OT: Cutting the Cord 2.0 - Black Friday streaming deals

Post #1061 » by **paulpressey25** » Wed Jun 5, 2024 3:26 pm

They’re cutting the cord on us

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Post #1062 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Jun 5, 2024 3:47 pm

If they have games in 4K I'm good with it. But I doubt it happens. It's interesting that NBC will be doing Tuesday night broadcasts. I wonder if that's all season or if it starts later.

Also waiting to see what the Bucks are going to do. I thought their deal with Bally's expired after this season but I can't find any confirmation. I think one reason they did some OTA games last season was as a test. The Suns do OTA and their own streaming service, something the Bucks might be interested in.

I also haven't heard anything more about Amazon buying into Bally's and streaming their games.

Gant · Post #1063 » by **Gant** » Fri Jul 12, 2024 1:09 pm

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Post #1064 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri Jul 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Barkley works for TNT, which you have to pay for either through cable or via Max.

I wish everything were on OTA networks but we crossed that bridge a long time ago.

Matches Malone · Post #1065 » by **Matches Malone** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:06 pm

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Post #1066 » by **paulpressey25** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:32 pm

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raferfenix · Post #1067 » by **raferfenix** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 9:20 pm

Is this Zaslav propaganda preceding litigation, or did TNT actually do it?

Dick Tate · Post #1068 » by **Dick Tate** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 9:21 pm

Pretty sure it was said an offer match wasn't going to get it done for TNT. The league will probably still take the Amazon package.

Post #1069 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 9:25 pm

I wouldn't be surprised if there was some disputes over whether TNT truly matched the Amazon package. NBA has probably wanted to get in bed with Amazon for a while, and WBD burned some bridges with the NBA.

I always thought that, in the end, the NBA and WBD would find a way to carve out a small fourth package for TNT to keep them in the game and give them a reason to keep Inside the NBA going.

Post #1070 » by **paulpressey25** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 10:49 pm

Dick Tate wrote:Pretty sure it was said an offer match wasn't going to get it done for TNT. The league will probably still take the Amazon package.

But if the contract gives TNT the right to match, it really doesn’t matter what the league thinks.

Post #1071 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 10:53 pm

I thought Silver had said Amazon's streaming made it more valuable. But TNT streams on the Max app ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

KidA24 · Post #1072 » by **KidA24** » Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:52 pm

My ancient, ancient Plex server finally died, so I've spent some time this week setting up a NAS and a mini-pc with Docker on Debian (Linux).

I mostly know what I'm doing, but man my terminal skills are sorely lacking after a decade of not using them.

crkone · Post #1073 » by **crkone** » Wed Jul 24, 2024 2:09 pm

KidA24 wrote:My ancient, ancient Plex server finally died, so I've spent some time this week setting up a NAS and a mini-pc with Docker on Debian (Linux).

I mostly know what I'm doing, but man my terminal skills are sorely lacking after a decade of not using them.

I moved my Plex server from a windows PC to my Raspberry PI 5. Working good so far but it can't transcode very well, which I really don't need it to.

Post #1074 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:30 pm

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This sucks.

emunney · Post #1075 » by **emunney** » Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:38 pm

You know they put some infrastructural **** in there that was literally impossible to match.

chonestown · Post #1076 » by **chonestown** » Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:49 pm

Balls

Badgerlander · Post #1077 » by **Badgerlander** » Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:21 pm

Was hoping Amazon would take over the Ballys deals. Back when it was Fox Sports you could get a reasonable package that let you watch all the different North, South, East, West, and Midwest channels to watch 2/3 of tge teams in the league games

Post #1078 » by **humanrefutation** » Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:24 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

This sucks.

As predicted, but I'm sure WBD will litigate this with the NBA. I'm not sure if they'll ultimately reach a compromise on the Amazon deal that'll cut out Amazon (less likely), or whether a 4th package will be agreed to (more likely). Zaslav is desperate to save face.

Badgerlander · Post #1079 » by **Badgerlander** » Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:41 pm

Here is what each network gets in the new NBA media rights deal:

Disney: NBA Finals, Christmas Day, ESPN games on Wednesdays, NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC and NBA Sunday showcase packages

NBCU: NBA Opening night, New Sunday night Primetime Games, Tuesday Regionalized Games, Peacock Games on Mondays and NBA All-Star Game.

Amazon: Emirates NBA Cup, SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament and Games on Thursday and Friday nights.

Amazon will also serve as a third-party global destination for NBA League Pass.

emunney · Post #1080 » by **emunney** » Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:05 pm

I can't be the only one who saw "Disney: NBA Finals" and immediately and loudly thought that meant the NBA Finals were going to stream on Disney+. I had COVID last week, give me a break.