Does the NFL inhibit streaming broadcasts online?

KurtBevacqua · 09-22-2013, 06:31 PM

I spent the better part of this afternoon trying to get a Miami Dolphins radio broadcast on my Galaxy. I found what stations carry it, used Tunein and iHeart, went direct to the webpages of those stations, and no luck. The FM stations were either static or just regular programming. The talk sports stations had people talking about NFL games and occasionally throwing in "And Miami just got another first down," before going back to talk about Geno Smith. Did the NFL make some sort of arrangement barring streaming access to NFL broadcasts to force you to subscribe to their networks? Nothing else makse sense.

TGH-Adfabre · 09-22-2013, 07:13 PM

FreeFootballRadio-Your source for free internet football game broadcasts

KurtBevacqua · 09-22-2013, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TGH-Adfabre

FreeFootballRadio-Your source for free internet football game broadcasts

Yeah, I went through all those stations as they were linked in TunedIn and on the Dolphins webpage, that's where I got either a rock station playing rock or two guys on a Dolphins station talking about the Jets and every now and then mentioning something happening in the game. I know those are the official stations that carry the team's games, which leads me to believe this is a deliberate, anti-internet effort.

MorseMoose · 09-22-2013, 08:29 PM

You can usually get the game from the First Row, if you know what I mean.

TGH-Adfabre · 09-22-2013, 09:24 PM

I listened to the Texans through that site today.

KurtBevacqua · 09-23-2013, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TGH-Adfabre

I listened to the Texans through that site today.

Maybe it's a station by station decision to stream the audio. Just kind of weird that none of the Dolphins stations were streaming the game call and had a studio-based show in its place. I for the life of me can't understand the motivation to inhibit the ability of your fans to catch your team's games if they don't live in the local listening area.

RchW · 09-29-2013, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by KurtBevacqua

Yeah, I went through all those stations as they were linked in TunedIn and on the Dolphins webpage, that's where I got either a rock station playing rock or two guys on a Dolphins station talking about the Jets and every now and then mentioning something happening in the game. I know those are the official stations that carry the team's games, which leads me to believe this is a deliberate, anti-internet effort.

Pure guess but I don't think you can listen to an internet feed if you can hear the over air radio broadcast. I'm likely wrong but that's how it works in Baseball.

Oops looks like I'm wrong based on post 6.

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TGH-Adfabre Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,599	I listened to the Texans through that site today. __________________ You mock me, therefore I am My wife

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