Tag: NFL
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The NFL Can Now Begin Negotiating TV Rights Deals, Agrees to Longer Season
The NFL can now begin negotiating deals for airing games, after the league and the NFL Players Association came to an agreement yesterday. We reported last month that the Collection Bargaining Agreement would affect everything from the number of games in the season to which networks will win rights to air the games. Multichannel reports…
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Amazon, Disney & Others Are Fighting for NFL TV Rights
Last week, NFL owners approved the terms of a bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association. The Collective Bargaining Agreement could affect everything from expanding the regular season game schedule to changing salary caps. The agreement would also allow for new negotiations when it comes to broadcast rights for NFL games when…
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How to Watch The NFL Combine on Roku, Fire TV, & Apple TV
The NFL Combine is almost here and the NFL Network and ESPN will have wall to wall coverage of every major college player hoping to be drafted. The good news is for cord cutters there are many great options to stream the 2020 NFL Combine without paying for cable TV. Here is how you can…
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How to Stream the Super Bowl in 4K on Roku, Fire TV, & Apple TV
Want to watch this year’s Super Bowl in 4K? Good news! For the first time ever the 2020 Super Bowl will be streamed in 4K through the FOX Sports app. For some time now, through the FOX Sports app on Roku and the Apple TV you can watch select events on FOX, BTN, and FS1…
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Amazon’s Deal to Stream NFL Football Is Ending & Rights Are Up for Bidding Again
For two years now Amazon has streamed NFL Thursday night football, but that deal has come to an end with the close of the 2019 NFL season. Amazon has to bid again for rights to stream Thursday night NFL football. If no deal is reached, NFL football will not be returning to Twitch and Amazon…
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New Rumors Point to YouTube TV Taking Over NFL Sunday Ticket
For some time now we have heard that Google was aiming to buy rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket when its contract expires after the 2021-2022 season. Over the weekend, YouTube’s head of product was seen sitting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at the Minnesota Vikings vs San Francisco 49ers game. Spotted YouTube product chief…
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The NFL Is Cracking Down on VPN Users
For years VPNs have promoted their services as a way to watch content from outside their home market. The practice has been to use a VPN to make it look like you live in a part of the world where the NFL offers streaming of games even though you live in the United States in…
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The NFL Wants to Charge More For TV Fees
The NFL has seen its ratings go up for the last two seasons. Now, according to Neal Pilson who use to be the longtime president of CBS Sports and now has founded the consulting firm Pilson Communications, the NFL could see a 25% to 30% increase in TV fees. This could help the NFL make…
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Amazon Might Get Exclusive NFL Streaming Rights According to NFL Executives
According to the Sports Business Journal newsletter, the NFL is closely watching to see how Amazon handles Premier League streams. If all goes well, an NFL media executive says that the league could sign an exclusive deal with Amazon to stream NFL games. At the SBJ Dealmakers in Sports conference this week, NFL exec and…
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The NFL Will Go to the Supreme Court in Antitrust Case
On February 7, just days after Super Bowl LIV, the NFL will file a petition with the US Supreme Court that could change the way sports fan watch games. The way NFL game licensing is currently set up involves all of the teams grouping all of the games in the league together and distributing them…