NFL/Twitter

[Deleted member 15344]

Twitter has won broadcasting rights to show live NFL games on a Thursday night

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/35970379

Will we see more sports go down this route and offer more live games via social media ?

 

[Beezerk]

Where's the catch? Nothing is ever for free. Great news if it is free though.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

At the moment believe it's free to Twitter users

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Great if you don't get buffering but for most of us the picture quality and buffering is just not good enough. I don't mean to sound too grumpy there, NFL is not for me. The worry is that other sports may go down this route.

For those of us lucky enough to have modern tv's with HD the picture quality to watch the Masters will be stunning. 4k is even better and I envy anyone who will be watching Augusta on one of those tv's. The thought of the drop in quality and buffering during key moments would drive me and others nuts.

Inevitably more will go onto social media platforms, at some point they need to make money and this is a good way of boosting advertising, but the infrastructure is not there at the moment.

 

[jdpjamesp]

The thought of the drop in quality and buffering during key moments would drive me and others nuts.

Reminds me of
[video=youtube;Fmsv-XUQ7Sk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmsv-XUQ7Sk[/video]

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Ha ha, very good.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Is this really the future? I hope not. I can't find anything positive about this move to show it via Twitter

 

[Crazyface]

What's "Twitter"?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

What's "Twitter"?

Social media site

https://about.twitter.com

 

[MendieGK]

not really too much of a change, the international games were streamed via Yahoo last season (or at least one of them was). Thursday Night Football is generally seen as the worst games of the week anyway (and players hate them).

In terms of viewing through twitter for the UK, Sky will still have the rights, and i'll also be able to watch using NFL Gamepass (Which is incredible).

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

not really too much of a change, the international games were streamed via Yahoo last season (or at least one of them was). Thursday Night Football is generally seen as the worst games of the week anyway (and players hate them).

In terms of viewing through twitter for the UK, Sky will still have the rights, and i'll also be able to watch using NFL Gamepass (Which is incredible).

Can't watch live on Gamepass if also on Sky though, I believe?

 

[MendieGK]

Can't watch live on Gamepass if also on Sky though, I believe?

only true for the Sunday 6pm and 9pm games

Monday, Thursday and Sunday Night Football are all available on both. Thank God, sky coverage is so boring as they just show the same stuff on a loop!