The NFL and Netflix Strike Groundbreaking Deal to Broadcast Regular Season Games

The NFL is the most important league in the world, and it is now the streaming platform Netflix, who has reached an agreement with it to broadcast regular season games.

It was the same NFL that announced the agreement with Netflix, in which no figures were revealed about the said deal between both parties, they also announced that the agreement will last for three years.

The streaming platform will have the exclusive right to two of the legendary Christmas games, in which the protagonists will be the current Champions, Kansas City of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce facing the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The other game will pit Houston Texas against the Baltimore Ravens. It should be noted that the platform has been increasing its catalog, going from series, movies, documentaries to now venturing into completely live events.

What position have the NFL and Netflix taken?

The NFL is the most watched sport in the United States, above baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey; That is why they decided to expand their panorama and join Netflix.

Currently the NFL has agreements with CBS, Fox, ESPN, Amazon and NBC, now adding the giant Netflix to its list of partners.

The statement read from Hans Schroeder, executive vice president of media distribution for the NFL, “We couldn’t be more excited to be the first professional sports league to partner with Netflix to bring live games to fans around the world.” ”.

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And he added that it is the perfect combination for both brands to grow. “The NFL at Christmas has become a tradition and partnering with Netflix, a service whose biggest day of the year is often this holiday, is the perfect combination to grow this event globally for NFL fans.”

Patrick Mahomes (Travis Heying / AP)

We really don’t know how much money there is in this operation between Netflix and the NFL?

Although it is true that both the NFL and Netflix did not give any clue about the monetary nature of this agreement between two of the largest companies in the world.

The contract between both parties, according to Bloomberg, will cost Netflix around 150 million dollars per game, that is, 300 million dollars for the two aforementioned games.

However, the streaming platform has contradicted itself, since in the past they would have shown their refusal to broadcast live events.

2024-05-15 23:58:31
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