August 8, 2025 • 5 mins
Rory breaks down how you could be paying a boatload of money for your everyday streaming services. what is the average cost now for streaming and watching TV?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I was just talking about this with Chris Schweitzer, who's
in for Natalie Vaka today. We were just talking about
streaming services. I don't think I have any idea how
much I pay for streaming. I probably don't want to know.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I don't know. I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Really, you don't know either, I mean loosely, loosely, how
much do you pay a month? I like twenty, I
guess I think I think I pay for two, So
like twenty to like thirty bucks a month.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
That's it. I should I share. I shouldn't say that
they're gonna watch out.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
They're gonna come to the streaming police, are gonna come
to your house. This is a great story though, and
Rory O'Neill, or w R National correspondent, is covering this
tay the cost of watching the NFL, first of all,
because that's going up because they're streaming. But I just
want to expand this with Rory a little bit to
how much people pay for streaming, because Rory, I don't
(00:55):
think people have any idea what they pay for streaming.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
But no, they don't.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
And then you know, as they suggest it, sometimes there's
a streaming service attached to your cell phone or you know,
you get free video from Amazon Prime membership and things
like that.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
So it all gets mucked up in the works.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
And we're still expecting a lot of these streamers to
merge in the years ahead, maybe at the months ahead.
But yeah, personally, I put myself on a diet. I
have one streaming service at a time. Is that right, yep?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I just do one at a time.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
And it depends on what show you want to watch.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Right, And you're like, Okay, I've seen all this stuff
I want to see on Netflix that's out now, all right,
I'll move to HBO Max. Okay, I've seen all the
new stuff I want to see there, all right next month,
you know. So I'll have it for three or four months,
and then I'll watch the next one. The old shows
aren't going away, and if I'm not up to date
on I don't know whatever nonsense, I probably shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Be watching anyway, It doesn't really bother me.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
And then it's totally acceptable these days to say, oh,
I don't have that subscription. Right before, if you ever
missed the Hot Show, if you didn't see Twin Peaks,
whether it was coming out or whatever, it was back
you know in the eighties and you weren't there at
the water cooler to add to the content conversation, that
was a big deal.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
But now that's easy. I don't have that channel. I
feel like you're.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Adult in the room of a lot of adolescent streamers,
and that that is most of us, all of us.
I have no idea what I signed up for. I
will get something, I'll get a notice. I just got
the other other day that my payment for Paramount Plus
went through. I had no idea how I had Paramount Plus.
(02:29):
I don't remember the last time I watched Paramount Plus.
So my feeling is I'm paying an exorbitant amount for
streaming services right now.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Yeah, well, then that's one of the first things when
we talked about those financial You know, everyone's in credit
card debt whatever, because most people don't budget and they
don't know where the money is going. And if you
look every a month and said that, do I really
spend three hundred dollars a month on coffee? You'd say,
wait a minute now, or do I really spend one
hundred and sixty nine dollars a month on all these
streaming services? For this story in particular, if you want
(02:59):
to get all the NFL games now. But we're assuming
you don't have a TV or that you don't you know, Yeah,
let's say you want to watch them all through your
phone and stream it that you don't have a TV
antenna was my point. ESPN, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Paramount plus
Box one.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And Netflix.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
You're gonna need that every month to watch all the games.
And that's going to be six hundred and seventy one
dollars just for NFL viewing costs.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Six hundred and seventy one dollars a month, No.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
One hundred and eleven a month, six hundred and seventy
one from September. Yeah, from September to February. Six hundred
and seventy one dollars. And that doesn't include red Zone,
that doesn't include Sunday ticket.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yeah, and that's going to keep getting worse. By the way,
I'm glad you mentioned red zone because that's a way
of watching the best of all those games. I'm addicted
to red Zone. I think anybody that's into fantasy football
is addicted to red zone. Do you watch it?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Oh? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
But I laugh too because you know I'm saying, oh, look,
I'm so responsible about money. If I want to watch
my Pats game, I'll go to the sports bar down
the street, spend one hundred dollars, you know, on food
and wings and beer.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And the Uber ride home. And wait, if you just
spent the nine ninety nine you could have. You're a
Pats fan. Yes, as a Rhode Island native, I'm still
in New England.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Than well, it was nice when it lasted, Huh.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I want to see the big statue reveal tonight of
Tom Brady.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I didn't even know that was happening. See, only a
Pats fan knows that's happening. I had no idea it
was happening. Where is that happening? And what is that entail?
Speaker 3 (04:36):
In Foxborough at the stadium there they're putting up a
statue of the greatest Patriot of all time? So and
sometimes Tampa Bay buccaneer, and they.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Could all look at it.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Insighmber, I remember when we were good, remember that, remember
when we.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Had a team.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah, I'm gonna have I'm going to immediately go from
here and I am going to look at my streaming
bills because my feeling is, and I'll tell you next week,
my feeling is, I'm up over two.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Hundred hours a month. Oh, that's just a guess. We
got to bring it back to radio money.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
That's trust me, I'm there, trust me, I'm there. Hey, Rory,
have a great weekend. Rory O'Neil w our national correspondent
is going to be back tomorrow morning at say seven fifty.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Thanks so much. I'll see a Monday. I'm not coming
back tomorrow morning, no way, I'm gonna be here.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I'll see you Monday morning. I'll see you Monday morning.
I was just talking about this with Chris Schweitzer, who's
in for Natalie Vaka today. We were just talking about
streaming services. I don't think I have any idea how
much I pay for streaming. I probably don't want to know.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I don't know. I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Really, you don't know either, I mean loosely, loosely, how
much do you pay a month? I like twenty, I
guess I think I think I pay for two, So
like twenty to like thirty bucks a month.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
That's it. I should I share. I shouldn't say that
they're gonna watch out.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
They're gonna come to the streaming police, are gonna come
to your house. This is a great story though, and
Rory O'Neill, or w R National correspondent, is covering this
tay the cost of watching the NFL, first of all,
because that's going up because they're streaming. But I just
want to expand this with Rory a little bit to
how much people pay for streaming, because Rory, I don't
(00:55):
think people have any idea what they pay for streaming.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
But no, they don't.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
And then you know, as they suggest it, sometimes there's
a streaming service attached to your cell phone or you know,
you get free video from Amazon Prime membership and things
like that.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
So it all gets mucked up in the works.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
And we're still expecting a lot of these streamers to
merge in the years ahead, maybe at the months ahead.
But yeah, personally, I put myself on a diet. I
have one streaming service at a time. Is that right, yep?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I just do one at a time.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
And it depends on what show you want to watch.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Right, And you're like, Okay, I've seen all this stuff
I want to see on Netflix that's out now, all right,
I'll move to HBO Max. Okay, I've seen all the
new stuff I want to see there, all right next month,
you know. So I'll have it for three or four months,
and then I'll watch the next one. The old shows
aren't going away, and if I'm not up to date
on I don't know whatever nonsense, I probably shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Be watching anyway, It doesn't really bother me.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
And then it's totally acceptable these days to say, oh,
I don't have that subscription. Right before, if you ever
missed the Hot Show, if you didn't see Twin Peaks,
whether it was coming out or whatever, it was back
you know in the eighties and you weren't there at
the water cooler to add to the content conversation, that
was a big deal.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
But now that's easy. I don't have that channel. I
feel like you're.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Adult in the room of a lot of adolescent streamers,
and that that is most of us, all of us.
I have no idea what I signed up for. I
will get something, I'll get a notice. I just got
the other other day that my payment for Paramount Plus
went through. I had no idea how I had Paramount Plus.
(02:29):
I don't remember the last time I watched Paramount Plus.
So my feeling is I'm paying an exorbitant amount for
streaming services right now.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Yeah, well, then that's one of the first things when
we talked about those financial You know, everyone's in credit
card debt whatever, because most people don't budget and they
don't know where the money is going. And if you
look every a month and said that, do I really
spend three hundred dollars a month on coffee? You'd say,
wait a minute now, or do I really spend one
hundred and sixty nine dollars a month on all these
streaming services? For this story in particular, if you want
(02:59):
to get all the NFL games now. But we're assuming
you don't have a TV or that you don't you know, Yeah,
let's say you want to watch them all through your
phone and stream it that you don't have a TV
antenna was my point. ESPN, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Paramount plus
Box one.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And Netflix.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
You're gonna need that every month to watch all the games.
And that's going to be six hundred and seventy one
dollars just for NFL viewing costs.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Six hundred and seventy one dollars a month, No.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
One hundred and eleven a month, six hundred and seventy
one from September. Yeah, from September to February. Six hundred
and seventy one dollars. And that doesn't include red Zone,
that doesn't include Sunday ticket.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yeah, and that's going to keep getting worse. By the way,
I'm glad you mentioned red zone because that's a way
of watching the best of all those games. I'm addicted
to red Zone. I think anybody that's into fantasy football
is addicted to red zone. Do you watch it?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Oh? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
But I laugh too because you know I'm saying, oh, look,
I'm so responsible about money. If I want to watch
my Pats game, I'll go to the sports bar down
the street, spend one hundred dollars, you know, on food
and wings and beer.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And the Uber ride home. And wait, if you just
spent the nine ninety nine you could have. You're a
Pats fan. Yes, as a Rhode Island native, I'm still
in New England.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Than well, it was nice when it lasted, Huh.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I want to see the big statue reveal tonight of
Tom Brady.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I didn't even know that was happening. See, only a
Pats fan knows that's happening. I had no idea it
was happening. Where is that happening? And what is that entail?
Speaker 3 (04:36):
In Foxborough at the stadium there they're putting up a
statue of the greatest Patriot of all time? So and
sometimes Tampa Bay buccaneer, and they.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Could all look at it.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Insighmber, I remember when we were good, remember that, remember
when we.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Had a team.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah, I'm gonna have I'm going to immediately go from
here and I am going to look at my streaming
bills because my feeling is, and I'll tell you next week,
my feeling is, I'm up over two.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Hundred hours a month. Oh, that's just a guess. We
got to bring it back to radio money.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
That's trust me, I'm there, trust me, I'm there. Hey, Rory,
have a great weekend. Rory O'Neil w our national correspondent
is going to be back tomorrow morning at say seven fifty.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Thanks so much. I'll see a Monday. I'm not coming
back tomorrow morning, no way, I'm gonna be here.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I'll see you Monday morning. I'll see you Monday morning.
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