NFL Sunday Ticket: Can You Watch Local Games In Multiview?

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By Phillip Swann
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TV Answer Man, I watched the NFL Sunday Ticket yesterday and I tried to build my own Multiview of games and I couldn’t get the local games. What the hell! I thought that Multiview was all customizable now with local games if you have YouTube TV. Which I do! — Harold, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Harold, YouTube announced before the season that NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers this season will be able to choose the games in Multiview, which displays up to four games on one screen at the same time. In 2023, it was arguably the biggest gripe of Ticket subscribers who wanted to choose the games rather than watching a pre-selected group of games from YouTube.

“Get the ultimate fan experience right in your living room: creating the optimal Multiview combination is now in your control. We began testing the ability to build a Multiview earlier this year, but we’re excited to now make it available for NFL fans on both YouTube and YouTube TV,” YouTube said in a blog post at its web site.

Sunday Ticket subscribers can include a combination of two, three, or four games in their Multiview. And YouTube TV base plan ($72.99 a month) subscribers can watch local broadcast games in Multiview when available. However, they can’t choose the local games. The local broadcasts are still only available in the pre-selected Multiview offerings.

“NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers can build any combination of NFL Sunday Ticket games with similar start times in a Multiview using our “Build a Multiview” feature, including NFL RedZone if you’ve subscribed to the NFL RedZone and NFL Sunday Ticket bundle. If you have a YouTube TV Base Plan, local games will also be available in Multiview in limited, pre-selected combinations,” YouTube says on its Help page.

So you can watch local games in Multiview but you can’t decide which ones.

Harold, hope that helps. Happy viewing and stay safe!

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