If you’ve recently moved or are unhappy with your current cable or satellite provider and looking at other options, fall is a great time to shop around and compare bundling options.
Satellite and cable providers often offer tempting competitive sports packages to attract the football fan or sports enthusiast in every household. Football season is one of the peak times of the year when the best specials are offered.
They want you as a customer, so it’s up to you to find the sports package offered for the best price and one that boasts the premium channels and special features that will enhance your sports viewing experience.
Here are some picks for the top cable and satellite providers during the football season:
XFINITY from Comcast offers NFL’s RedZone for an extra $4.95 a month for six months for cable subscribers who subscribe to its Sports Entertainment Package. For football junkies, this is the equivalent of the golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Every Sunday for seven hours, you get every highlight of every game being played. It’s an intoxicating, adrenaline rush for NFL fans who love the game. By upgrading to Digital Preferred TV, subscribers also receive access to the NFL Network. Subscribers can bundle their sports programming in XFINITY Triple Play, providing savings on television, Wi-Fi and Voice services.
DIRECTV offers the NFL Sunday Ticket in HD, providing die-hard fans with every football game played out of market, including every play, rather than just the highlights. NFL Sunday Ticket includes with the Game Mix Channel, Player Tracker and real-time scores and stats for fantasy football players. Satellite subscribers can upgrade to the NFL Sunday Ticket Max and also receive the Red Zone Channel, which gives subscribers access to every game live on your laptop or any mobile device, including smartphones and tablets. NFL Sunday Ticket Max also offers Short Cuts, giving you the ability to watch an entire game in 30 minutes. The NFL Game Mix Channel allows viewers to watch eight football games at the same time, including game clocks and live scores. Cost for NFL Sunday Ticket is around $45 a month for five months. Cost for NFL Sunday Ticket Max is $60 per month for five months.
Time Warner Cable Sports Pass also features NFL RedZone, along with up to 20 sports channels for an extra $8.99 per month that can be added to a digital TV subscription. Sports Pass also includes exclusive online content. By bundling services, including internet, phone and cable television, subscribers can find the best value for the services they need anyway. Paying one company, rather than three, makes it simple.
DISH Network provides its satellite subscribes with access to its Multi-Sport Pack at an extra cost of $11 per month. Channels include NFL RedZone, NFL Network, Big Ten Network and more than 20 regional sports networks. For four payments of $35.50, college football fans can subscribe to ESPN GamePlan to watch up to 15 games a week of the top match-ups in the 2013 college football season.
