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.
Jury orders NFL to pay $4.7 billion in “Sunday Ticket” antitrust case
A federal jury has ordered the NFL to pay $4.7 billion in damages after siding against the league in an antitrust case over its Sunday Ticket package.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: Sunday Ticket a ‘premium product’
The commissioner downplayed concerns by some DirecTV subscribers that the league engaged in collusion to artificially drive up the cost of NFL Sunday Ticket.
Netflix approaches ESPN, CBS & NBC about producing Christmas NFL games
Some of the broadcasters have expressed a hesitancy to help Netflix produce their Christmas Day games.
Class action lawsuit over NFL Sunday Ticket heads to trial
Subscribers of the NFL Sunday Ticket will finally have their day in court as a years-long class action lawsuit heads to trial this week.
Horowitz: Venu Sports could poach customers from cable, streaming
Fifty-eight percent of Americans between the ages of 18 to 34 saying they'd be interested in signing up for Venu Sports, according to Horowitz Research.
Netflix NFL grab meant to appease advertisers, media strategist says
Netflix's deal with the NFL is part of a broader strategy to offer advertisers more live content for their campaigns, according to a leading media strategist.
NFL schedule details begin to leak ahead of official release
Netflix gets a Christmas game; first Monday Night Football match-up revealed; Peacock to stream an overseas game.
Netflix may score two Christmas Day NFL games
Netflix is in the running to score two Christmas Day football games, according to a report.
Fox grabs syndication rights to “Good Morning Football” for local TV stations
The morning recap and discussion program will air on Fox-owned stations in key markets like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
Broadband helps boost Comcast’s Q1 revenue, Peacock grows to 34 million subscribers
Comcast and the NFL's decision to move a key NFL playoff game to Peacock earlier this year helped grow the streaming service's customer base to 34 million.
Plex adds free NFL Channel ahead of 2024 NFL Draft
The addition of NFL Channel on the Plex app will allow football fans to watch free coverage of the 2024 NFL Draft, which starts on Thursday.
Peacock will stream NBC’s Friday night football game from Brazil
Peacock will be the exclusive national broadcaster of the NFL's Week 1 game in Brazil, the league announced on Tuesday.