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YTTV and Disney

Discussion in 'College Football Talk' started by KnoxVegasSteel, Oct 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM.

  1. KnoxVegasSteel

    KnoxVegasSteel Well-Known Member

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    Well, the "negotiation" between multi-billion dollar companies has come to a head and YouTube TV blinked first. Now YTTV has lost ESPN/ABC, (which includes SEC network) until they can work out some kind of deal with Disney. To do it week 10 of college FB was calculated and greedy by Disney and the moneygrubbing mouse.

    The main reason I have YTTV is for college FB and now I've got to find another way to watch the Vols hosting Oklahoma tomorrow night. Disney is hoping YTTV subs will be pissed and drop them in favor of Hulu or fubo or stream ESPN which are all owned by Disney. Or YTTV will have to agree to Disney's price increases which means our price will likely increase 10-20 bucks. Either way, this isn't going to get worked out before the game Saturday.

    For those of you with YTTV, what options are you looking at to watch FB? Paying Disney to stream ESPN/SEC pisses me off but may be what I'll have to do because watching a stream on a small laptop screen sucks.
     
  2. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    That game is on local TV here on ABC.
    I have tried telling people that said streaming was the way to go because it's cheaper to just give it time, and it won't be
     
  3. Steelpens65

    Steelpens65 Well-Known Member

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    I got an Amazon firestick
    ?uck Disney and ESPN
    Their chit has gone down hill for awhile now
     
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  4. Steelpens65

    Steelpens65 Well-Known Member

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    That’s coz the common Joe didn’t know how to stream until it became mainstream
    I have been streaming for a good 15yrs
    And it was cheap
     
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  5. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    15 years ago I didn't have to stream, every single Steelers game, Razorbacks game, and anything I wanted to watch came on one place, Direct TV, and it was worthit for me to not have to look here, and there, just push a button, and there it was. Now it doesn't matter what You have , if you want to watch every game, You must have different streaming services, and that's not even counting different shows, and movies you want to see. One will have this, one will have that, and different will have that.
     
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  6. Steelpens65

    Steelpens65 Well-Known Member

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    Where there is money to be made
    You can be sure all these different outlets will make it
    Business is business
    Nothing changes
     
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  7. KnoxVegasSteel

    KnoxVegasSteel Well-Known Member

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    I have historically had cable or directv and used to pay for Sunday ticket. I switched to at&t fiber with YouTube tv about 4 years ago because my cable/internet bills had ballooned to over $250/month. I got 1Gbps internet for $65 and YouTube tv for $70 a month. It was perfect because I got all the sports channels I wanted as well as the local channels and was saving over 100 bucks a month. Now Disney is trying to bury them. YouTube tv was started with the intent of providing a quality streaming service for a reasonable price. People who think it's the streaming provider who is taking advantage of the consumer are off base. It's the conglomerate Disney who is trying to monopolize access to sports by requiring you to subscribe to their own stuff. Eliminating competition in this space is not a good idea in my opinion. But I posted this thread to see what other people are using and what other options are out there.
     
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  8. Steelpens65

    Steelpens65 Well-Known Member

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    Disney is the devil
    And don’t get me started with the political race baiting ESPN
    BOTH are trash
    Youtubers do better sports journalism than what they got there
    Pay Stephen A and Ryan Clark millions and expect the viewers to pay more
    Heres an idea get rid of them classless employees and take care of your customers
    Signed
    A disgruntled viewer
     
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  9. Steelpens65

    Steelpens65 Well-Known Member

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    Btw
    Its not as convenient, but lots of free stuff thanks to the internet.
    You search you shall find.
     
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