The Chargers’ social media team took to Twitter to ask for help from fans in their pursuit of a 2023 Webby Award.
The highly-skilled members of the Chargers’ social media department took to Twitter on Wednesday to ask their fans for help in their pursuit of two 2023 Webby Awards.
The annual honors recognize “excellence on the internet” according to the Webby organization’s website, and Chargers’ social media certainly fits that bill.
This year, the team is up for two awards, one for their popular anime schedule release in the general viral videos category, and another for their Youtube channel in the sports series and channels division.
Known for their creative approach to team coverage, Los Angeles’ social media team is among the most fun to follow across the NFL, and never take themselves too seriously. These awards, however, would be a great feather to put in their caps ahead of the 2023 season, and they are taking their contention for first place seriously.
Fans will have the deciding vote in choosing who wins or loses these key categories, so all of the Chargers faithful are implored to cast their ballot for Los Angeles before the polls close later this month.
Everything you need to know about YouTube TV’s pricing for NFL Sunday Ticket.
The NFL Sunday Ticket has a new home in 2023. From its inception in 1994 until this past January, DirecTV was the official home of NFL Sunday Ticket.
However, in 2022, the NFL revealed Sunday Ticket would move to YouTube TV in 2023. Several other outlets were in contention for the premier NFL package, but YouTube won the bidding for somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 billion.
We didn’t know how much NFL Sunday Ticket would cost on YouTube TV in December. That’s no longer the case, as YouTube revealed pricing details Tuesday for YouTube TV subscribers and non-subscribers.
$349 per season ($249 if you purchase before June 6).
$389 per season ($289) if you bundle with NFL RedZone channel.
The base plan for YouTube TV costs $72.99 for the base plan. For new subscribers, you can get the first three months for $62.99.
If you’re not a subscriber to YouTube TV:
$449 per season ($349 if you purchase before June 6).
$489 ($389) if you bundle with the NFL RedZone channel.
The pricing is similar to what DirecTV charges customers in 2022. However, you can get it cheaper if you already subscribe to YouTube TV or if you switch before June 6. At this time, YouTube does not appear to be offering single-team packages to fans.
YouTube will release more information on the service in the coming weeks and months.
Harrison likely won’t be hitting any trick shots onto Augusta National property from the Waffle House this week.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Harrison Crowe might be best known for hitting a shot off the concrete sidewalk near the famous Dunvegan pub onto the 18th green at the Old Course. Harrison likely won’t be hitting any trick shots onto Augusta National property from the Waffle House this week, but the 21-year-old amateur would like to get another crack at skipping the ball on the par-3 16thafter plopping one in the middle of the lake.
When filmmaker Erik Anders Lang went into the Dunvegan in search of someone who could recreate the shot he’d heard Ernie Els once hit in the wee hours of the morning, Crowe answered the call.
After his first shot off a tee went long, Crowe opted to hit another bright red ball directly off the paving stone, aiming over a chimney at the end of the block. His second shot found the green, and Crowe’s St. Andrews stunt now has nearly 300,000 views on YouTube.
The reaction since then, he said, has been mostly positive.
“A lot of people have really come to me, especially when I played the Australian Open at the end of last year,” he said. “I couldn’t believe the crowd support I had amongst playing with Cameron Davis and Adam Scott.”
Crowe, one of seven amateurs in the field at the 87th Masters, played his way into the field at Augusta National by winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship last fall by one shot over Bo Jin at Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand. Crowe trailed Jin by three at the turn but made four birdies in a five-hole span starting on No. 11 to turn the tide.
The victory also gave Crowe a start in the 151st British Open at Royal Liverpool.
Crowe spent Monday playing alongside fellow Aussies Jason Day and Min Woo Lee and was grateful for the advice. On Tuesday, he’ll tee it up with Adam Scott, Cameron Smith and Lee. It’s been 10 years since Scott became the first Aussie to win the Masters.
Day looks at the technology that’s now available to young players and finds the process of getting better to be much more efficient than his era.
“I think through just the accessibility of like social media and other forms of that,” said Day, “you’re able to view professionals and hit golf shots on the range and seeing what they are doing, how they are good, and then obviously that actually helps with the coaching as well, and that coaching aspect as well.
Caddie Andrew Tschudin watches as Harrison Crowe hits from the fairway on no. 15 during a practice round for the 2023 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)
“Back in the day, when I was growing up, you couldn’t FaceTime your coach. It was non-existent. We had, like, handheld camcorders that would take videos or cameras that would take videos. These days you can take a video on your phone and send it to your coach and jump on FaceTime.”
Crowe comes into this week not simply looking to make the cut, but to make serious noise, telling the Australian Associated Press that it’s setting the bar too low “if you don’t believe you can win.”
He’s certainly not afraid to put on a show, as demonstrated on the streets of St. Andrews.
“I think hitting that shot just kind of shows the person that I am,” said Crowe. “That I’m not really afraid to give everything a shot, and kind of shows a little bit more of the Aussie culture a little bit, as well; that we are pretty laid back and we are ready to do things.”
Google/YouTube will be the new home of NFL Sunday Ticket beginning in 2023.
Remember the days when you needed one of those obscenely large satellite dishes in your yard to watch the NFL Sunday Ticket? After 28 years as the official partner of the NFL, DirecTV will no longer provide out-of-market Sunday afternoon games for fans. On Thursday, the NFL announced an agreement with YouTube TV to be the new home of Sunday Ticket.
The NFL’s partnership with DirecTV began all the way back in 1994 when the Dallas Cowboys were in the middle of their last round of dominance and quarterbacks such as Joe Montana, Steve Young, Dan Marino, Warren Moon, Troy Aikman and others were still active.
The NFL had been seeking around $2.5 billion per year in a new deal. The new pact with YouTube, which Google owns, is for just over $2 billion annually for seven years.
Google beat out Amazon, Apple and ESPN for the rights to Sunday Ticket.
“We’re excited to bring NFL Sunday Ticket to YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels and usher in a new era of how fans across the United States watch and follow the NFL,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “For a number of years we have been focused on increased digital distribution of our games and this partnership is yet another example of us looking towards the future and building the next generation of NFL fans.”
“YouTube has long been a home for football fans, whether they’re streaming live games, keeping up with their home team, or watching the best plays in highlights,” said Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube. “Through this expanded partnership with the NFL, viewers will now also be able to experience the game they love in compelling and innovative ways through YouTube TV or YouTube Primetime Channels. We’re excited to continue our work with the NFL to make YouTube a great place for sports lovers everywhere.”
The new agreement begins in 2023, and YouTube will announce more details in the coming months.
NFL Sunday Ticket goes to YouTube in a mega-bucks deal that starts in 2023
The National Football League announced Thursday a seven-year agreement with Google granting YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels the right to exclusively distribute NFL Sunday Ticket starting with the 2023 NFL season.
“We’re excited to bring NFL Sunday Ticket to YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels and usher in a new era of how fans across the United States watch and follow the NFL,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “For a number of years we have been focused on increased digital distribution of our games and this partnership is yet another example of us looking towards the future and building the next generation of NFL fans.”
Beginning in 2023, NFL Sunday Ticket will be available on two of YouTube’s growing subscription businesses as an add-on package on YouTube TV and standalone a-la-carte on YouTube Primetime Channels.
The Sunday Ticket package had been part of DirecTV since its inception in 1994. DirecTV has paid the NFL $1.5 billion per year.
Viewers pay around $300 a season for “Sunday Ticket,” which averages 2 million subscribers. As of August, DirecTV had a total of 13.9 million subscribers.
Terms being discussed for the agreement couldn’t immediately be learned. … Sunday Ticket allows subscribers to view all out-of-market Sunday afternoon games, meaning games that don’t involve their local teams.
… Under the scenario being discussed, NFL games would be available to be streamed on two subscription services, YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels, next season.
… YouTube TV, a $64.99-a-month online bundle of cable channels, crossed more than 5 million subscriptions and trial accounts in June, according to the company. Primetime Channels, which launched in November, allows viewers to individually subscribe to more than 30 streaming services.
The NFL and YouTube already have a relationship. The league’s channel on YouTube has more than 10 million subscribers and all NFL teams also have their own channels on the platform.
These Air Jordan 5’s should’ve done so much better.
The DJ Khaled Air Jordan 5 was one of the more hyped shoes of 2022. Or, at least it felt like it, anyway.
Nike threw plenty of promotion behind the sneakers. And it’s a DJ Khaled collaboration, so it automatically came with the sort of fanfare and excitement you’d see around one of the hottest sneakers of the year.
But when release day came, nobody seemed to show up. The shoes sat on virtual shelves. There were plenty of pairs available for consumers to buy.
A couple of weeks after that, the shoes started popping up in Nike outlets across the country. That doesn’t happen often — especially not with collaborations.
So why did it happen here? We try to figure it out on today’s episode of Special Delivery. Tap in.
Man. I don’t think anybody had Twitter shutting down in 2022, but, uh, it’s definitely within the realm of possibility.
Things are falling apart pretty quickly and the jokes are flying in. Even now reports are surfacing about Elon Musk shutting Twitter HQ down until November 21st while also requesting certain engineers come to the 10th floor at 2 p.m.
Nothing makes sense! It’s complete chaos on the bird app right now which, honestly, some of us love it that way.
But for everyone else who is really just out here to get these tweets off? Yeah, this probably stinks. And you might be ready to move on. But you also probably have nowhere to go now, right?
I mean, are we really going back to Facebook? Ain’t nobody trying to have Aunt Patty all up in their business again. We’re not 17 anymore, auntie. Sorry. Love you tho.
And Instagram? I mean, what is it, 2013? I guess it’s a fine alternative. But here’s the thing: Sure, I’m handsome. But I can’t be fly 24/7 anymore. That’s too much energy. Plus, do they even show pictures on IG anymore anyway?
Don’t even get me started on TikTok. They’ll have you out there like the “how do you do, fellow kids?” meme except for instead of holding a skateboard you’ll be doing the Savage dance despite it last being a trend two years ago.
So where do we go from here? Don’t trip. I have a few suggestions that might hit the mark for you. Let’s explore.
Watch our sneaker unboxing series, Special Delivery
Dream has been on YouTube for eight years, but now fans have finally seen the elusive YouTuber’s face.
One of the most popular YouTube stars on the platform, Dream, has finally revealed his face publicly for the first time after eight years.
Dream has 30 million subscribers, making him one of the most prolific individuals in the history of the platform. His recent face reveal was viewed 15 million times within the first nine hours of uploading, making this video absurdly popular even when compared to the biggest celebrities on the platform.
Dream’s face reveal starts with his chair turned away from the camera, just light brown hair and his familiar voice to hint at what comes next. Finally, after more than a minute of teasing, Dream takes off the mask and reveals his face.
Another popular YouTuber and friend of Dream’s, GeorgeNotFound commented saying “this is actual youtube history!” Dream also confirms in the video description that GeorgeNotFound will be uploading a video to his own channel where he showcases the first time he saw Dream in person.
Over the course of Dream’s rise to fame, his simplistic avatar with a crudely drawn smile has become an iconic part of his character and has only fuelled speculation on what Dream actually looks like. For many fans, this is years of discussion finally put to rest.
Dream has seen controversy over the course of his rise to fame, including a number of cheating allegations after Dream claimed the Minecraftspeedrun world record multiple times. After a community investigation, it was deemed that Dream’s streak of luck was statistically impossible.
Dream denied cheating for a long time, before eventually conceding that modifications may have been made to his game to increase his chances. Regardless, this only served to push Dream further into the spotlight.
YouTube star Videogame Dunkey has started a brand new game publishing label and promises to only publish “great” games.
Popular YouTuber videogamedunkey has announced a brand new indie publishing label, titled BigMode Games. Dunkey is promising to use his years of experience playing games to discern and publish quality indie titles.
Despite having zero tweets, the BigMode Twitter account already boasts more than 45K followers, ensuring any game published by the label will have a fair few eyes on it. Combine this reach with Dunkey’s own 1.3M Twitter followers and more than 7M YouTube subscribers, and it adds up to a lot of online clout – though that certainly doesn’t ensure a quality game publishing experience for developers.
The publishing label is now willing to receive pitches on in-development games that require a publisher, and also wishes to hear from game developers and artists that would be available for future work.
The video game community is broadly divided on the announcement. Some see Dunkey’s claim of only publishing “good” games as an insult to other publishers, and insist he will eat those words. Others point out that having opinions on video games online does not make one a good judge of games in development.
BigMode Games has not announced any titles as of yet, and it’ll be unclear when we shall see the first game published by the label. Dunkey himself also wishes to be involved in the development of BigMode titles, but only time will tell how valuable that input will actually be.
