YouTube TV

[Here me roar]

So if YouTube TV doesn't bring the Disney channels back by tomorrow, what are my streaming options to get a comparable package in time for kickoff?

 

[dixiehack]

I get the Disney/Hulu/ESPN Plus bundle via Verizon. I’m contemplating how much of a pain it would be to add the extra bundle straight from ESPN to get access to the live channels and get it to work.

Alternately I could wait it out, watch inferior football on a bye week and if this isn’t solved by Monday just junk YTTV altogether for another streamer on the opening day of college basketball.

 

[UNCGrad]

Don't these always resolve at the last minute?

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Feels like it, UNC. Maybe get a day or 2 of a blackout, then people rise up enough to get it resolved.

 

[Here me roar]

Don't these always resolve at the last minute?

Usually. But I think last night was the last minute. The channels are gone. I don't remember them getting this far before

 

[UNCGrad]

Ah, got it.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I'm fine with a short blackout. I'm ready to be done with the "YouTube TV is at it again!" commercials.

Don't tell me about the pain, just show me the baby.

 

[dixiehack]

The last time YTTV and Disney got in a snit, the channels were gone the Saturday before Christmas, which then was the heaviest day of minor bowls. I forget if they were gone Sunday but they were definitely back for MNF.

 

[Songbird]

Apple TV is where it's at anyway. So many good shows.

If you want something that will rock your world, totally original, pay for Apple TV for a month and binge Tehran.

 

[jr/shotglass]

I'm in the I-can-wait camp. It's been a comprehensive package for us for a few years now. And of course, there's **** Disney. And of course, if I want to see a game, really, really want to see a game, I'm going to see the game.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Apple TV is where it's at anyway. So many good shows.

If you want something that will rock your world, totally original, pay for Apple TV for a month and binge Tehran.

Completely different business and market. Apple TV is competing with Amazon Prime. YTV is going head to head with cable TV.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Got a couple of new TVs last Christmas, and over the last few months, have become addicted to Samsung TV, the free streaming service that came installed.

Tons of channels dedicated to single shows and channels - have found myself falling asleep to binge watches of The Big Break from The Golf Channel, or Forged in Fire, some Swamp People or Shipping Wars. Toss in some old reruns of Essence of Emeril and Dawson's Creek.

It will never fully replace a "live" cable/streaming service in our house, primarily because of live sports, but it's a nice alternative to have. And for free? Hell yes.

 

[da man]

I'm fine with a short blackout. I'm ready to be done with the "YouTube TV is at it again!" commercials.

Don't tell me about the pain, just show me the baby.

Thanks, Tuna.

 

[Here me roar]

Apple TV is where it's at anyway. So many good shows.

If you want something that will rock your world, totally original, pay for Apple TV for a month and binge Tehran.

I'm more concerned about my football.

 

[Songbird]

I'm more concerned about my football.

FOO'BALL!

 

[dixiehack]

In looking around, Sling offers a one-day pass for $4.99 (plus an extra buck to add stuff like SEC Network and ACC Network). That should get me through Saturday and then see if Disney and Google learn to share their toys.

Day Pass by Sling TV: Watch Live TV for a Day, No Contract | Sling TV

 

[Here me roar]

Yeah I saw that. I mean it really doesn't matter what I pick up because I won't be able to split the screen into four like I do with YouTube TV. I mean that's what I really want

 

[Bubbler]

I'm in the I-can-wait camp. It's been a comprehensive package for us for a few years now. And of course, there's **** Disney. And of course, if I want to see a game, really, really want to see a game, I'm going to see the game.

****ing A.

Of course the carriers get blamed and I have zero doubt that they deserve it, but **** the networks for their gouging bull**** that they then hide behind with their horse**** ads claiming innocence in these situations.

I believe YTV is the only carrier I’ve ever had that offered any semblance of a refund too when these disputes happen.

Admittedly, I can live without the main leagues ESPN carries. I don’t lose the college conferences I care about, MLB or Premier League soccer, etc.

I can live without the NBA, MNF and SEC/ACC football for a bit.

(And so can anyone else. Both networks and carriers take advantage of collective impatient in these situations.)

 

[Bubbler]

Apple TV is where it's at anyway. So many good shows.

If you want something that will rock your world, totally original, pay for Apple TV for a month and binge Tehran.

I dunno. I found Apple TV kinda underwhelming. Only having its own fare, good though it may be, is a big disadvantage compared to nets that offer a bevy of movies, TV shows, etc.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Yeah I saw that. I mean it really doesn't matter what I pick up because I won't be able to split the screen into four like I do with YouTube TV. I mean that's what I really want

Once you experience college football and Sunday Ticket in the four-box on YTTV, I'm not sure there's any going back.

Like what are we, Amish?