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YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket Starts at $249 for Subscribers With Early Deal, $349 This Fall

Catching all the Sunday NFL action this fall won’t be cheap.

After acquiring the NFL Sunday Ticket rights late last year, YouTube on Tuesday began to share details on its pricing for the football package. In short, it won’t be cheap: To watch all out-of-market Sunday NFL games, YouTube TV subscribers can pay $349 this fall to get the service as an add-on, or $389 if they want both Sunday Ticket and the popular NFL RedZone channel.

If you don’t have YouTube TV, which is Google’s $73 per month streaming TV service (and gets you access to local CBS, Fox and NBC feeds for watching Sunday games in your area, as well as ESPN for Monday Night Football), NFL Sunday Ticket will run $449 for the season or $489 for a bundle with RedZone through YouTube’s Primetime Channels.

As part of a promotion that runs until June 6, the streamer will be offering a $100 discount on Sunday Ticket to those who sign up early. That would bring the price down to as low as $249 for the season for YouTube TV subscribers ($289 for the RedZone bundle) or $349 for nonsubscribers ($389 for the bundle).

YouTube says that it will allow for up to two concurrent streams of Sunday Ticket, useful for family members taking advantage of YouTube TV’s family feature or those who split a YouTube TV subscription. Unlike DirecTV, which had the rights to Sunday Ticket since 1994, YouTube did not detail any discounts for college students.

Google-owned YouTube acquired the Sunday Ticket rights last December and is reportedly paying nearly $2 billion per year to be the exclusive home of all out-of-market Sunday NFL games.

DirecTV previously was paying over $1.5 billion per year for Sunday Ticket in the latter years of its most recent deal with the league. It priced its consumer offering at around $300 for the base Sunday Ticket package or $400 for a «Max» version that included a DirecTV-specific version of RedZone and allowed for multiple streams. Both packages were often on top of a required satellite TV subscription.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 Might Come in 5G and 4G Cellular Models

If the rumor proves true, the 5G Galaxy Watch Ultra would rival the 5G-enabled $799 Apple Watch Ultra 3 that debuted last fall.

Samsung’s next high-end Galaxy Watch could support faster 5G speeds, but if this leak is true, it will depend on where you live. The rumored Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 might come in 5G and 4G cellular models, with availability for each smartwatch depending on the country.

According to the Dutch website Galaxy Club (and spotted by SamMobile), Samsung’s servers may have revealed a series of model numbers that point to 5G, 4G and Wi-Fi-enabled editions of the next Galaxy Watch Ultra, which would succeed the original model that debuted in 2024.

A representative for Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Galaxy Club website speculates that the 5G edition would be sold in the US and Korean markets, while the 4G edition would sell in the rest of the world. In the US, a 5G version of the Galaxy Watch Ultra would rival the 5G-enabled $799 Apple Watch Ultra 3, which debuted last fall. The 4G edition would have broader compatibility worldwide, since the earlier network is far more established.

It will likely be a few months until we hear anything official about the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Samsung typically unveils its new watches in the summer alongside its Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip foldable phones. Last year, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Watch 8 and the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, but otherwise left the prior 2024 Ultra in the lineup for those looking for a larger 47mm smartwatch.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 8, #1032

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for April 8, No. 1032.

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is kind of tough. The purple category is a fun one, once you see the connection. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

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Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: In the group.

Green group hint: Appearance details.

Blue group hint: Often found in gyms.

Purple group hint: They help you see.