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TECHNOLOGY Friday 8 September 2017

All NFL games will air online, but watching won’t be easy

By ANICK JESDANUN is $35 a month, or $9 more
AP Technology Writer with RedZone. To watch,
NEW YORK (AP) — Every use the streaming service’s
NFL football game will be app. Some services also
shown live online this sea- let you sign in to use the
son — but that doesn’t individual network’s app.
mean you’ll be able to Games are blocked on
watch them. New this year non-Verizon phones except
is the ability to watch with for those on NFL Network.
an Amazon Prime or a CBS NFL SUNDAY TICKET
All-Access subscription. This service from DirecTV
Even so, the sports universe gives you Sunday after-
is heavily Balkanized online, noon games you can’t get
meaning your best bet at on your local TV station, so
comprehensive streaming it typically excludes home-
of pro football will involve town teams.
that old standby — a ca- It’s intended for DirecTV
ble or satellite TV subscrip- satellite subscribers who
tion — or cellphone service pay an extra fee, though
through Verizon. Otherwise, a $280-per-season online
you’ll be limited to a few package is available if you
unrestricted games online, live in an apartment build-
including Thursday’s night ing or at a location where
season opener between In this Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, Thursday Night Football sportscasters Bill Cowher, left, and Phil DirecTV’s satellite signal is
the Kansas City Chiefs and Simms broadcast from the set on the field before an NFL football game between the Jacksonville obstructed. Subscribing to
the New England Patriots. Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans in Jacksonville, Fla. DirecTV Now isn’t enough
Here’s a stream-by-stream Associated Press to qualify. College students
guide to catching all the package that carries these ONLINE TV SERVICES tion game console; you can also subscribe for $100
online pigskin you can in channels. Ten of the Thurs- Cable-like streaming TV can watch on a Windows for the season. There are no
the U.S. day games and the Christ- packages are typically or Mac computer. restrictions on smartphones.
NETWORK STREAMS mas game will end up on cheaper than traditional You can replicate the INSTANT REPLAYS
In general, Sunday after- CBS or NBC as well — but cable or satellite, but carry package with Sling TV for All these restrictions and
noon games air on CBS and to stream those games fewer channels. The major $46 a month by getting requirements only apply to
Fox. Sunday night games without a TV package, you ones are AT&T’s DirecTV Sling Orange, Sling Blue live games. Once a game
air on NBC. These games need Amazon Prime for $99 Now, Google’s YouTube and the CBS All Access ser- ends, it’s available for
are free if you catch them a year. Amazon is replac- TV, Hulu with Live TV, Sony’s vice separately. RedZone is streaming through the NFL
on TV with an antenna, but ing Twitter this year as the PlayStation Vue and Dish’s an additional $10. Game Pass service, which
to watch any of the net- online streaming partner. Sling TV. All five services If you can live without NFL costs $100 for the season.
works online, you’ll typically Want to watch on a have ESPN, NBC and Fox Network and RedZone, you You can also listen to radio
need cable or satellite TV. phone? You’ll likely need — at least in theory. It’s a can get the rest through broadcasts live online.
You can also stream CBS to be a Verizon customer, mixed bag for CBS and the YouTube for $35 and Hulu COLLEGE FOOTBALL
games for $6 a month with though on the plus side you NFL Network. CBS, NBC and for $40. Hulu comes with While all four major broad-
CBS All Access, unless your won’t need cable or sat- Fox are available only in se- on-demand movies and cast networks will televise
local station hasn’t signed ellite. Amazon Prime and lected markets — typically TV shows, normally $8 a some college games, the
on (most have). NFL Network games have where the networks them- month. DirecTV Now gets bulk will be on cable chan-
You’ll be limited to home- no device restrictions (but selves own the local sta- you NBC, Fox and ESPN for nels. Online policies vary,
town-team games plus a require subscriptions). For tions. Elsewhere, it depends $35; CBS is coming soon. but a cable or satellite ac-
few other contests your the rest, grab a tablet or a on whether the stream- A sports-focused streaming count is typically required.
local station broadcasts. laptop instead, or watch ing service has reached a service called fuboTV an- You can also subscribe
You’ll need a DirecTV Sun- on the big screen with a deal yet. Vue is your best nounced Thursday that it’s to an online TV package,
day Ticket subscription for streaming-TV device like bet. A $45-a-month “Core” getting the NFL Network. It though college channels
the rest. Roku or Apple TV. subscription gets you all already has NBC, Fox and such as SEC Network are
ESPN, meanwhile, owns On Verizon phones, use the five NFL networks, as long CBS in selected markets, sometimes part of higher
Mondays, while the NFL NFL Mobile app or Verizon’s as your local stations are but not ESPN. The package tiers.q
Network cable channel go90 service. Amazon included. NFL RedZone, a
gets most Thursday night Prime games are on Ama- channel that switches from
games, a few weekend zon’s video app. For the game to game to show key
games and one on Christ- rest, use the network’s app; plays and scoring, costs an-
mas afternoon. You can CBS, NBC and NFL Network other $10 a month. Vue no
watch online if you’re al- games are also on NFL Mo- longer requires a streaming
ready paying for a TV bile and nfl.com. device such as a PlaySta-