Apple TV buys all MLS broadcast rights for 10 years

don gagliardi · Nov 18, 2025

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Even if that 12” black and white TV was still working (which would be increasingly unlikely considering how much harder finding old, often discontinued parts gets over the years, as I’d witnessed first hand having had an electronic-technician father), you’d still need (as of June 2009) an analog-to-digital converter box to watch anything on it or any TV sold before 2008/2009 (TV’s sold afterward had and still have such converters already built into the TV) for that matter.

-G
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So, I should despise the current state of technology more than I do already?

Goodsport · Nov 18, 2025

don gagliardi said: ↑

So, I should despise the current state of technology more than I do already?
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Either that or get what outwardly looks like a 12” black and white TV but is actually a TV with either 4k or 8k resolution (similar to those 1950’s-looking jukeboxes currently in Denny’s restaurants that are actually giant MP3 players).

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-G

don gagliardi · Nov 18, 2025

mjlee22 · Nov 18, 2025

don gagliardi said: ↑

With 12” black and white TV you turned a knob to the desired station.
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When my kids were little and naughty, I would punish them by taking away the TV remote. I never said they couldn't watch TV, i just took away the remote. I always thought it funny that they would not walk over to the TV to turn it on manually.

JazzyJ · Nov 18, 2025

mjlee22 said: ↑

When my kids were little and naughty, I would punish them by taking away the TV remote. I never said they couldn't watch TV, i just took away the remote. I always thought it funny that they would not walk over to the TV to turn it on manually.
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They probably didn't know how to operate the TV manually . Nowadays I think most TV's can't be operated manually, but not sure. I don't use TV's anymore.

mjlee22 · Nov 18, 2025

JazzyJ said: ↑

They probably didn't know how to operate the TV manually . Nowadays I think most TV's can't be operated manually, but not sure. I don't use TV's anymore.
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Nah, they knew how. they were like 5-10 years old. They just felt so punished, having to get up off the couch.

don gagliardi · Nov 19, 2025

mjlee22 said: ↑

When my kids were little and naughty, I would punish them by taking away the TV remote. I never said they couldn't watch TV, i just took away the remote. I always thought it funny that they would not walk over to the TV to turn it on manually.
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I once got punished with no TV while the Sabres were in the Stanley Cup finals. Fortunately, I had a transistor radio, and I went to bed early and huddled under the sheets secretly listening to the radiocast of the famous Fog Game fifty years ago.

mjlee22 · Nov 19, 2025

don gagliardi said: ↑

I once got punished with no TV while the Sabres were in the Stanley Cup finals. Fortunately, I had a transistor radio, and I went to bed early and huddled under the sheets secretly listening to the radiocast of the famous Fog Game fifty years ago.

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And that’s what inspired you to become a lawyer, right?

don gagliardi · Nov 19, 2025

mjlee22 said: ↑

And that’s what inspired you to become a lawyer, right?
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Didn’t say the punishment was undeserved.

mjlee22 · Nov 20, 2025

don gagliardi said: ↑

Didn’t say the punishment was undeserved.
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And you worked your way around the punishment, like a good lawyer

Goodsport · Dec 3, 2025

“MLS viewership soars during Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs” (MLSsoccer.com - Tuesday, 12/2/25)

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-G

Goodsport · Dec 8, 2025

With the last Formula 1 race of the 2025 calendar year having just aired its last broadcast here on ESPN, F1’s U.S. broadcast rights now shift to Apple TV ahead of the new season of races beginning on March 7th.

The next chapter of Formula 1 in the US starts March 7. Watch every 2026 Grand Prix, only on Apple TV. pic.twitter.com/qCruMOWoqa
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) December 7, 2025

Not to mention that F1: The Movie begins streaming for free on Apple TV starting this coming Friday, December 12th.

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-G

Goodsport · Dec 11, 2025

Not to mention that F1: The Movie begins streaming for free on Apple TV starting this coming Friday, December 12th.
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In fact, F1: The Movie has just become available for free for Apple TV subscribers right now.

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

Goodsport · Dec 16, 2025

I just finished watching F1: The Movie on Apple TV and am now ready to watch Formula 1 starting this coming March.

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

SalinasQuakesFan · Dec 16, 2025

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I just finished watching F1: The Movie on Apple TV and am now ready to watch Formula 1 starting this coming March.

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G
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Spoiler the races will be nothing like the movie.

TyffaneeSue · Dec 16, 2025

The movie would have been nothing like the movie without Brad, and without the constant narration explaining what was going on.

My son has a Nintendo with a Mario racing game, and playing that is far more immersive and exciting than the movie!