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...and yet, if you want to watch, say, the Superbowl online, you do need cable.
by ergothus 11y ago
...and yet, if you want to watch, say, the Superbowl online, you do need cable.
- 300bps 11y agoNBC streamed it to anyone for free on their website: http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/20/nbc-will-live-stream-the-super-bowl-for-free/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/20/nbc-will-live-stream-the-su...
- tunap 11y agoI am unsure of terms for the SuperBowl, but if I want to watch Motocross online I have hoops to jump through to prove I pay for an NBC channel in my cable/sat packege. I do not have a cable/sat package, so therefore I cannot watch on their website.
- thaas53 11y agoYou can watch all the motos here: http://www.promotocross.com/mx/video http://www.promotocross.com/mx/video Maybe not live but I watched both 450 Unadilla motos the following Sunday evening. I have no cable/sat package.
- tunap 11y agoYup, MX has been offering post race viewing since 2012(AFAIK). Been waiting for SX to follow suit. Original point stands, broadcaster streaming offerings are worthless to uncabled viewers if they cannot prove they pay for the cabled/sat option. Forget about viewers outside the US... That's where goatd comes in, I guess...
- ergothus 11y agoI stand corrected - I was unable to watch the playoffs, but was at a party where someone had cable for the actual Super Bowl.
- maxerickson 11y agoThis is probably due to their agreements with local affiliate broadcasters. Which is sort of ironic. (A lot of the consideration in the affiliate agreements is in the form of local advertising slots in national programming; the national stream can't compete with the local affiliates)
- cowsandmilk 11y ago> ...and yet, if you want to watch, say, the Superbowl online, you do need cable. No, you don't. I don't have cable. Watched the Super Bowl online this year. Edit to say I watched it legally. Not some illegal stream.