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I Put DIRECTV's New MySports Plan to the Test! Is It Worth the Savings?
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Jan 24, 2025
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this may look like the regular Direct TV
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stream service but it's not what's new
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and what's different I'm sharing my
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first look at my sports since I started
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on this beat 10 years ago I've been
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hearing from sports fans who say they
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don't want to pay for anything except
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the sports channels so no news channels
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and no entertainment channels take a
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look at this recently I reviewed the top
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100 TV networks the ones offered in big
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bundles from live TV streaming services
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as well as traditional providers and it
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turns out only about 20% of the networks
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that you see here carry live sports if
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you're someone like a viewer named Caleb
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who only watches 13 broadcast TV and
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cable Sports Networks you're wondering
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why you're paying for so many channels
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that you don't watch with the launch of
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Direct TV streams my sports package
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we're seeing what happens when the big
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bundle shrinks down offering mostly
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Sports networks I signed up put it to
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the test I've got seven things you need
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to know let's get started number one
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today is the pricing I'd say that's
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pretty important the no contract my
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sports plan includes more than 25
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networks for $70 a month although I did
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get a limited time sign up offer now I'm
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testing out the plan during its beta
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launch Direct TV stream has already
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confirmed there will be changes
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additional Network more local stations
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and ESPN plus included at no extra
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charge plus Regional Sports networks
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available as add-ons let's keep it
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moving number two I want to share with
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you my first impressions after signing
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up on the Direct TV stream website I use
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the Direct TV app on my Roku to access
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my sports if you've got an Amazon Fire
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TV maybe an Apple TV device those are
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also compatible now once I entered my
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username and my password I was
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immediately taken to a screen to
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customize my plan channels and teams
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reminds me of what YouTube TV does
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pretty quickly while just on this screen
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I realized that my sports is not just
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about sports more on that later I
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continued choosing my favorite channels
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and selecting my favorite teams and then
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I was taken to the mys sports home
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screen that's this are you noticing
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anything for me the my Sports home
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screen looks very familiar and it may
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look familiar to you too because it's
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the same look and feel as other Direct
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TV services including Direct TV stream
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and my free Direct TV if you have not
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used this app before just a few
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highlights the row along the top of this
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home screen that displays your recent
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channels and for the channel you've got
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highlighted a video preview plac below
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with recommendations along the side not
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a bad user experience at all at all now
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when I scroll down the home screen for
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the first time and you're seeing that
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here I saw sections for live and
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upcoming Sports basketball football
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sports talk all things that you would
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expect to see from a sports app but then
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there was this I'll call it the first
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surprise but I guess we had a clue
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during the customization process you see
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it here a row on the my sports home
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screen but it's dedicated entirely to
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news the same channels that some sports
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fans say they don't want to pay for
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below the news row my sports goes back
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to sports at least temporarily but then
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three rows later there are
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recommendations for both movies and TV
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shows so in addition to news it sure
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looks like this plan also has some
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entertainment content I got to pause the
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walk through right there let's take a
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closer look at that channel lineup and
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what is really included with this my
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sports plan that is number three today
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and this is the website for Direct TV
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streams my sports it says the only
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lineup packed exclusively with sports
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channels but then where's all this news
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and entertainment content coming from as
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promised let me show you the my sports
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channel lineup at the time of my testing
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it is made up primarily of networks with
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sports rights but certainly not
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exclusively ESPN TNT TBS FS1 NFL Network
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and more some of the networks here carry
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a mix of both sports and entertainment
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the Turner networks for example so that
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makes sense but what's more puzzling is
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the handful of cable news networks
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included I can't fully explain why this
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is the case because details of pay TV
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negotiations are very secretive but we
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do know that Direct TV first made a deal
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with Disney to offer more flexible plans
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including this Sports bundle we're
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talking about today you may remember
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that deal came after a twoe channel
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blackout let's put Disney aside the
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other components of the my sports plan
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include sports channels owned by other
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companies Fox Warner Brothers Discovery
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and NBC Universal that is just three of
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them and those three are the ones that
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own the news networks in this plan so
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it's possible that including those news
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networks was the easiest or the only way
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to get those other companies to join the
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my sports plan let me know what you
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think down in the comments below when I
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was flipping through the mys sports live
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guide I counted way more than the 25
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channels listed on the website some of
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these channels I did recognize it looks
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like the my free Direct TV channels are
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also included now there are some free
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additional Sports networks among those
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channels but also a lot of non-sports
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content we're up to number four today
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and I want to go through a few quick
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notes that I've got about the features
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of the app the mys sports plan includes
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unlimited Cloud DVR storage your
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recordings are saved for up to 9 months
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it does appear you're limited to three
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simultaneous streams with this plan 4K
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content that's included at no additional
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charge you can create additional
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profiles and I was able to test my
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sports on multiple devices not just my
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TV but I streamed it from my phone using
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the Direct TV app and I logged in from a
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web browser on Direct TV streams website
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as I've spent more time with my sports I
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keep coming back to the fact that it has
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a lot of sports but not all sports and
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even though it is a skinny bundle there
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is still quite a bit of filler both free
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and paid channels that brings me to
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number five one example of how this
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Sports bundle can improve and it's got
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nothing to do with the price I've shown
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you how while navigating the my sports
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home screen and live guide there's still
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a lot of non-sports programming that all
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changes when you navigate here to the
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sports Central tab I don't know about
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you but when I sign up for something
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called my sports this is what I want to
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see it starts with live and upcoming
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games then teams and different sports
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when you select a team you can set
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recordings and enable notifications you
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can also see your favorite team schedule
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which is useful but depending on the
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team this can also highlight some
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problems with this plan for example some
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of these games require a subscription
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upgrade one that is not available at
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recording time the sports Central tab of
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my sports looks a lot more like a sports
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app but the home screen at launch really
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doesn't and I think my sports could do a
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better job of actually showcasing the
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sports content people are signing up for
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number six today who should get my
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sports there are some people who will
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find everything or mostly everything
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they want in the mys sports plan but the
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$70 a month regular price makes it
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difficult for me to see a big market for
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my sports or really any other service
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like it as far as attracting new
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customers question is do you want a $70
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a month service that includes some
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compromises or would you rather pay $15
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a month more for a big bundle service
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like YouTube TV that has everything you
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need don't get me wrong saving $15 a
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month will be worth it for some people I
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actually think this service may end up
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making the most sense for current Direct
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TV stream customers people who like the
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look and feel of the app but they want
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to downgrade because their big bundle
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plan has gotten too expensive
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unfortunately from what I can tell
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current Direct TV stream customers are
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not being offered an easy way to make
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the switch to my sports here are my key
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takeaways and first I'm going to give
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Direct TV some credit for delivering on
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its promise to offer more flexible plans
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starting with the my sports bundle I
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realize it's not priced exactly where
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some sports fans would like it though
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but we can't forget that Legacy Media
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and now tech companies are paying a
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fortune for sports rights because that
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is what people watch 87 of the top 100
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programs in 2024 according to the sports
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Business Journal Cable Sports and
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broadcast TV networks that carry a lot
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of sports are the real reasons why your
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pay TV bill has gone up so frequently
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and so sharply it's not so much about
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the entertainment networks that
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sometimes get the blame because really
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if that were the case there would be a
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much larger difference in price between
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my sports and the big bundle services
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not around
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$15 before you sign up for my sports
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check availability check the channel
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lineup including local stations and
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check for limited time deals I'll have a
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link below it'll take you to the mys
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sport section of Direct TV streams
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website and if the price is just too
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high an antenna for local stations and
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the ESPN direct consumer service
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launching in the fall that could be a
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moneysaving combo this Michael saves
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