Streaming platforms

[kriegs]

We had a good run, but PlayStation Vue has run it's course

Which streaming platforms does everyone here use/recommend?

Most important things for me:
- NFL RedZone
- NFL Network and other sports channels (STO, Fox Sports Ohio, BTN, ESPN)
- Liked the multi-screen capability of Vue when using the PS4 but know that's likely a rare feature
- Ball-in-chain needs Bravo to be happy

Any recommendations from anyone else who's been involuntarily forced from using Vue?

 

[inliner311]

We had a good run, but PlayStation Vue has run it's course

Which streaming platforms does everyone here use/recommend?

Most important things for me:
- NFL RedZone
- NFL Network and other sports channels (STO, Fox Sports Ohio, BTN, ESPN)
- Liked the multi-screen capability of Vue when using the PS4 but know that's likely a rare feature
- Ball-in-chain needs Bravo to be happy

Any recommendations from anyone else who's been involuntarily forced from using Vue?

The problem is going to find a streaming service that offers both redzone and sto/fso.

What I would do is go with either Hulu live or YouTube tv until football season starts back up next fall. I could see sports leagues becoming less reliant on cable and cable networks to get their product to their customers. MLB has already changed blackout rules and the NBA is selling NBA tv directly to people. I could see the NBA change their blackout rules too and maybe the NFL will sell redzone directly or on its own through Amazon or someone like that. The NFL is already ready to take Sunday ticket back from DirecTV and either run it themselves or give it to Amazon. That might not happen till 2021 though.

 

[BMAN]

We had a good run, but PlayStation Vue has run it's course

Which streaming platforms does everyone here use/recommend?

Most important things for me:
- NFL RedZone
- NFL Network and other sports channels (STO, Fox Sports Ohio, BTN, ESPN)
- Liked the multi-screen capability of Vue when using the PS4 but know that's likely a rare feature
- Ball-in-chain needs Bravo to be happy

Any recommendations from anyone else who's been involuntarily forced from using Vue?

I switched over to YoutubeTv from Vue and have been extremely impressed. Only thing is it doesn’t have Redzone for you (though I can see it happening).

 

[inliner311]

I switched over to YoutubeTv from Vue and have been extremely impressed. Only thing is it doesn’t have Redzone for you (though I can see it happening).

The big obstacles for services to add Redzone is the NFL wanting NFL Network to be added to the basic package. NFL Network's value to customers keeps going down because the NFL sells more and more of Thursday night football off to other networks.

On a similar note, people think that the NFL will get bids from Fox or another broadcast networks for Monday Night Football. If ESPN want to retain it or get better games that they will have to move it over to ABC. Also if it Monday night football moves back to ABC then they get into the rotation to get the Superbowl every couple years which the NFL refuses to allow ESPN into.