To be a presence on the sports landscape, Google needed the NFL.
"All of this crap is confusing, but this is particularly confusing. Does that mean that you have to have YouTube TV and sign up for their...
"YouTube has long been a home for football fans, whether they're streaming live games, keeping up with their home team, or watching the best plays in...
DirecTV launched the platform in 2005, with Andrew Siciliano hosting the whip around coverage of the NFL. The league launched it's on NFL RedZone version in...
Another point that could compel Apple back into negotiations with the league is the fact that Sunday Ticket is the league's final media package available for...
Hanson believed in the moment that CBS was airing the overtime period to a national audience. But due to NFL broadcasting rules, the game was only...
"Apple’s like, ‘OK, we can’t sell internationally. OK, that was important to us. And we can’t sell it exclusively against Fox and CBS. Well, OK. Well,...
“While Amazon has shown what they can do with Thursday Night Football, YouTube has many more viewers already coming to the platform to watch sports content.”
"I think the fact that this is going on for so long suggests that it's not a lock with Apple."
The NFL's broadcast deals signed last year with FOX and CBS including local exclusivity. In turn, the networks have continued to hold or have purchased stations...