The 2018 MLS TV Thread

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  1. aztec21bas

    aztec21bas BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 24, 2009
    Mullica Hill, NJ
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    yes, yes it is.
     
  2. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Carson isn’t LA.
     
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  3. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Was it this one?
     
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  4. ManiacalClown

    ManiacalClown Member+

    Jun 27, 2003
    South Jersey
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yep!
     
  5. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    Old time MLS, like Eddie Shore.
     
  6. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
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  7. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Hey, I just signed up for YouTube TV. I wonder if I will get the LAFC games or if my zip code will lock me out.

    EDIT: I found the sentence I was looking for: "Locally televised LAFC matches will be geo-fenced and available only in the Los Angeles market on YouTube TV. " Ah, well.
     
  8. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    No it's only with YoutubeTv subscription $35/month
     
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  10. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Do I NEED YouTube TV to watch LAFC in 2018?

    No, you don’t! LAFC will make their games available to all fans in Los Angeles. The Club will soon announce a comprehensive broadcast package featuring a local, over-the-air Spanish-language broadcast partner as well as partnerships with both English and Spanish-language radio stations prior to the start of the season.
     
  11. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Yeah, Spanish will be OTA.
     
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  12. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  13. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    $35 a month is huge. A cable subscription, with all local sports channels plus 100mb internet costs me $29.99.

    And if you ring fence LA are people in the wider So Cal media market going to be able to watch?
     
  14. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    It must be nice to be in NYC. You can't get anything around here for $29.99. Local broadcast channels plus 60mb internet starts at $49.99 in Houston. That doesn't get you any sports channels. And that's an introductory rate that goes away eventually.
     
  15. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Yeah chord cutting is very very tempting here in Cali, where basic cable starts at $50. Unfortunately the braniacs at TWC figured this would happen, and spend insane amounts of money on the Dodgers, Lakers, Galaxy and Sparks. Now there is no way to cut the chord and still watch those teams.
     
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  16. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You should stop having MLS and soccer in general cause "EXTREME" nervousness in your life. Just enjoy the games...

    Don't worry, be happy.
     
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  17. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    $49.99, plus all those little hidden charges, includes 175+ channels, HBO, Showtime, internet, phone, all the main sports channels plus every local sports game.

    If you assume 7 or 8 LAFC games are shown nationally $35 a month works out at about $10 per game.
     
  18. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    After the introductory rate a package similar to that is ~ $200/month on DirecTV.
     
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  19. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    As I said, it must be nice to live in NYC. Nothing that cheap out here.
     
  20. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    NYC isn't really known for having cheap things though.
     
  21. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    oh shut the hell up.
     
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  22. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Surprised me, too. I guess there is more competition there or something. Most places you get one cable company, the phone company, and maybe satellite depending on your location. Those are your options. I can't put a satellite dish on my townhouse so I have two choices. Comcast and AT&T know it. That's why I'm trying out YouTube TV. We'll see if it saves me any money since both Comcast and AT&T charge more for internet if you don't bundle it with TV or a phone.
     
  23. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    By the way, only partially TV related but worth mentioning, we got our first apples to apples comparison of LAFC and LA Galaxy today.

    We learned that local TV English deal AND shirt sponsorship for LAFC =$4m

    We know that Galaxy get $5.5m for local TV and $5m for shirt sponsorship from the Pyramid scheme.

    So scoreboard is LAFC $4m and LA Galaxy $10.5m

    I'm surprised at the big discrepancy here.
     
  24. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Well we (Galaxy) got that big TWC money, that we really don't earn. They don't see Galaxy fans as valuable for whatever little we pay to have Sportsnet, but instead we are valuable because them having the Galaxy keeps us from cutting the chord. In essence, we are paying $100+/month for Galaxy/Lakers.

    Also, semi-legal pyramid schemes have to pay more to get on a team's jersey, and we got Herbalife :)
     
  25. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It isn't. You know it isn't. Carson isn't even Torrance. ;)

    james
     

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