![]() The addition of the RSN adds about $5 a month to a pay TV package.įor fans of the Red Sox and Bruins, ditching those providers means losing access to games covered under national TV rights. The linear NESN is available across New England except for Fairfield County, Connecticut through pay TV providers including Comcast, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Verizon Communications and fuboTV. I'll keep sailing, thanks!," added yet another potty-mouthed Boston-area Reddit poster. "Hah! They finally got something right and offered a direct to consumer service, but f***ed it all up by charging way too much. "JFC! $30/mo?!! Do they think they are worth more than a Netflix subscription?!!," added another. ![]() "I understand that streaming services for sports can be expensive, but $30 a month is a bit much just for NESN," wrote one Reddit commenter. This is a function of league contracts - Major League Baseball controls national broadcast and streaming rights and will only let the Red Sox carve out local deals with entities like RSNs, for example.īut the majority of comments centered around the basic economics of the service - as in, is it a good deal to pay $30 a month for NESN 360 (or $27.50 if you pay the $330 annual rate) and ditch linear pay TV? ![]() Meanwhile, many Red Sox and Bruins fans - particularly those who reside out-of-market - are frustrated that the service isn't available outside the region. ![]() ![]() You can also watch it on iOS and Android mobile devices, as well as Mac computers, but you're not able to view it on Amazon Fire TV and Android TV/Google TV, proprietary smart TV platforms from Samsung, LG and Vizio, or video game consoles like Xbox and PlayStation. There’s frustration with its support limits - in terms of connected TV access, the NESN app is limited to Roku and Apple TV. ![]()
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