Quote from Savings Beagle on December 21, 2022, 9:53 am

This move has been confirmed.  The streaming platform, YouTube,  is paying roughly $2 billion per year for the rights to Sunday Ticket for the next seven years.

If you're a DirecTV subscriber primarily for its Sunday Ticket package, you've known for a while now that this is the last NFL season for the NFL/DirecTV partnership.

Negotiations have been going on between a number of media platforms - DirecTV excluded - and the NFL to take over Sunday Ticket, and it looks like only the final details have to be worked out before an official announcement is made.

And, once those details are worked out, the new host for Sunday Ticket will very likely be YouTube TV.

If you're not familiar with YouTube TV, it's the live-TV streaming platform of Google that closely approximates the cable/satellite experience at a slightly lower per month price point.  Currently, YouTube TV offers approximately 100 channels for $64.99 per month, plus tax, with an unlimited DVR and the option to add additional channels via subscription.

Similar to how it's worked with DirecTV for years, it's likely via an add-on subscription that the NFL Sunday Ticket package will be offered.

But, I guess there is a possibility that Google/YouTube TV will offer the Sunday Ticket package outside of its streaming YouTube TV platform.  That's doubtful, though, considering Google would be foregoing the additional $65 per month it could generate as an "entry fee" for those wanting to subscribe to Sunday Ticket.  

*Update - It looks as though Sunday Ticket will be offered as an add-on to the cable-like streaming platform, YouTube TV, but will also be available via YouTube's online streaming services marketplace called Primetime Channels. Pricing has yet to be released.*

What's nice about YouTube TV is that there are no contracts.  Subscriptions are month to month, allowing you to subscribe, cancel, and re-subscribe at any time.

If you want to get a look at the YouTube TV platform for when (or I guess, if, is still a possibility) the Sunday Ticket announcement is officially made, new users can typically try out the service for free for a period of time...check when signing up what's offered for your Gmail account (a requirement to subscribe to YouTube TV).

Or, if you want to jump in right away, YouTube TV has been, and currently still is, offering a discounted price of $54.99 per month for the first 3 months of service.

If you sign up via Savings Beagle's referral link here, you should get a $15 discount for one month...just make sure you're also getting the $54.99 price for 3 months, otherwise, that's the better subscription option.

And, if you pay your first month's charge of $54.99 or more prior to December 31, 2022, and have a Chase credit card, be sure to check for the YouTube TV Chase Offer that'll provide a one-time $20 statement credit.

Wrap Up

If the latest reports are to be believed, the rights to Sunday Ticket will be purchased by Google/YouTube TV for the coming NFL seasons.

DirecTV has held those rights for many years, but those days are in the final NFL game weeks now.

There are a number of details that still need to be released - aside from a truly official partnership announcement - such as subscription requirements and pricing.

But the bigger question of where Sunday Ticket will land seems to now be answered.