YouTube TV frontrunner for NFL Sunday Ticket

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@JimmyinSD said:
Iiirc dtv has been losing money for a while now on the NFL deal.  I can't imagine that won't be the same thing for yttv,   they will either jack the rates or likely make some other changes to what they are floating out.

If its $350/yr and it costs YTtv $2B/yr. They need 5.7M subscibers to break even not counting the infrastructure cost to provide the service. 

No clue how many DTV had but thats a tall order. Thats 4.5% of USA households. But the nfl is only averaging 17.1M viewrs/week. 

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@AGRforever said:

@JimmyinSD said:
Iiirc dtv has been losing money for a while now on the NFL deal.  I can't imagine that won't be the same thing for yttv,   they will either jack the rates or likely make some other changes to what they are floating out.

If its $350/yr and it costs YTtv $2B/yr. They need 5.7M subscibers to break even not counting the infrastructure cost to provide the service. 

No clue how many DTV had but thats a tall order. Thats 4.5% of USA households. But the nfl is only averaging 17.1M viewrs/week. 

Like with all media, the money's in advertising, not subscriptions. Something else to consider, YTTV opens up NFLST to pretty much everyone with a TV and an internet connection. DTV's reach was limited due to the need for a dish. Think of the millions of folks who live in high-rise apartments. A dish was not an option for them. 

https://adage.com/article/media/youtubes...%20YouTube.&text=The%20NFL%20reached%20a%20multibillion,YouTube%2C%20the%20league%20said%20Thursday.