Yanks Reach Deal With FiOS For Broadband Games
Via MultiChannel News -
New York Yankees fans who subscribe to Verizon FIOS TV will be able to stream live Yankees games via their computer as part of a deal reached between the YES Network and the telco.
As part of a multiyear agreement between Verizon and the YES Network, Verizon Internet customers who subscribe to FiOS TV and also are receiving the YES Network as part of their TV package will be able to buy access to live, streaming coverage of Yankees games throughout the remainder of the 2009 regular season.
Verizon customers will have to pay a one-time price of $29.95 or a monthly fee of $19.95 from now until the end of the season in October. The package begins with the YES network’s Aug. 14 Yankees-Seattle Mariners game
The deal is the second in-market, broadband distribution agreement for YES, following a similar arrangement with Cablevision Systems Corp. announced in June. Neither YES network or the operator will reveal how many Cablevision subscribers have taken advantage of the broadband offer.
Hey, for another $1,500 on top of the $29.95, you can watch the games on your PC while sitting in a pair of seats from the old Stadium!
Call me up when you can something Yankees-related for free…
Seems like a reasonable price to pay for a useful service. I have no issue with what they’re charging here. Moreover, why shouldn’t they charge? What would you want them to do, give it away for free?
why not just get DVR? it’s better
MJ wrote:
I already pay $155 a month for my FiOS package – ‘net/phone/TV. You think, with that, they could throw me a bone and give me the Yankees on the PC for free?
or even better, if you want to do it for free. take your pc plug it into your fios box (this may require a video card upgrade). set up a local server (free) and stream the live video (requires a net connection) and download it from a laptop anywhere(requires a net connection). bam, free. (and you can record the live feed onto your pc or laptops hard drive for later viewing)