Obviously a free stream is going to outdraw a paywalled one. It’s more notable that YouTube could manage the stream without glitches. This might have been, as much as anything, a test of YouTube’s livestream technology and it passed. I had no problem finding the game as I subscribe to the NFL channel but I can see how others might have difficulty. I texted a friend to see if he was watching and he said he couldn’t get the stream to load.
I have no issues with Rich Eisen as a host. He shouldn’t be doing NFl play-by-play though. If YouTube wants to market its game to a younger audience with Mr Beast and a bunch of YT talent they can find a young announcer who’s a standout calling college games and bring them aboard. Kurt Warner does a lot of Westwood One games and he was solid as an analyst. On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM 'Bob F' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > The streamer said 17.3 million folks logged on to view the Chargers/Chiefs > clash in *Brasil*... altho only just over 1 mil were outside the US... > Dan Patrick on his radio/Peacock show today noted that he couldn't find the > primary stream, where his ex-SportsCenter mate Rich Eisen did > play-by-play... instead found a secondary, Manningcast-like feed presided > over by influencer MrBeast: > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/youtube-ratings-nfl-brazil-game-1236364984/ > (link, > DP observations were personal as I $ub$cribe to the NBCU provider, mostly > for live events including SNF) > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7d2dc678-e146-489a-8752-4338f47958ben%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7d2dc678-e146-489a-8752-4338f47958ben%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF%2BZc2NdQa1ALxmbzU%3Dc9TKcXE86wwAPz1Sj1HaBs_jMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
