What YouTube is charging for NFL Sunday Ticket. And Kiper’s Dolphins pick, NBA media notes
If you want to order NFL Sunday Ticket from new rights-holder YouTube TV, be prepared to pay more than what DirecTV charged.
Sunday Ticket — allowing viewers to watch out-of-market NFL games — will be available (for a sizable fee) both to those who have subscriptions to YouTube TV and also as an a-la-carte service (through YouTube Primetime Channels) to those who don’t.
The full-season prices are broken down into eight categories:
▪ For YouTube TV subscribers if you purchase before June 6: $249
▪ For YouTube TV subscribers if you purchase after June 6: $349
▪ For YouTube TV subscribers if you bundle Sunday Ticket with the Red Zone channel and purchase before June 6: $289
▪ For YouTube TV subscribers if you bundle Sunday Ticket with the Red Zone channel and purchase after June 6: $389
▪ For non-You Tube TV subscribers who want to order Sunday Ticket a-la-carte and keep their current satellite, cable or streaming service: $349 if purchased before June 6
▪ For non-You Tube TV subscribers who want to order Sunday Ticket a-la-carte and keep their current satellite, cable or streaming service: $449 if purchased after June 6
▪ For non-You Tube TV subscribers who want to bundle Sunday Ticket with Red Zone and purchase before June 6: $389
▪ For non-You Tube TV subscribers who want to bundle Sunday Ticket with Red Zone and purchase after June 6: $489
By contrast, DirecTV — which had two million Sunday Ticket subscribers — offered the service free for one season for many first-time DirecTV subscribers and charged others $300 and as much as $400 if bundled with DirecTV’s Red Zone channel, which has been eliminated. Moving forward, there will be only one Red Zone channel, not two.
Here’s one thing that hasn’t changed: You cannot order a specific team’s games.
The NFL said out-of-market games also will continue to be available in some restaurants and sports bars.
Both Sunday Ticket subscribers who subscribe to YouTube TV and those who purchase it a la carte through YouTube Primetime Channels will be able to view four games at once, on a single screen, if they choose.
THIS AND THAT
▪ Some media notes on NBA playoff scheduling:
On Saturday, ESPN will carry Brooklyn-Philadelphia at 1, Atlanta-Boston at 3:30 and New York-Cleveland at 6. ABC will air Golden State-Sacramento at 8:30 p.m., marking the Kings’ first ABC appearance since 2007.
On Sunday, ABC will carry Lakers-Memphis at 3:30 p.m., and TNT will air the Bucks’ game (against the Heat, Toronto or Chicago) at 5:30, Clippers-Phoenix at 8, and Denver’s game (against Minnesota, New Orleans or Oklahoma City) at 10:30 p.m.
If the Heat plays the Bucks, Game 2 would be relegated to NBA TV next Wednesday at 9 p.m.. following Game 1 at 5:30 on Sunday on TNT in Wisconsin.
The Heat would host Game 3 next Saturday night (April 22) at 7:30 on ESPN and Game 4 the following Monday, with the time to be determined.
If needed, Game 5 would be Wednesday, April 26 in Milwaukee, Game 6 on Friday, April 28 in Miami, and Game 7 on Sunday, April 30 in Milwaukee. The times and national TV information haven’t been announced for those games.
In South Florida, Bally Sports Sun would carry the games not televised by ABC.
TNT has exclusivity for Friday’s 7 p.m. Heat play-in game, with Brian Anderson and Stan Van Gundy on the call.
ABC’s five games through the second weekend of the playoffs are Games 1 and 4 of Sacramento-Golden State, Games 3 and 4 of Knicks-Cleveland and Game 1 of Lakers-Memphis.
▪ Bally Sports Florida can air most first-round Panthers playoff games — the ones that aren’t exclusive to ABC, ESPN or Turner. Bally will carry every game that it is permitted to air.
▪ ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. has the Dolphins selecting TCU’s Steve Avila at No. 51 in his latest mock draft. Avila played guard, center and right tackle for TCU.
“The Dolphins have just four picks in this draft, two on Day 2 and two on Day 3,” Kiper said. “I could see them trading down to try to add more. I could see Avila being a good fit because of his versatility.
“He played every O-line position except for left tackle in college, seeing most of his time at center and left guard. Guard is likely where he would play for Miami. He’s a strong run blocker but he had some inconsistent reps in pass protection.”
▪ Nominees for the most prestigious Sports Emmy awards, announced this week:
Outstanding studio host: CBS’ James Brown, ESPN’s Rece Davis, NFL Network’s Rich Eisen, NBC’s Mike Tirico, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt.
Outstanding studio analyst: TNT’s Charles Barkley, ESPN’s Jay Bilas, CBS’ Nate Burleson, ESPN’s Ryan Clark, TNT’s Shaquille O’Neal, TNT’s Kenny Smith and Fox’s Tom Verducci.
Outstanding play by play: Turner’s and Fox’s Kenny Albert, NBC’s Mike Breen, ESPN’s Joe Buck, CBS’ and Turner’s Ian Eagle, ESPN’s Chris Fowler, Amazon’s Al Michaels and NBC’s Mike Tirico.
Outstanding game analyst: NBC’s Cris Collinsworth, CBS’ Gary Danielson, ESPN2’s Payton Manning, CBS’ Bill Raftery, Fox’s John Smoltz.
