MLS TV Rights

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  1. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
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    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  2. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
    They'll do a Christmas drone show
     
  3. cleazer

    cleazer Member+

    May 6, 2003
    Toledo, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Okay, since we're all getting Apple TV accounts, I have a question for those that already have them: what's worth watching?
    1. MLS
    2. Formula 1
    3. Ted Lasso
    4. ????

    I am aware of 3. Can anyone suggest what spots 4-10 might be?
     
  4. ColumbusFTW

    ColumbusFTW Member+

    Jul 18, 2018
    Slow Horses
    Severance
    Shrinking
    Your Friends and Neighbors
    Bad Monkey
    Presumed Innocent
    Silo
    Mythic Quest
    The Studio

    Other than season 1 and about half of season 2, I'd argue Ted Lasso is average to below average quality in relation to their other original shows. It's really hard to find a dud in their lineup. They're the opposite of Netflix, which requires wading through a voluminous amount of slop to find good stuff. Plenty of options, very little filler.
     
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  5. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When AppleTV first launched, there was hype around "The Morning Show". It was nominated a bunch of times and even won various awards. However, seeing as it focused on some hot-button topics, I'm guessing it might seem a little dated five or so years later.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morning_Show_(American_TV_series)
     
  6. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
    Pluribus the breaking bad creator's new series
     
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  7. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have heard that Foundation is interesting....
     
  8. GoCrew1996

    GoCrew1996 Member+

    Jan 20, 2007
    Club:
    Columbus Crew

    AppleTV is my favorite streaming service.

    For all mankind, slow horses, pluribus, morning show, the studio, silo, severence, shrinking, foundation, sugar, bad monkey, mythic quest and your friends and neighbors are all worth watching.

    Palm Royale, loot, and murderbot are pretty good too.
     
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  9. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    For All Mankind is awesome!!
     
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  10. jairadballerina

    jairadballerina Member+

    Sep 15, 2004
    C-Town
    Only going to add to the impressive list above that Stick is worth checking out. Similar feel like Lasso but golf themed.
     
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  11. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  12. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ok, so that first number is playoff viewership. So that means viewers per regular season match (assuming a standard 15 match week) was 246,666.

    So, there has been a 464,334 increase in viewers per match? A damn near tripling of viewership?

    I'm either calling shenanigans on that, or that removing the extra paywall for the playoffs is doing a lot of work there.
     
  13. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sign me up to see next year's numbers. (Plus there's a few shows on AppleTV I want to watch, but that's for another thread.)

    Since they've made these games available to everyone with AppleTV, I wouldn't be surprised if they're comparable. Availability goes way up, but that doesn't matter if they don't watch.

    I can't imagine a lot of people paid the annual fee to watch games. We'll never know how many people would have paid a single-team fee, but it probably wouldn't have been many. I'd imagine 99% of people wouldn't have minded the extra small amount to watch every game.

    This TV situation remains one of best in sports, IMO. (The other four leagues are a mess, but their logic is to spread it out to make it more noticable for casuals. Imagine being a Brewers fan in Central Ohio, especially if you don't have FanDuel channels.)
     
  14. soccerncbus

    soccerncbus Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Mar 29, 2018
    That increase seems reasonable. Last year's playoffs only had Miami playing 3 games, and did not have Son or Muller. This year Miami has played 5 games, LAFC played 3, and Vancouver has played 4. San Diego likely also likely helped draw in some extra eyes from Mexicans and Mexican-Americans with Chucky, even though he wasn't really playing a whole lot.

    So couple all of that with dropping the paywall, and yea that seems pretty reasonable.
     
  15. pjguldan

    pjguldan Member

    Jun 3, 2005
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This has existed since May 2023 on the AppleTV device (tvOS 16.5) and since December 2023 on the iPad (iPadOS 17.2). It's not on the iPhone I assume due to screen size.

    This update adds Multiview support in the Apple TV app for watching up to four live sporting events at once on Apple TV 4K (available for MLS Season Pass and Friday Night Baseball*) and includes performance and stability improvements.​
     
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