Bucs Return To DirecTV
August 29th, 2019
Will have Bucs tonight.
The hassle is over. The Bucs are back on DirecTV.
This evening Nexstar Media Group, the owners of WFLA-TV Channel 8, the preseason home of the Buccaneers, reached an agreement with DirecTV so Nexstar properties can broadcast on the satellite TV giant. WFLA announced this tonight.
Therefore, the Bucs will be available on DirecTV on Channel 8 locally in the Tampa Bay market. So Bucs fans may watch tonight’s final preseason game on WFLA-TV Channel 8. Kickoff scheduled for 8 p.m.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”) and AT&T (NYSE: T) have entered into a new multi-year retransmission consent agreement to provide Nexstar-owned network affiliated and local broadcast stations to customers of AT&T’s video platforms in 97 markets across the United States.
Nexstar local stations are now returning to any impacted DIRECTV, AT&T TV and U-verse platforms.
Prior to this evening, Bucs fans with DirecTV were jammed up watching the Pewter Pirates. This hassle affected not just DirecTV customers, but many bar-goers as DirecTV is popular in sports bars.
No longer will Bucs fans get stuck trying to watch the game on Buccaneers.com. The video feed streamed to the site was less than ideal.
August 29th, 2019 at 7:09 pm
First.
August 29th, 2019 at 7:19 pm
Just stream the games online illegally to save the hassle of paying for cable. That’s what I do.
August 29th, 2019 at 7:24 pm
Who pays for cable anymore? Its 2019..
August 29th, 2019 at 7:25 pm
Gamepass + illegal streams work for me 😉
Its nice waking up at 9 and watching the game, it’s over by 1 and i’m over it by 2.
August 29th, 2019 at 7:34 pm
[Buccaneers.com if you live within specific TV markets in Florida and Alabama. — Joe]
August 29th, 2019 at 7:35 pm
I’m out of market moved from Tampa to CT an have to pay 300 for Sunday Ticket every year to watch the Bucs
August 29th, 2019 at 7:38 pm
MyWiFi TV trust me
August 29th, 2019 at 7:50 pm
Sweet called after last game and complained about not havwing nbc. And they gave me Sunday ticket for free. And now I get nbc back before football season starts.
August 29th, 2019 at 7:51 pm
And it’s easy for some of you to say who needs cable. The people like me need it because I live in the country. And we don’t get internet. So I have to have direct tv.
August 29th, 2019 at 10:23 pm
Those live streams were an embarrassment to modern technology.
August 29th, 2019 at 10:42 pm
Joe was seriously considering cord cutting until he had to watch the Bucs’ streaming games. Quickly changed Joe’s mind. Will gladly stick with good ol’ DirecTV.
August 29th, 2019 at 11:16 pm
Yeah, I’m in west palm beach but grew up in Tampa. “streaming” doesn’t work for me. Of course I was born the same year as the yucs. What does that tell ya.
August 30th, 2019 at 3:24 am
I pay for Direct TV and the Sunday Ticket. Absolutely love it.