From: darkstar7646@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 8:57:40 AM UTC-8, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
      
   > Somehow, I don't think having one wild card playoff game on Peacock is going   
   to result in that many new subscriptions. I have a feeling the real reason NBC   
   Universal is doing this is to gauge whether or not it would be worth it to air   
   some regular    
   season games as Peacock exclusives, the way Amazon Prime does.   
      
   Exactly.   
      
   You're probably staring into the teeth of a dual-exclusive deal -- half the   
   season on Peacock, half on Amazon Prime.   
      
   The problem in the way is that most of the pro teams are utter shit, and you   
   can't even get Al Michaels to give a fuck about the games, and you're hearing   
   it -- from both him and future FOX guru Tom Brady.   
      
   > Except for the Super Bowl and maybe the CFP Championship, I would say, "You   
   can pretty much count on that happening already."    
      
   The only reason Monday Night Football isn't pay-TV is because of the actor and   
   writer strikes.   
      
   > There would be too much backlash if the Super Bowl ended up PPV - especially   
   if the halftime show was PPV as well.    
      
   Oh, Hell.  I see worse.   
      
   The game is six hours long and each quarter has a concert between them.  All   
   on PPV.   
      
   > I can also hear all of the NBC affiliates screaming at 30 Rock right now if   
   NBC even thinks about airing the Super Bowl only on Peacock. The same applies   
   to West 57th Street and Paramount+, or wherever ABC is located nowadays and   
   any of Disney+ / Hulu /   
    ESPN+. At least Fox doesn't have any partner streaming service; remember, the   
   Fox network had to be left out of the Disney buyout as the FCC would not allow   
   Disney to own both the Fox and ABC networks.    
      
   NBC is already basically on life support as it is.   
       
   > What I can see happening is, if, say, Amazon Prime or Apple TV has the game,   
   it would air it for free - but with the usual expensive ads. The problem now   
   is, getting access to the network; unless your "smart TV" already has the   
   network, you need to run    
   out and buy something like a Roku box or Amazon Fire stick. Now there's   
   something I can see - Amazon airing the game for free, but on a dedicated   
   Super Bowl channel that can be accessed only on Amazon Fire.   
      
   They'd have to do something they aren't doing for Thursday Night -- remove the   
   Twitch option.   
      
   Mike   
      
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