The NFL will offer its own streaming service prior to the start of the 2022 season. The NFL Sunday ticket will soon be available on a third-party streaming platform.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has confirmed that the league will launch its own streaming service before the 2022 season begins. “Customers want it, so we’re very excited about what NFL+ will be,”Roger Goodell told CNBC. “The platform is still very young. I think it will continue to grow in the coming years. This will be an important strategy for us going forward.”
The NFL will offer its own streaming service before the start of the 2022 season.
Roger Goodell declined to reveal pricing details, what exactly the NFL+ will offer, or an exact date for its arrival. However, he said that this information will be made public in a few weeks. It was previously reported that NFL+ could debut this month. With pre-season matches arriving in early August, that timing would make sense.
According to a May report from the Sports Business Journal, NFL+ could cost $5 a month. It should offer fans access to some live matches on smartphones and tablets, the same matches that can be seen on local channels. Until now, the operators and Yahoo have broadcast these matches, but their agreements have expired.
The NFL Sunday Ticket will soon be available on a third-party streaming platform.
Roger Goodell also explained that the league should probably partner with a streaming service for the NFL Sunday Ticket, with an announcement due in the fall. “I am convinced that we are going to move to a streaming service,” he said. Amazon, Apple and ESPN+ owner Disney are said to be bidding. According to Roger Goodell, discussions have been going on for more than a year.
Roger Goodell acknowledges that the current partnership with DirecTV, which will end at the end of the 2022 season, has benefited the NFL. That being said, it also highlighted the new features Apple or Amazon could provide, one of which is that fans won’t have to sign up for a satellite TV deal. “We really believe that these new platforms give us the opportunity to innovate beyond what we have today and improve the quality of our customer experience. I think it will make it all more accessible to the fans.”