PFT suggests NFL Sunday Ticket could fetch $7.5 billion/year, but is that even realistic?
Now that the 2021-2022 NFL season is over and Super Bowl LVI is behind us, the focus is...
Now that the 2021-2022 NFL season is over and Super Bowl LVI is behind us, the focus is...
Is WarnerMedia also in pursuit with HBO Max?
This led to the NFL RedZone team adding their own scorebug higher up on the feed.
We're a long way from a company winning Sunday Ticket rights, or from a determination of what Sunday Ticket will look like in 2023, but it's notable that NFL sources are at least discussing the possibility of single-team options.
Will Sunday Ticket finally have a new home?
DirecTV subscribers looking to get all of the NFL action each season have a few choices. The most...
It's unknown how interested Apple is but it's another sign that they will eventually get into live sports.
Disney has had interest in the NFL out-of-market package for ESPN+ since 2019
"When the league is ready, we're interested in having that conversation with them."
This move gives AT&T some cash to pay down debt, and may have other flexibility benefits for both AT&T and the new DirecTV entity.
"I feel great, by the way. And I will be back ASAP."
AT&T bought DirecTV for $49 billion in 2015, but may only get $20 billion for it now.
AT&T and DirecTV has Sunday Ticket until 2022.
The panel noted the NFL's antitrust broadcast exemption doesn't apply to deals with pay-TV outlets like DirecTV.
"We know that NFL content is a game-changer for people and it helps to build emerging platforms. It helped to build ESPN, Fox Broadcasting and DirecTV. We’d love for it to help build DAZN."
"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."
NFL Sunday Ticket has been available only to DirecTV subscribers, but the NFL has the ability to opt-out of that deal after the 2019 season.
NFL Network has returned to DirecTV Now, just a few weeks after it was dropped from the streaming service.
In March, questions swirled surrounding what would be next for the NFL Sunday Ticket package. The NFL was reportedly...
“The exclusivity [of Sunday Ticket] should remain as we go forward on DirecTV. We’re heavily invested in the NFL on DirecTV.”
When NFL Network (and NFL RedZone) went dark on AT&T U-verse and (AT&T-owned) DirecTV Now this week, AT&T...
Skipper said ChangeUp is "pretty clearly intended to send a signal that we are interested in the major sports in this country."
With the end of its exclusivity with NFL apparently looming, DirecTV looks to keep current subscribers by standing pat on prices.
"We’re looking to make sure that we continue to deliver this package, which is a premium package of great content. We want it delivered on several different platforms."