DAZN: How I was able to cut the cable

Last year I was faced with a dilemma. I was sick and tired of paying for cable when no one in the family ever used it. Over the past couple of years, we have become a family who watches the majority of our television on Netflix and through streaming programs online. This means that the regular cable was never being used. Well, I shouldn't say never, I was the only person that used it really and I only used it to watch sports. Basically, I was holding on to the cable package so that I could watch football and hockey and it was getting to the point where it didn't seem to make sense to pay that much money for a service. I knew I didn't want to keep paying for cable but I wasn't willing to give up my sports. Especially my football which is hard as hell to stream online.

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I considered buying NFL game pass because it gives you everything. You get every NFL game plus access to so many other great NFL programs and features. I signed up for the 7-day trial to check it out. As expected, I loved it. I loved it so much that I signed up for the 7-day trial 5 times from different emails until I finally ran out of emails and credit cards to link to my free trials. It was put up or shut up time and I have to admit, I wasn't willing to put up the cash. The cost of a single season of Game Pass was almost $400 CDN. Now, part of me was willing to pay that amount but there was a slight issue. Since I live in Canada there were several limitations on the games that were available to me. I would have no access to primetime games or playoffs. The decision was clear. NO THANKS!!!

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I was just about to give up the hope when I finally found what I had been looking for, DAZN!!! DAZN (pronounced da-zone) is a sports streaming provider that has actually gone out and secured contracts and broadcasting rights with the leagues. DAZN had exactly what I had been looking for all this time. They had the FULL access to NFL Game Pass. There were no restrictions on games or playoffs whatsoever. They also had access to all of the really cool features that Game Pass offers such as condensed games and the whole lineup of NFL films programs including the HBO Hard Knocks series. The NFL content was just the tip of the iceberg. They also had the rights to some MLB, all PGA tons of European soccer, tennis and much more. They even have the rights to Bellator MMA broadcasts which are usually only available through pay per view.

It has been a little over a year since I made the move to DAZN and I can honestly say I am just as happy as the day I did it. In fact, the service continues to improve all the time as they are adding more content. They have yet to obtain the Canadian rights to the NHL and I doubt they ever will but I am able to stream games anyway. So much easier than the NFL. I have been told that there is a way to access content provided to other location by changing your VPN but I have yet to look too closely at that option. I would certainly recommend DAZN to anyone looking for a better way to watch sports.

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