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Does it work for soldiers in Afghanistan?

And is it free?

Yes, and no. Is the streaming that Goddell talking about going to be free. I am not watching the stream, ironically.

 

Edit: "NFL Game Pass is only available to users located outside the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Antigua, the Bahamas, and any U.S. territories, possessions and commonwealths (including American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) (collectively, the "Game Pass Excluded Territories"). You are not authorized to use NFL Game Pass if you are located in any of the NFL Game Pass Excluded Territories."

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Excuse my lack of knowledge..but why would you want to watch a game on a device when you could simply watch it on TV

..and how does the NFL benefit financially from streaming out of market games when they're all over cable and satellite?

The fact that you can do it where and whenever you want I suppose. TV is always going to be superior. It just allows flexibility. Probably not a service you need by the sounds of things.

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Excuse my lack of knowledge..but why would you want to watch a game on a device when you could simply watch it on TV

..and how does the NFL benefit financially from streaming out of market games when they're all over cable and satellite?

Cable and Satellite are hitting a saturation point and actually no longer reach target audiences. Youth are forgoing buying in to TV Cable/satellite service in favor of simply purchasing better internet service, then watching movies/shows via streaming services (Hulu, Amazon Video, Netflix, etc.)

 

In it's current state, the NFL does not offer easy access to live games via the internet, meaning they are losing out on a lot of ad revenue from the internet generation who choose to simply pirate it for free from illegal streaming sites rather than pay in to cable or premium services. The NFL choosing to livestream a game has nothing to do with phones or anything of that nature, it's a test run to see if they can recapture ad dollars and combat internet piracy of their product. 

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Cable and Satellite are hitting a saturation point and actually no longer reach target audiences. Youth are forgoing buying in to TV Cable/satellite service in favor of simply purchasing better internet service, then watching movies/shows via streaming services (Hulu, Amazon Video, Netflix, etc.)

 

In it's current state, the NFL does not offer easy access to live games via the internet, meaning they are losing out on a lot of ad revenue from the internet generation who choose to simply pirate it for free from illegal streaming sites rather than pay in to cable or premium services. The NFL choosing to livestream a game has nothing to do with phones or anything of that nature, it's a test run to see if they can recapture ad dollars and combat internet piracy of their product.

Sky..but you cant stop 'pirating', right? ..so how can they run ads on broadcast that are already being pirated>

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Sky..but you cant stop 'pirating', right? ..so how can they run ads on broadcast that are already being pirated>

Essentially, the idea is to treat the pirates as a competing business, as Apple did with it's iTunes strategy to huge success.

Piracy only works when the alternatives suck. Right now, wathing a pirated NFL stream is a crapshoot. Poor video quality, bad stream bandwidth, constant video skipping, and constant threat of it being taken down. For many, though, it's the only way they can watch the games they want to with the current services the NFL offer.

If the NFL provides their own streaming service, they can recapture that audience with better quality streams and no threat of removal, while also giving themselves more ad revenue from the ads played during the stream.

You fight piracy by making it inconvenient and clunky compared to the alternative. The NFL providing it's own livestreams is an attempt at this.

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Essentially, the idea is to treat the pirates as a competing business, as Apple did with it's iTunes strategy to huge success.

Piracy only works when the alternatives suck. Right now, wathing a pirated NFL stream is a crapshoot. Poor video quality, bad stream bandwidth, constant video skipping, and constant threat of it being taken down. For many, though, it's the only way they can watch the games they want to with the current services the NFL offer.

If the NFL provides their own streaming service, they can recapture that audience with better quality streams and no threat of removal, while also giving themselves more ad revenue from the ads played during the stream.

You fight piracy by making it inconvenient and clunky compared to the alternative. The NFL providing it's own livestreams is an attempt at this.

While I agree with everything you said, there's one blip. Your the first person I've ever heard that mention iTunes is any type of success lol. I'm in the tech field and have actually heard often (very often) that iTunes spurred piracy...

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Help...I'm confused

Roger Goddell...said Friday that the NFL will 'stream' a game next season.

What exactly does that mean and why would it benefit the NFL or fans?

Who else would be reached that isn't being reached now

If you need to step out and cannot be in front of TV, you can watch for free from your internet device.

For overseas, it's already streamed with paid service but this one game would be free for all.

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Help...I'm confused

Roger Goddell...said Friday that the NFL will 'stream' a game next season.

What exactly does that mean and why would it benefit the NFL or fans?

Who else would be reached that isn't being reached now

 

I know other sports that stream games will also allow you to pick and choose camera angles, so you can watch a game from and end zone view, spider camera view, sideline view, etc.

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Can members of the military carry iphones on duty? Also, if you're stationed on a submarine in deep dark waters in a remote body of water somewhere, won't your reception suck? Just thinking outloud.

Yes but I'm talking while deployed where you typically don't have your normal cell companies.

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Essentially, the idea is to treat the pirates as a competing business, as Apple did with it's iTunes strategy to huge success.

Piracy only works when the alternatives suck. Right now, wathing a pirated NFL stream is a crapshoot. Poor video quality, bad stream bandwidth, constant video skipping, and constant threat of it being taken down. For many, though, it's the only way they can watch the games they want to with the current services the NFL offer.

If the NFL provides their own streaming service, they can recapture that audience with better quality streams and no threat of removal, while also giving themselves more ad revenue from the ads played during the stream.

You fight piracy by making it inconvenient and clunky compared to the alternative. The NFL providing it's own livestreams is an attempt at this.

that actually makes a lot of sense...Sky....thanks

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