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Did you look into YouTube TV? Not sure they have all those channels (I have it, too lazy to turn on the TV right now...daughter left the remotes in the other room).
If you are dedicated regional sports watcher, then $100 a month for regional sports doesn't sound like a nonstarter to me (even if it's still hard to warrant). Are there no other alternatives? I get 10 up/100 down and basic cable that includes local sports for $110 that will revert to $140 in a few months and lists for $180 where they will keep trying to push me. A good chunk of that cost is FOX, ESPN and local sports. None of which I care about (any more. I used to watch enough local sports when cable was cheaper) Since leaving FOX, there are less alternatives, including subscribing to Bally+ streaming directly after FOX Sports no longer has rights to the mass of local games. Though there seem to be some questions.
https://streamingstadium.com/channels/r ... s-detroit/AT&T U-verse, Spectrum, Comcast, DirecTV, DirecTV Stream, WOW!, fuboTV and more.
Which market is your father in?You can live stream Bally Sports Detroit on most major streaming devices, including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, and more, with DIRECTV STREAM “Choice” and Bally Sports Plus.
The programming on Bally Sports Detroit is very similar to what aired under the FOX brand. Due to contract disputes over carriage fees, there is only one live TV streaming provider that currently carries Bally Sports Detroit, DirecTV Stream.
He's in Pittsburgh, and from what I could tell his only options for streaming the regional sports network was Fubo or DirecTV.
it's easier to adapt than you'd think. there are plenty of other things to do, you'll find.LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 6:15 am
Edit: My bill just came in and my bill just reverted from $110 to $145. So now is the time for me to move toward ditching again. Putting it in my to do list to review next week. I will miss CNBC being on in the background in the mornings but I'll adapt. At the same time, I'll also be less grumpy at how it has become so editorialized. I'll need to find a reasonable business news streamer that I don't have to pay a premium for.
I've had Directv Stream for over a year now I don't regret going with it at all. It's $60 a month, it has my local channels and my regional sports channel. On top of that my Dad can password share and use it at both his house in Ohio and Florida. It gets me all of the channels I want to actually watch, AMC, TNT, ESPN, Bally Sports, Etc.
Welcome to #enshittificationCarpet_pissr wrote:Man, I’m getting sick of this shit. Is there no way to get ESPN ‘football’ (both college and NFL) without paying $70-$80 a month? This is crazy.
I’ve tried Sling, YouTube TV, several cable options, etc.
It just dawned on me recently that I should go straight to the source! Moron!
ESPN has their own paid streaming app, just do that! Oh, and it’s only $10/month? Beauty!!
Oh wait, does not include NFL!
Several other options include access to college and NFL, but DON’T include the ESPN subchannels (SEC Network, et al) where most of my games live.
The a la carte streaming wars are over, and the loser is……..the consumer!
Odd. I always considered Amazon video a streaming service already.Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:02 pm Looks like Amazon is in talks with Disney to buy ESPN, hopefully to create its own streaming service. This is what I've been waiting for!! PLEASE.
I think he means ESPN. 2.5 months since cutting the cord and I still have cable. At this point, I wish had done this years ago. I still am waiting for a show to drop and to have to fight paying them because they haven't turned off the service.Punisher wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:14 pmOdd. I always considered Amazon video a streaming service already.Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:02 pm Looks like Amazon is in talks with Disney to buy ESPN, hopefully to create its own streaming service. This is what I've been waiting for!! PLEASE.
It is, although they’ve mangled it in the last few years, like their music platform, to where it’s obscenely user-unfriendly.Punisher wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:14 pmOdd. I always considered Amazon video a streaming service already.Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:02 pm Looks like Amazon is in talks with Disney to buy ESPN, hopefully to create its own streaming service. This is what I've been waiting for!! PLEASE.
this is why you can't just tell people to do something for their own good out of your own lived experience - a lot of people just have to find out themselves, and usually the hard way.
Yes, it also feels very much set up to make you click on something thinking it’s included with your Prime membership, only to realize post-click that it’s not.
I tried to watch several different things on Prime Video last night, and they all generated "not available" errors. I don't even remember what it was that finally loaded, but it was something uninteresting and I fell asleep.
What? Dark patterns? Amazon? Never!Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:48 pmYes, it also feels very much set up to make you click on something thinking it’s included with your Prime membership, only to realize post-click that it’s not.
Or it was like that, I think they have toned that down a bit and made it more clear in recent updates to the interface.
It’s still sucky though, compared to all my other streaming platforms.
In a blog post on Monday, Disney said it hoped it would be able to reach an agreement to restore access to ABC, ESPN and other Disney-owned channels that have been blacked out on Charter's service since Thursday.
With no deal in place, Disney suggested that Spectrum customers sign up for Hulu + Live TV, a streaming service that offers ESPN, ABC, Disney+ and dozens of other cable channels. Disney owns a majority stake in Hulu.
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Charter's dispute with Disney stems in part from the fees Disney is seeking for its programming at a time when cable TV viewership is on the decline and streaming on the rise.
On Friday, Charter Chief Executive Christopher Winfrey said the disagreement was "not the typical carriage dispute."
"We're either moving forward with a new collaborative video model or we're moving on," Winfrey said.
June 15th until now. They still haven't shut my cable off. This is the best cord cut ever.LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:48 pm Today was finally the day. There was no flexibility coming off a $140 a month bill, so now I'm Internet only for $40.99 a month plus all the extra fees. We'll see what that means in a month. Time to get the antenna working, I guess, for news. My TiVo is now useless.
