National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football association based in New York City. The NFL comprises 32 clubs divided among two conferences, which itself is split among eight divisions.
Telecast rights to NFL games are held by the Walt Disney Company (ESPN, ABC), Comcast Corporation (NBC), Paramount Global (CBS), Fox Corporation and Amazon’s Prime Video. National radio broadcasts are offered by Cumulus Radio’s Westwood One.
The NFL also distributes games through its own standalone streaming app called NFL Plus, with out-of-market games aired on CBS and Fox affiliates available through YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket package.
Nielsen: Football boosted season TV viewership in January
NFL and college football programming, plus other live events, helped lift traditional TV's share of viewership over streaming's lead in January.
Fox Sports sees $800 million in advertising from Super Bowl LIX
The company's decision to distribute a free feed of the NFL championship game on Tubi helped.
Amazon reports ad revenue growth during Q4
NFL games on Prime Video grow viewership, but still lag behind peer broadcast networks.
Broadcast, cable TV continue to top Nielsen’s The Gauge
Linear TV captured more than 46 percent of total TV time in December, compared with streaming's 43 percent.
Netflix reaches 700 million streamers, will raise prices in U.S.
Netflix saw its global customer base increase to 300 million paid accounts by the end of 2024.
NFL games on Netflix average 30 million global viewers
Two NFL games streamed live on Netflix during the Christmas Day holiday drew 30 million viewers each, according to new data from the league.
Christmas NFL games draw 65 million viewers to Netflix
The Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game was the more-popular of the two Christmas Day NFL matches, per Nielsen ratings.
Beyoncé Christmas halftime show will stream as special on Netflix
The Beyoncé halftime performance during the second of two Christmas Day NFL games on Netflix will be available to stream as a separate special later this week.
NFL games on Netflix stream smoothly on Christmas
The NFL's early partnership with Netflix appears to have gone off without a hitch on Christmas Day.
NFL Plus, DAZN to archive Netflix Christmas Day games
Two NFL games will be available to stream on-demand through Netflix for just a few hours after the live broadcasts conclude.
Black Friday NFL game draws over 13 million to Prime Video
More than 13 million people watched some or all of Amazon's football game between the Raiders and the Chiefs last Friday.
NFL: 141 million watched football on Thanksgiving Day
Fox sports won the day, while CBS came in second, according to Nielsen data released by the league.