NFL Broadcasting Right Contracts

[ARPackFan]

Looks like the NFL has new broadcasting deals in place for the next 11 seasons for reportedly the low-low price of $113 billion. It looks like everything basically stays the same with the exception of the price.

ESPN/ABC will have the ability to flex MNF
Amazon is getting into the action for TNF


https://www.foxnews.com/sports/amazon-gets-thursday-night-games-nfl-nearly-doubles-tv-deal

 

[Croak]

I think they will be eventually dumping Dish and Sunday Pass while switching over to a different format. I saw they are going to air some games over ESPN+. I like that choice because I already have a streaming subscription to it.

 

[ARPackFan]

I think they will be eventually dumping Dish and Sunday Pass while switching over to a different format. I saw they are going to air some games over ESPN+. I like that choice because I already have a streaming subscription to it.

Agree. Currently the only way to get Sunday Ticket is through DirecTV but subscriptions are falling as more people move to streaming services and doubt the NFL rides a dying horse for very long. The contract with DirecTV expires after 2022 season. Hopefully the NFL expands paid availability of games through other streaming services.

 

[Mondio]

Agree. Currently the only way to get Sunday Ticket is through DirecTV but subscriptions are falling as more people move to streaming services and doubt the NFL rides a dying horse for very long. The contract with DirecTV expires after 2022 season. Hopefully the NFL expands paid availability of games through other streaming services.

I think Amazon will be smart with theirs. The higher price, pay per view, exclusive content is for small minded short term business models or very niche markets. I can see Amazon doing something completely opposite of the NFL network or what ESPN did with monday night, which was require high price tv packages and exclusivity and they'll likely make it something anybody can view simply by downloading an app with very little if any barrier to obtain.

Football isn't a niche market and the bigger money sources are by ease of availability for viewers and exposure for new markets, not pay per view. Pay per view would be for maximizing short term dollars.