever but we never see it.
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I'd rather go the route of non-watched channels disappear via an a la carte option than having to pay fees to subsidize and unprofitable channel survive.
 
The Viking said:
Is the thinking here that if we literally pay for only the channels we want that so many channels would just shut down? I've been hearing a la Carte forever but we never see it.
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I'm surprised channels don't do it independently outside of the cable and streaming networks. For example nesn go 10$ a month.
 
glastonbury50 said:
I'm surprised channels don't do it independently outside of the cable and streaming networks. For example nesn go 10$ a month.
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Because most of them, NESN included, aren't profitable by themselves at that price point.
 
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NESN, with virus severely impacting the supply of its live content along the implosion of the Red Sox, is not is a strong bargaining position at this time.
 
What about Apple TV? Anyone know if they carry SNY, NESN etc? I just picked up a new I phone and they gave me 1 year of free Apple TV.
 
Fubo is pretty awesome. Picked it up last month and it’s got a pretty decent slate.
 
This whole "TV" supplier pipeline needs to change in Connecticut.

I recently left Frontier when they dropped YES. I chose Comcast/XFinity because they guaranteed me the YES Network.

What Comcast didn't tell me is that our local CBS affiliate (3/WFSB ) would be available but not in HD. Also, my local CT Fox and NBC channels aren't included either. I've lived in Fairfield County my whole life and have become spoiled as having access to both NY and New England affiliates from major networks.

Positives of Frontier are I got extra NFL games every week because I was catching HD CT and NY signals here. Negatives of Frontier, everything else.

Comcast has been great when it comes to customer service, quality of services provided, having YES and SNY but has been disappointing when it comes to local TV coverage/access.
 
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GemParty said:
Anything u miss? What’s the monthly?
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Good for sports. Wide selection of CFB games and you can get an extra out of market NFL game. $69 bucks a month with no commitment. I don’t watch much beyond sports and news, but my take its a pretty decent offering.
 
Youtube TV dropped all of the Sinclair regionals (formerly Fox) as did Hulu. Since there's no real sports going now who cares. What's bothersome is they didn't drop the price. As for NESN, not sure who the power brokers are behind them. SNY is the Mets and Comcast. I have Hulu and just checked. SNY is there but I'm not gonna watch as they're showing the Jets/Chiefs game. Ugh!
 
formerlurker said:
This whole "TV" supplier pipeline needs to change in Connecticut.

I recently left Frontier when they dropped YES. I chose Comcast/XFinity because they guaranteed me the YES Network.

What Comcast didn't tell me is that our local CBS affiliate (3/WFSB ) would be available but not in HD. Also, my local CT Fox and NBC channels aren't included either. I've lived in Fairfield County my whole life and have become spoiled as having access to both NY and New England affiliates from major networks.

Positives of Frontier are I got extra NFL games every week because I was catching HD CT and NY signals here. Negatives of Frontier, everything else.

Comcast has been great when it comes to customer service, quality of services provided, having YES and SNY but has been disappointing when it comes to local TV coverage/access.
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Wild guess you're in Shelton. Your "local" CBS affiliate is WCBS, and always has been. And yes, it's stupid. Same with NBC and FOX. Blame the FCC and lobbyists.

I'm in the same boat in Monroe.
 
A la carte will probably never happen because of the consolidation of the content and greed of it's owners (basically 6 companies own almost all the content). The reason you still haven't seen it is because if the streaming provider wants to have comedy central in their lineup, for example, Viacom makes them pay for and take all the channels they own and puts it in the contract that the streamer has to provide them all together to the customer. I paused my YouTube TV subscription after the latest price hike for adding channels I haven't watched since I was a teenager. I will probably turn it on for the uconn basketball season and then pause it again. I've never looked into fubo, so maybe it's time. After pausing youtube tv, I definitely realized I have no need for regular tv content. I just care about live sports.
 
SamIamCassell said:
YouTube TV has FS1 but no more YES so we might miss afew games. They haven’t come out with TV schedule yet so that’s just speculation on my part.
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Also, FS2, CBSSN, ESPN/2/U/News where another handful of games can land.
 
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During my search, I never seemed seemed to find the one product that hit everything I was looking for. I went with YouTube, at the time all that was missing for me was BeIN. Now I can get Fanatiz to cover that. I'm still so pissed about the Sox trading Mookie I'm not going to sweat losing NESN. Yeah, the price went up but I'm still saving over a hundy a month.
 
pepband99 said:
Wild guess you're in Shelton. Your "local" CBS affiliate is WCBS, and always has been. And yes, it's stupid. Same with NBC and FOX. Blame the FCC and lobbyists.

I'm in the same boat in Monroe.
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Same boat here, also in Monroe. However what I find weird is that channel 2 is NY CBS but we do get CT CBS but it’s channel 16. Just weird to me.
 
UConnMike04 said:
Same boat here, also in Monroe. However what I find weird is that channel 2 is NY CBS but we do get CT CBS but it’s channel 16. Just weird to me.
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*nerd alert* - sorry - this is my hobby...

Theoretically, WCBS could actually force this, given that they have preferential placement as the market's affiliate. They probably asked Hartford channels to go above 13 given the historical 2-13 local channel placement in New York (i.e. people who remember old rotary dial channel changing). It's a relic.
 
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Waquoit said:
During my search, I never seemed seemed to find the one product that hit everything I was looking for. I went with YouTube, at the time all that was missing for me was BeIN. Now I can get Fanatiz to cover that. I'm still so pissed about the Sox trading Mookie I'm not going to sweat losing NESN. Yeah, the price went up but I'm still saving over a hundy a month.
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They HAD to do it, it got them under the cap, allowed them to dump Price, and they got back 2 of the more exciting young players in MLB. Verdugo is a .300ba, .375ob, and 15hr hitter and an above average OF with one of the best arms in all of MLB, he is also under team control for the next 5 years! Jeter Downs is viewed as a possible 30/30 player and a solid defender at a position which has been a disaster since Pedroia went down. If Bloom plays his cards right this offseason, they could be a playoff team as soon as next year, rumors are the Red Sox are going to be one of the only teams spending big this offseason now they are flush with cash from their merger with RedBall acquisitions. Sorry, didn't mean to de-rail the thread.
 
Next baseball season I switch to Hulu plus then back to youtube tv when done. I like youtubetv best.
 
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