[Official] Astros Off-Season

Astros CityConnect jersey coming soon.



Oh? Maybe this is it?


Nationals just revealed theirs.

Spoiler

 

Hmm. Looks neat.

 

Lets piss fans off really early in the season. That'll make em want our product.

 

That apple tv stuff is a bummer.
I already pay quite a bit for direct TV and the at&t channel.

 

They won't make a cent from me. But I blame MLB for their crazy blackout policy.

 

AppleTV+ is $4.99 a month. I get a deal thru AppleTV+ that gives me Showtime and Paramount+ for $9.99 total. So for $15, I get all 3.

 

Y'all should be paying for Apple+ anyways... consistently great content.

 

Does anyone know if you can watch replays of the game on Apple TV+?

Or will it be live only?

 

I should be listening to free broadcasts if I have to suffer through the commercials.

So why pay for cable when it has insufferable commercials?

 

Apple TV+ shows don't have commercials.

 

Those national jerseys are terrible. Love the Stros jerseys

 

Since I am stuck in Idaho I sub to MLB.TV

Last year even youtube TV games were on.

Hopefully the Apple TV games will be to.

Haven't looked

 

I wonder if Apple will have the games in 4k/HDR. That alone is worth the subscription!

 

Streaming is how all sports content will be consumed in the near future (if it isn't already). There's also far more money to be made by all parties when optimized correctly, given how the money comes from each viewer who can choose to watch individual games or subscribe for an entire season, all at a certain rate.

Teams are also banking that you won't simply give up your cable tv or sports channel subscription... merely that you'll just add on with amazon prime, youtube, apple tv. To take it further, the cable companies aren now partnering with those streaming sites to make it "easier" to access them through their equipment (xfinity just added appleTV+ last week).

If baseball gets this right, expect contracts to eclipse $400-500 million within 2-3 years.

 

Apple is also making the streams free for the first half of the year.

 

Right, but you still need to be on the Apple TV+ app to access the games. And you have to pay $4.99/month to get that (or get deals if you buy an Apple product.)