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The NFL signed a $450 million contract with CBS and NBC in order for them to show 5 Thursday night NFL games each over the next 2 years.
But the NFL has long been eager to test its hand at distributing its matches in new venues. Yahoo was able to stream a game from London between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars last year during the current season. The streaming broadcast attracted around 15.2 million unique viewers around the world, with one-third of the viewers hailing from the United States, and 33.6 million total views. Yahoo made the game available for free.
A source told AP the deals are worth $450m for 10 games, five each on CBS and NBC. CBS paid $300m for eight games in 2015. The new contracts for 2016 and 2017 increase the number of games on traditional broadcast TV by two. They will again be simulcast on NFL Network.
But the NFL has long been eager to test its hand at distributing its matches in new venues. Yahoo was able to stream a game from London between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars last year during the current season. The streaming broadcast attracted around 15.2 million unique viewers around the world, with one-third of the viewers hailing from the United States, and 33.6 million total views. Yahoo made the game available for free.
A source told AP the deals are worth $450m for 10 games, five each on CBS and NBC. CBS paid $300m for eight games in 2015. The new contracts for 2016 and 2017 increase the number of games on traditional broadcast TV by two. They will again be simulcast on NFL Network.