NFL Thursday night football

[jerseyjjs]

 

      I'll be on the Magic in September and I'm wondering if Carnival will have the Thursday night game on or will it be blocked because Amazon Prime has acquired the rights to the game.    I'm skeptical that Carnival's weak wifi service will have the capacity to stream it on my laptop/phone.  Any IT folks able to offer advice?

[mz-s]

Oh you mean to watch it on your own. Generally the internet isn't good enough to stream video. But you can try. I just wouldn't buy the internet just for that. Pretty sure you'll need the Premium plan to even have a chance to watch it.

[jerseyjjs]

1 minute ago, mz-s said:

Oh you mean to watch it on your own. Generally the internet isn't good enough to stream video. But you can try. I just wouldn't buy the internet just for that. Pretty sure you'll need the Premium plan to even have a chance to watch it.

 

 

I'm not so sure Carnival will be able to show it around the ship (Sky Box bar, casino bars, Red Frog Pub) with it being strictly on Amazon unless Carnival has Direct TV.

[mz-s]

4 minutes ago, jerseyjjs said:

 

 

I'm not so sure Carnival will be able to show it around the ship (Sky Box bar, casino bars, Red Frog Pub) with it being strictly on Amazon unless Carnival has Direct TV.

 

They only show ESPN. So if it's not on ESPN it won't be shown onboard.

[Saint Greg]

4 minutes ago, mz-s said:

 

They only show ESPN. So if it's not on ESPN it won't be shown onboard.

Not true with football. They do have a package that gets them NFL games. And you can’t always go by what is on regular ESPN. Last December I was not expecting the Big XII championship to be On vista because it was not on an espn network, but it was on. Yet a game that was on normal espn was not on.

[jerseyjjs]

4 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

Not true with football. They do have a package that gets them NFL games. And you can’t always go by what is on regular ESPN. Last December I was not expecting the Big XII championship to be On vista because it was not on an espn network, but it was on. Yet a game that was on normal espn was not on.

 

 

      Yes, I believe Carnival uses the ESPN channel to stream the NFL games through.  That's why, at least 4 years ago, I watched about 4 early Sunday games, a few later games too.  I was just wondering if they use can use Direct TV or whatever Carnival uses to broadcast the TNF game through Amazon.

[Saint Greg]

27 minutes ago, jerseyjjs said:

 

      I'll be on the Magic in September and I'm wondering if Carnival will have the Thursday night game on or will it be blocked because Amazon Prime has acquired the rights to the game.    I'm skeptical that Carnival's weak wifi service will have the capacity to stream it on my laptop/phone.  Any IT folks able to offer advice?

I have cruise one week during football season each year since 2018. They have had a package that gets them NFL games including all prime time games. I would expect it to

be on. In 2019 when I was on Magic it was on in the red frog pub and the casino bar. One year the they had no signal and the Thursday night game was not on at all. I would not count on being able to stream it with their internet. 

[Saint Greg]

4 minutes ago, jerseyjjs said:

 

 

      Yes, I believe Carnival uses the ESPN channel to stream the NFL games through.  That's why, at least 4 years ago, I watched about 4 early Sunday games, a few later games too.  I was just wondering if they use can use Direct TV or whatever Carnival uses to broadcast the TNF game through Amazon.

I think it will be included in whatever package they have but the truth is nobody on here really knows for sure.
 

[mz-s]

16 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

Not true with football. They do have a package that gets them NFL games. And you can’t always go by what is on regular ESPN. Last December I was not expecting the Big XII championship to be On vista because it was not on an espn network, but it was on. Yet a game that was on normal espn was not on.

 

I believe you, especially considering I'm not an NFL fan. But every time I've asked them in the sports bar to play a game or something, they ask "is it on ESPN?"

[Saint Greg]

17 minutes ago, mz-s said:

 

I believe you, especially considering I'm not an NFL fan. But every time I've asked them in the sports bar to play a game or something, they ask "is it on ESPN?"

That would be true for everything except NFL. If you want to watch golf or nascar or basketball or hockey it generally needs to be on an ESPN channel. They do sometimes get some special deals for the World Series or the masters. I watched the World Series on panorama last year and I believe that was on fox. They always have a special deal for the NFL. I’m not guaranteeing they’ll show every NFL game but they will show some. Whether or not you get to see a particular game May depend on the bartender. I have seen the Eagles game be on in the red frog pub and at the Same time the casino bartender is telling people he can’t get that game.

 

 

 

Edited June 13, 2022 by Saint Greg

[mz-s]

3 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

That would be true for everything except NFL. If you want to watch golf or nascar or basketball or hockey it generally needs to be on an ESPN channel. They do sometimes get some special deals for the World Series or the masters. They always have a special deal for the NFL. I’m not guaranteeing they’ll show every NFL game but they will show some. Whether or not you get to see a particular game May depend on the bartender. I have seen the Eagles game be on in the red frog pub and at the Same time the casino bartender is telling people he can’t get that game.

 

Makes a lot of sense, the NFL is certainly America's game these days. I just cannot watch it on TV.

[Saint Greg]

Kind of weird having people who don’t even watch football on the ship try to jump in and answer the question. I mean…I don’t try to answer questions on the spa.

[Lane Hog]

This year will be a challenge for the non-streamers... 

Sunday games aren't a problem (yet) because DirecTV has Sunday Ticket included in their commercial packages.  Monday night games aren't a problem because ESPN carries those.

Seven of the games on TNF will still be carried on NFL Network, and Amazon will be working with local network affiliates who typically air games in the home markets (e.g. Green Bay games are almost always carried on local station WGBA NBC26 unless it's a game being aired nationally on either CBS or FOX).  I don't know if the programming packages sold to the cruise lines includes east/west coast national affiliates or not, but presumably any games in NYC or LA might be available if they do.

The other eight games will only be available nationally via Prime.

Edited June 14, 2022 by Lane Hog

[BlerkOne]

Carnival can show anything they care to pay for.

[highcorral25]

I'll be onboard the Sunrise for the opening season MNF game between Denver and Seattle on ESPN on Monday 9/12.  Looking forward to it.  WILSON!!!!!!!

[Guest BasicSailor]

I think you're all right for all the wrong reasons 😉. Remember these days its less TV programs and more casino play.

[BlerkOne]

19 minutes ago, BasicSailor said:

I think you're all right for all the wrong reasons 😉. Remember these days its less TV programs and more casino play.

Remember the casino bars often double as sports bars. So far, Amazon hasn't announced a package for sports bars in land, but they are missing out on a revenue stream if they don't. Carnival is unlikely to purchase it, but maybe ..

[dallasdan]

I was on the Dream in December and we watched NFL games on Sunday, Monday and Thursday in the Casino bar and TVs through out the casino.  If I remember the dream didn't have a sports bar.

[jerseyjjs]

Just putting this out there.  I sent an email to CCLSupport and this was the response:

 

Hello Mate,
 

It will depend on the satellite broadcasting and location of the ship. If we do have access, we we will have it on.

 

Cheers,

John

[kdr69]

3 hours ago, jerseyjjs said:

Just putting this out there.  I sent an email to CCLSupport and this was the response:

 

Hello Mate,
 

It will depend on the satellite broadcasting and location of the ship. If we do have access, we we will have it on.

 

Cheers,

John

John works for CCLSupport?

[Host Carolyn]

I believe the Thursday NFL games are only going to be on Amazon Prime?

[jetsfan58]

Hopefully My NY Jets gets priority!

[jerseyjjs]

1 hour ago, Host Carolyn said:

I believe the Thursday NFL games are only going to be on Amazon Prime?

 

 

I wrote that Amazon had the TNF rights in my email to CCL.  And that was the response, I assume, by John  Heald.   Guess I'll find out in Sept.

Edited July 24, 2022 by jerseyjjs

[19cruiser59]

1 hour ago, jetsfan58 said:

Hopefully My NY Jets gets priority!

😵

[ChuckF]

Someone said they can show whatever they want to pay for.  In that vein, I think it depends on the home port and the demographics of the ship.  We're going on the Dream out of Galveston in October, and I'm hopeful that the Astros will be playing their way to the World Series.  I would expect many of the passengers sailing out of Galveston will have some level of interest in their progress, so I would expect them to have some venue where the games can be seen. 

 

As much as it repulses me, it is likely that the Dodgers will be on a similar tract.  So, sailings out of Long Beach may be in the same boat, so to speak.