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March Madness On Demand no longer free. $3.99 for online

  • atlspartan73 said...

    Why is it BS? Because they want to charge you for a service they provide?

    Myself included, I kind of wish the reactions were more negative. If enough people were angry about this, they'd back off.

    Oh well, here's my $3.99, NCAA/Turner/CBS.

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    Giant Moose ●

  • You only have to pay $4 if you don't already pay for cable. Otherwise its still free.

    SpartanBaller

  • If they are going to charge they better have cleared up their connectivity issues. I'd gladly pay 10x that if it meant that the service would become reliable.

    numberonealcove

  • SpartanBaller said...

    You only have to pay $4 if you don't already pay for cable. Otherwise its still free.

    Whew, don't have to cough up 3.99, I only have to pay $140/mo to avoid it.confused

    "This board would be great if it weren't for all the posters. ." -- AA Spartan 12/16/11

    IB Fine

  • I'm sure I'll pay the $3.99 also.

    Based on the reaction here, any guesses on what it'll be next year? $19.99? biggrin

    (half-serious here: If 25% of the people who pay $3.99 would still pay if it were $20, wouldn't it make sense for them?)

    Dr Draymond ●

  • Cucumber Breath said...

    Why is it BS? They are providing you access to a product (mind you that they had to shell out billions for the rights to) on an on demand basis. Shouldn't they be able to recoup something for the costs associated with bringing you this product?

    They have advertising on there, you know. Don't make it sound like they've offered this as a charitable venture.

    Having said that, if the $4 is for the entire tourney, that's no big deal. But it sounds like 95% of the country wouldn't have to anyway, if it's true that cable/satellite subscribers get it for free.

    MiamiSpartan

  • If you have one of the following providers, you can watch the games on the CBS, TNT, TBS and TruTV sites without paying for the March Madness On Demand package:

    AT&T Uverse
    Cox
    Optimum
    Comcast
    Charter
    Bend Broadband
    Dish Network
    Directv

    Otherwise, you will be limited to whatever the CBS game is by streaming from cbssports.com, so feel free to stop freaking out if you have one of the providers listed above.

    Edit: Also looks like Coke Zero is doing a promotion next week to give the MMOD access away free to a "limited number of fans" however many that ends up being.

    This post was edited by nystyletaco on 2/16/2012 at 12:06 PM

    nystyletaco

  • Cucumber Breath said...

    Why is it BS? They are providing you access to a product (mind you that they had to shell out billions for the rights to) on an on demand basis. Shouldn't they be able to recoup something for the costs associated with bringing you this product?

    Damn you, you stupid capitalist!

    On a side note, I'm going to be in town for St Patty's. cheers

    The_Dude

  • nystyletaco said...

    If you have one of the following providers, you can watch the games on the CBS, TNT, TBS and TruTV sites without paying for the March Madness On Demand package:

    AT&T Uverse
    Cox
    Optimum
    Comcast
    Charter
    Bend Broadband
    Dish Network
    Directv

    Otherwise, you will be limited to whatever the CBS game is by streaming from cbssports.com, so feel free to stop freaking out if you have one of the providers listed above.

    Edit: Also looks like Coke Zero is doing a promotion next week to give the MMOD access away free to a "limited number of fans" however many that ends up being.

    You mean free online. I have fios and the Games better be on the channels I get every day of the year.

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    RBW Spartan ●

  • Cmdr.Nebula said...

    I'm fine with charging a fee IF the product is worth it. In the past, there were delays and broken feeds. the quality would vary during the game. None of that better happen when charging a fee #notholdingmybreath

    This. 4 bucks would be money well spent if their servers don't crap out.

    TX Sparty

  • $3.99 to watch March Madness in class...worth it.

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    GoRightThru4MSU ●

  • RBW Spartan said...

    You mean free online. I have fios and the Games better be on the channels I get every day of the year.

    Yeah, I was going to say...I don't have one of those providers, but I have the channels, and they sure as hell better be playing the games.

    cjohnson11111

  • Cucumber Breath said...

    That is an awesome deal for $4. I know it has been free in the past, but I would gladly pay it. If you bitch about $4, you should just buy one less pint of beer on Friday or Saturday night for f-sake. Or eat peanut butter & jelly instead of McDonald's for lunch for a day. Or forgo a toss with gHost's mom.

    Bingo. Well said.

    Pics of ghost's mom...

    Loose Stools

  • tig ol' bitties said...

    Listening to Dan Patrick, he just said that it will now cost $3.99 this year. Anything official? If so, that blows dick.

    excellent news!! hopefully, all bandwidth issues will be resolved. I'd rather pay for this service and expect satisfaction than get it for free and hope for satisfaction.

    tVargMan Prime

  • Cucumber Breath said...

    Why is it BS? They are providing you access to a product (mind you that they had to shell out billions for the rights to) on an on demand basis. Shouldn't they be able to recoup something for the costs associated with bringing you this product?

    Oh noes the huge corporation shelled out billions of dollars!!! They must of went broke trying to provide little old me with a service and gained nothing in the process right. While I'm definitely going to pay for it, unless the quality improves, as someone else mentioned, then its a way for them make zilly more $$$$$$ while providing nothing more than they did last year. It also means it will probably be $6-8 next year.

    Calmer than you are

    Mister Green ●

  • Mister Green said...

    Oh noes the huge corporation shelled out billions of dollars!!! They must of went broke trying to provide little old me with a service and gained nothing in the process right. While I'm definitely going to pay for it, unless the quality improves, as someone else mentioned, then its a way for them make zilly more $$$$$$ while providing nothing more than they did last year. It also means it will probably be $6-8 next year.

    You realize that the crappy image was a result of bandwidth issues, right? Charging will probably deter the cheapos from watching, so at the very least the bandwidth issues won't be as bad.

    arfabe16

  • RBW Spartan said...

    You mean free online. I have fios and the Games better be on the channels I get every day of the year.

    Sorry, thought that was implied because of the topic of the thread. Yes, this just refers to online access.

    nystyletaco

  • Bumping thread with details of the Coke Zero promotion..

    If you text "0+michigan state" to 2653, they'll send you a promo code you can use to get free streaming access for March Madness Live, including access through iOS and Android devices.

    My Coke Rewards

    http://www.mycokerewards.com/showLBE.do?type=pillar&id=watchandscore&size=1&exp=html

    www.mycokerewards.com

    Coke Zero Jump Starts NCAA(R) March Madness(R) - MarketWatch

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/coke-zero-jump-starts-ncaar-march-madnessr-2012-02-22

    www.marketwatch.com

    nystyletaco

  • "This is not a valid code" reply.

    I typed 0 Michigan State. Need the plus?

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    VenomousGDuck23

  • VenomousG.Duck said...

    "This is not a valid code" reply.

    I typed 0 Michigan State. Need the plus?

    do 0SPARTANS

    get the new Nike MSU font: http://tinyurl.com/spartansfont

    Nutz Interface ●

  • Mister Green said...

    Oh noes the huge corporation shelled out billions of dollars!!! They must of went broke trying to provide little old me with a service and gained nothing in the process right. While I'm definitely going to pay for it, unless the quality improves, as someone else mentioned, then its a way for them make zilly more $$$$$$ while providing nothing more than they did last year. It also means it will probably be $6-8 next year.

    You should move to North Korea...they don't have corporations over there.

    tVargMan Prime

  • Nutz Interface said...

    do 0SPARTANS

    or 0MSU

    it worked for me

    Eds Medicine246

  • I am getting 'shortcut expired or not available on your account'.

    signature image signature image

    FORKS DOWN!!!

    Black Dutch

  • ok, i can't get it to work on my phone. anyone want to PM me a code?

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    FORKS DOWN!!!

    Black Dutch

  • Black Dutch said...

    ok, i can't get it to work on my phone. anyone want to PM me a code?

    says it runs through March 10, so I'm guessing you're just too late

    get the new Nike MSU font: http://tinyurl.com/spartansfont

    Nutz Interface ●

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