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Fans also will have the option to purchase season plans on a direct-to-consumer basis through the Lightning’s app. Price details will be announced at the end of summer, but they are expected to be less than $1 a game.
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Is that based on an 82-game season, or the 70~ we get?

They'd have to have multiple plans. A discounted full-season, or per month.

edit: Vegas and Fl*r*d* both seem to only have season passes for $70 (P*nth*rs STMs get an additional discount). Where's the on-ramp for people joining after the Super Bowl?
 
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Felonious Python said:
Is that based on an 82-game season, or the 70~ we get?

They'd have to have multiple plans. A discounted full-season, or per month.

edit: Vegas and Fl*r*d* both seem to only have season passes for $70 (P*nth*rs STMs get an additional discount). Where's the on-ramp for people joining after the Super Bowl?
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it's OTA, so no money at all. but yeah, the national broadcasts wont be shown (ESPN, HBO MAX, TNT, NHL Network, etc.)
 
RussianGuyovich said:
it's OTA, so no money at all. but yeah, the national broadcasts wont be shown (ESPN, HBO MAX, TNT, NHL Network, etc.)
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OTA only really matters for TV viewers where the signal is available.

edit: so the question for me becomes, what kind of schedule for free internet games should they adopt? Afternoon games are typically associated with kids. Or maybe a certain day of the week.

I do like that the team can call an audible and make a certain game free for everyone. Does it diminish the price of the passes? Sure, but then don't overdo it.
 
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Yes? also the streaming is regionally locked too.

this is strictly for in-market. if you're out of market, you watch the ESPN+ whatever horseshit that they have next season
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Orlando or Pensacola are in Lightning territory, but outside the Tampa Bay television market. We'll probably get some type of OTA and cable availability, but the Lightning have to be able to capture people watching on different devices. I haven't watched a game on TV in years. It's all PC for me now.
 
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Orlando or Pensacola are in Lightning territory, but outside the Tampa Bay television market. We'll probably get some type of OTA and cable availability, but the Lightning have to be able to capture people watching on different devices. I haven't watched a game on TV in years. It's all PC for me now.
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im not like, defending anything here. im just conveying the intent of this. it's to make the games more accessible for the fans, so that the real revenue (gate) can be protected by increasing/placating the fan base. so, they are not as concerned about people out of market, as well as the fact that there is already national NHL television contracts with coverage that they (im sure) legally cannot interfere.
 
RussianGuyovich said:
im not like, defending anything here. im just conveying the intent of this. it's to make the games more accessible for the fans, so that the real revenue (gate) can be protected by increasing/placating the fan base. so, they are not as concerned about people out of market, as well as the fact that there is already national NHL television contracts with coverage that they (im sure) legally cannot interfere.
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I don't see a downside to offering both yearly and monthly payment plans. FanDuelSN and ESPN+ do that. That's accessible.

The flywheel for internet viewers should be: free weekly game into monthly sub into yearly sub.

Having a 4 Nations and then asking a newbie to pay $70 for like the last two months of the regular season is asking a lot.

OTA has its own subset of the audience.
 
Felonious Python said:
I don't see a downside to offering both yearly and monthly payment plans. FanDuelSN and ESPN+ do that. That's accessible.

The flywheel for internet viewers should be: free weekly game into monthly sub into yearly sub.

Having a 4 Nations and then asking a newbie to pay $70 for like the last two months of the regular season is asking a lot.

OTA has its own subset of the audience.
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Well, like I said, In market is covered as free. And going out of market is probably a legal issue.
 
Help me out...will this station be on Spectrum? Frontier? Online only?

Games will be free on the app to folks living in the TB area?

Cash grab?
 
T REX said:
Help me out...will this station be on Spectrum? Frontier? Online only?

Games will be free on the app to folks living in the TB area?

Cash grab?
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They're probably negotiating right now to get on Spectrum and Frontier. No obvious reason it doesn't get done though. My understanding is streaming through the app would be paid. If you don't want to pay it'll be free via antenna if you can't get it through cable.
 
Hoek said:
Just got a flat antenna and looks like I pick up WXPX 66 just fine so I might be cutting the cord soon.
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Can I ask what brand and/or model? Buying antennas is probably a pretty new thing for most of us. (and honestly a lot of junk marketing. 1000-mile range, get CNN and ESPN, etc.)

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There are some links in the OP for antennas, just for a situation like this. To check if you can likely get WXPX 66, then check your address at rabbitears.info.

WXPX 66's transmitter is in Bradenton, for reference.


Looking at 66's information, I see it's only a 720p signal. If you're used to 1080p or better, then adjust your expectations.

66's coverage map.
It's actually not great coverage for parts of TB. In Brooksville, the signal is already 'poor'. Lake Wales is 'fair'.
 
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Can I ask what brand and/or model? Buying antennas is probably a pretty new thing for most of us. (and honestly a lot of junk marketing. 1000-mile range, get CNN and ESPN, etc.)
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After reading some reviews, mostly WireCutter, I just got the Channel Master Flatenna might be able to get it cheaper on Amazon there was a lightning deal (heh) at the time I checked. RabbitEars said the signal was 'Good' in my location. If you're a bit further out with worse signal it might be better to get the amplified version, but if you're close to the station with a strong signal then amplification might make things worse as it boosts any noise too. I'm also able to pick up the other major broadcast networks even though most of them are VHF and supposedly those aren't picked up by flat antennas very well. A lot of people on Reddit swear by the old fashioned rabbit ear antennas to pick up VHF stations better with the extendable arms. Flat antennas are just nice because they're a little easier to hide or put out of the way since they stick to the wall. I have a wall that faces most of the stations so it works out decent. Also you don't have to get Channel Master there's a lot of copy cats including Best Buy's own.

My understanding is a lot of sports are broadcast in 720p anyway because it's higher framerate. Or maybe that's old news. I just know back in the day it was either 720p at 60 fps or 1080i at 30 fps, which only looked decent because TVs would de-interlace and interpolate frames.
 
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Hoek said:
After reading some reviews, mostly WireCutter, I just got the Channel Master Flatenna might be able to get it cheaper on Amazon there was a lightning deal (heh) at the time I checked. RabbitEars said the signal was 'Good' in my location. If you're a bit further out with worse signal it might be better to get the amplified version, but if you're close to the station with a strong signal then amplification might make things worse as it boosts any noise too. I'm also able to pick up the other major broadcast networks even though most of them are VHF and supposedly those aren't picked up by flat antennas very well. A lot of people on Reddit swear by the old fashioned rabbit ear antennas to pick up VHF stations better with the extendable arms. Flat antennas are just nice because they're a little easier to hide or put out of the way since they stick to the wall. I have a wall that faces most of the stations so it works out decent. Also you don't have to get Channel Master there's a lot of copy cats including Best Buy's own.

My understanding is a lot of sports are broadcast in 720p anyway because it's higher framerate. Or maybe that's old news. I just know back in the day it was either 720p at 60 fps or 1080i at 30 fps, which only looked decent because TVs would de-interlace and interpolate frames.
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This explains it pretty well. The video being a few years old is fine. We aren't talking about the latest and greatest technological breakthroughs.
 
The code is SPRINGSAVINGS

There is some hockey to be found on Peacock. Notre Dame games in particular, but they've got Premier League and NFL as well.
 
The deal with Scripps Sports also opens the door to expand the Lightning’s reach farther in the state, putting games in homes that are in the team’s TV market but suffered from the similar accessibility issues.

The Lightning possess a huge regional TV jurisdiction that starts north of Fort Myers and runs all the way up to Florida’s northern border, including huge population hubs like Orlando and Jacksonville as well as Gainesville, Tallahassee and Pensacola. (The Panthers own south Florida and much of the southern gulf coast, including Naples and Fort Myers.)

Scripps owns a number of TV stations in those markets and has relationships with others, and as soon as Wednesday’s announcement went down, negotiations began to bring Lightning games to some of those stations.
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www.tampabay.com

New TV deal will help Lightning broaden their brand

The hockey team has a new broadcast partner in Scripps Sports.
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Hoek said:
www.tampabay.com

New TV deal will help Lightning broaden their brand

The hockey team has a new broadcast partner in Scripps Sports.
www.tampabay.com www.tampabay.com
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Scripps are the Spelling Bee people.

Scripps also owns:
WPXC in Brunswick, GA, but is the Ion station for Jacksonville.
Orlando - WOPX (Ion)
Tallahassee - WTXL (ABC)
Tampa - WFTS (ABC Action News)

All of these stations are 720p, so equally capable as TB66. The ABC stations also have SD (480i) sub channels.

edit: WPXC's range is tiny. I don't think it can make it to Jacksonville. https://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?map=Y&appid=4c48483820f143a5bbcfcf6212b6c0ea&site=1

So Jax, Gainesville, and Pensacola needs some work. I don't think we're getting regular coverage on Tallahassee's ABC station, so them too.
 
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