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Thursday 8 October 2015
A guide to watching sports if you don’t have cable
TALI ARBEL team; and playoff games available three hours after
AP Business Writer and the Super Bowl. You they end.
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s foot- can also watch the NFL PRICE: $200 for all games.
ball season, and baseball Network channel, which $120 for one out-of-market
playoffs are starting. Don’t has sports talk shows and team’s games, though if
have cable? You can still reality series as well as this team plays your home-
watch. games. town team, you won’t
With a digital antenna, LIMITATIONS: Only on Veri- get it. $7 per game. On
you get games for free on zon phones. phones, tablets, comput-
broadcast networks like PRICE: Free for Verizon sub- ers and streaming devices.
Fox, NBC and Univision. scribers. — TNT Overtime
Antennas start at $20. For — DirecTV’s NFLSunday- THE DEAL: Usually Thurs-
cable channels, you can Ticket.TV day night regular-season
always go to a bar. THE DEAL: Live regular- games, and more playoff
Online subscriptions are pri- season games on Sunday games.
marily for games that don’t afternoons, about a doz- In this Jan. 5, 2015, file photo, Joe Clayton, president and CEO of LIMITATIONS: You can see
involve local teams. Oth- en total. You can switch Dish Network, introduces the Sling TV, a live television streaming the court from four differ-
erwise, games are shown between games that are service, at a news conference at the International CES in Las ent camera angles, but it’s
after they are over. Sub- playing at the same time. Vegas. not the same view of the
scriptions aren’t cheap, LIMITATIONS: Available only action that you’d get on
but most cost less than a if you can’t get DirecTV a game console or Chro- LIMITATIONS: Home- TV.
traditional cable package. satellite service where you mecast. $360 for access on PRICE: Free. On phones,
Plenty of sites also live, typically apartment both. College and gradu- town team isn’t shown tablets and computers.
show sports for free without buildings, or homes that ate students get both op- MULTIPLE SPORTS: It’s like
legal rights to do so. And have signal issues. No local tions for $100. live, whether at home or getting cable delivered
many people ask friends or teams. You can stream on — NFL GamePass over the Internet.
relatives who have a cable only one device at a time. THE DEAL: Live audio only. away. Nationally televised ___
subscription for a password PRICE: $200 on a tablet, LIMITATIONS: Video of reg- — Dish Network’s Sling TV
ular season and playoffs games, including the play- THE DEAL: The online ser-
only after games are over vice carries ESPN and
(after all games are done offs, are also unavailable ESPN2, which show a slew
for Sunday afternoons). of professional, college
PRICE: $100 for the full sea- live unless you have a pass- and other sports. Other
son, though prices come channels for extra fee.
down as the season goes word. Otherwise, wait 90
minutes after games end
for video.
PRICE: For a full season,
$110 on computers only,
$130 on mobile devices
and streaming gadgets as
on. On mobile devices and
computers, Apple TV and
Xbox One.
BASEBALL: Playoffs will be
shown on Fox, which is
a free channel, and TBS,
Fox Sports 1 and MLB Net-
work, which are not. You
can also access the play-
offs online.
In this Sept. 20, 2015 file photo, Seattle Seahawks’ Marshawn — MLB.TV In this June 26, 2015, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals’ Kolten Wong,
Lynch is tripped up by Green Bay Packers’ Nick Perry (53) during THE DEAL: Live regular- left, is tagged out by Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Montero
the first half of an NFL football game, in Green Bay, Wis. season games. Audio only during the first inning of a baseball game, in St. Louis.
for postseason, unless you
Associated Press Associated Press
have a cable-subscription
to log in to, say, ESPN’s phone or computer, or password for MLB Network,
app. $260 on a TV using Roku, TBS and Fox.
To stay above board, here
well. The price goes down LIMITATIONS: If you’re on
are options for watching in throughout the season. a phone, you can’t watch
For an extra $5, you can live NFL games, given Veri-
the U.S. Access outside the get alternative camera zon’s deal with the league.
angles for some postsea- There are also local-market
U.S. varies. son games — not what’s blackouts for baseball and
shown on TV. basketball games. Sling
FOOTBALL: Some websites MEN’S BASKETBALL: A works on only one device
streaming subscription is at a time.
offer a few free games: available, but few options PRICE: $20 a month for the
for local teams. main package, $5 extra for
One NFL game each for — NBA League Pass soccer-focused channels
THE DEAL: Live video during and $5 for a “sportsextra”
Yahoo and NBC; the Super the regular season. package with SEC Network
LIMITATIONS: Your home- and other channels. On
Bowl and six others for CBS; town team won’t be avail- computers, mobile devices
able until three days after and streaming devices.
Verizon customers also get the game. Games tele-
vised on ABC, ESPN, TNT or Continued on Page 30
some games on phones. NBA TV won’t be live, but
For others, subscriptions
are required.
— Verizon’s NFL Mobile
THE DEAL: Live streaming
of regular-season games
televised nationally on Sun- In this June 7, 2015, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeB-
day, Monday and Thurs- ron James, left, shoots against Golden State Warriors forward
day nights; Sunday after- Marreese Speights during the first half of Game 2 of basketball’s
noon game for the local NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif.
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