Thursday Night Football will be first streaming-service show measured in Nielsen weekly TV report
"This is a huge testament to the role Nielsen plays. It demonstrates the importance of our ratings in the media ecosystem."
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NFL launches NFL+, announces pricing and features, including local/primetime streaming to phones and tablets
NFL+ will cost $4.99 a month for the basic version, or $9.99 a month for the premium version.
A Black Friday NFL game on Amazon is reportedly now “going to happen, by next year at the latest,” as per Peter King
As per King, Amazon is bidding between $70 and $100 million for this game.
The NFL is contemplating a “NFL+” streaming service, which could replace Verizon mobile streaming, but questions remain
It's unclear yet if the NFL will really push ahead with this concept, or if this is just a plan to get more bids for the mobile streaming package that had been with Verizon.
Many YouTube TV subscribers in New Mexico got only Spanish audio for Bills-Chiefs on CBS affiliate KRQE
This is at least the third time this NFL season a particular English-language feed from a local affiliate has wound up with only Spanish audio.
Yahoo’s Geoff Reiss talks new WatchTogether, PlayAR NFL features: “The timing was ideal to come out and take a pretty big leap forward.”
"There's an appetite for knowledge across sports, whether it be to understand how salary caps work or what goes into draft picks. So giving fans the power to reconstruct plays, and being able to do that across a NFL Sunday, is kind of cool."
NFL could move some games to Saturday if no 2020 college football season is played
Any new Saturday NFL telecasts would likely be exclusive to Amazon Prime or ESPN+.
DAZN goes public with anticipated push for U.S. NFL content, but will they actually get it?
"We’re definitely interested in looking at the NFL rights. Our strategy is to be a major player in sports rights via OTT, and the U.S. and Canada have the highest penetration of OTT in the world."
Yahoo extends NFL streaming into the Yahoo Fantasy Football app
Fans can now watch NFL games inside the Yahoo Fantasy app as well as the Yahoo Sports app.
Yahoo Sports GM Geoff Reiss and head of content Sarah Crennan talk NFL broadcasts, shows, “most immersive mobile experience”
"The aspiration is the most immersive mobile experience for football fans."
NFL exec Brian Rolapp talks “inflection point” ahead of next TV deal, says “Our entire model is about reach,” which may limit tech...
"Our entire model is about reach. Traditionally, broadcast television was the best way to achieve that."
Twitter, Amazon, YouTube, and Verizon are bidding for Thursday Night Football streaming rights, multiyear deal expected
Four companies are still reportedly in the hunt for TNF streaming rights, which could give the NFL a big payday. But there are questions about just how interested Amazon is in retaining those rights.
Yahoo will stream NFL playoffs and Super Bowl to mobile users on all networks as part of new Verizon deal
Under the new deal, people with phones on other carriers can also access Verizon's NFL streams.
