YouTube paying roughly 2 billion a year for NFL Sunday Ticket.

[sarcasmo]

Snip< YouTube will pay an average price of roughly $2 billion a year to secure rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket franchise, people familiar with the deal said, the latest sign that the migration of sports from traditional television to streaming is chugging ahead.

Snip< YouTube is licensing the residential rights for seven years



https://www.wsj.com/articles/youtube-cements-its-tv-shift-with-nfl-sunday-ticket-deal-11671711836

[Xavier Breath]

1. Wonder what that will cost?

Is there really more money to be made confining this to one platform instead of making it available to all platforms and cable/satellite? I mean, I'd be interested in watching an out-of-market team I follow, but not for Youtube's $65/month plus, I imagine, another $150-$200/yr for Sunday Ticket.

[sarcasmo]

7. We won't have to buy Dish Network.

[Auggie]

2. That's about $62,500,000 per NFL franchise

More math:

The Sunday Package currently averages about 2 million subscribers that pay around $300 a season. That totals $600 million a year.
(https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35294678/youtube-tv-emerges-front-runner-nfl-sunday-ticket)

Google breaks even in about 3 years if you count the new YouTubeTV subscriptions required to view the package (unless it's a separate entity).

Over seven years Google rakes in about $4,200,000,000.

[Xavier Breath]

3. $300? Crimony.

I was low-balling them suggesting $200. Just insane numbers involved in this.

[Auggie]

4. About $17 a week

18 weeks in the regular season. Divided into the current price of $300, Sunday Ticket would cost just under $17 a week. That's a deal if you consider what you'd pay for stadium seating. Heck, it's about the price of a movie.

BTW ...

NFL network replays most of the games in the week following, and NFL Network is currently offered as part of YouTubeTV package. So I set to record games I want to see and just wait a couple days. FF through commercials too.

[Xavier Breath]

5. The insane numbers I was referring to

was the network deal itself, not the price for the package. Having said that, a "deal" is a relative thing. So when I already have a tv package through another provider, it is not a deal for me to have to shell out for Youtube TV and then throw another $300 on top of it. YMMV.

[Auggie]

6. Got it

Google expects you to change providers.

I’ve subscribed to YouTube TV for years and actually like it for live sports, MSNBC and TCM. It offers unlimited digital recording and the streaming is 99% reliable. I cancel it after football season, though.