The streaming version of Sunday Ticket is available in 29 U.S. markets to non-DirecTV subscribersGETTY IMAGES
AT&T said that it is "not changing the restrictions for the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market games package for the upcoming season," according to Todd Spangler of VARIETY. DirecTV subscribers have exclusive access to purchase Sunday Ticket, though non-subscribers "may be eligible to get the streaming version of the service" if they live in “select areas within various metropolitan cities," cannot get satellite TV, or are a college student. The blog TVAnswerMan.com on Friday noted that the streaming version of Sunday Ticket is "available in 29 U.S. markets" to non-DirecTV subs. An NFL rep "confirmed that the terms of the Sunday Ticket distribution have not changed" since '16. AT&T said that "this isn’t new" and that "nothing has changed in where and how it offers the nflsundayticket.tv streaming service." But Spangler wrote if that is true, the company over the last few years has been "quietly offering the online-only version of Sunday Ticket more widely than previously believed." It "seems clear that AT&T wouldn’t want to promote the fact that you can subscribe to the pricey Sunday Ticket package without also needing to pay for DirecTV -- because the company would prefer consumers buy the pay-TV bundle" (VARIETY.com, 8/14).
