The NFL will make one playoff game an exclusive streaming on Peacock next year

NFL just announced a new deal with the peacock That gives the NBCUniversal-owned streaming service the national broadcast rights to a wild card playoff game next season. Described as the “first ever exclusive live streaming NFL playoff game”, it will see the two teams face off in primetime on January 13, 2024. wall street journalWhich cites sources as saying that the deal for this one game is around $110 million.

Of course, we don’t know which two teams will play, but for fans without the Peacocks, viewing options may depend on where you live. With one regular season game (the Bills vs. the Chargers, or as you may know it, on December 23) burn it all game) which will also be a Peacock exclusive, with games being broadcast on the NBC affiliate in those teams’ local markets and on NFL Plus, the league’s subscription streaming platform built for phones and tablets, but not TVs.

Peacock exclusive wild card games and regular season games will be broadcast on NBC stations in the two competing team cities, and will be available on mobile devices with NFL+. The NFL is the only sports league that presents all regular-season and post-season games on free, over-the-air television in local markets.

According to WSJWhen the league struck new broadcast deals in 2021, it reserved the rights to one playoff game per season, and this NBCUniversal deal is only for the 2023 postseason. NFL media executive Hans Schroeder told the outlet that it’s “likely” that in future years, the game will continue to be streaming-only, putting it on platforms including Peacock Again, Viacom-owned Paramount Plus, Disney’s ESPN Plus Streaming may invite bids for Or Fox’s Tubi.

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