Amazon in Talks to Carry Many NFL Games Exclusively on Prime Video

[skinzfan]

get your credit cards out...

WSJ News Exclusive | Amazon in Talks to Carry Many NFL Games Exclusively on Prime Video

TV networks also are expected to pay nearly twice as much for new rights to Sunday and Monday games.

www.wsj.com

 

[Upinthe North]

No thanks....I'll just find something else to watch. Sounds like the NHL and their 80 % blacked out games, if you don't buy their product.

 

[Red_Chaos]

so basically prime membership is going up again?

 

[Chief Cola]

Welp lets throw another reason onto the growing pile of reasons to never go to the city.

 

[Debbie Does]

If you don't want to pay through the nose for a WSJ subscription, you can't read much about it, either.

Between Virtue Signalling and replacing cheerleaders with gay dance acts, and having a third of the teams be worthless doormats season after season, and seeing high schools drop the sport entirely over brain damage, the sport is dying. Bye, football.

 

[ducky]

If you don't want to pay through the nose for a WSJ subscription, you can't read much about it, either.

Between Virtue Signalling and replacing cheerleaders with gay dance acts, and having a third of the teams be worthless doormats season after season, and seeing high schools drop the sport entirely over brain damage, the sport is dying. Bye, football.

Lol.

Amazon is about to pay the NFL $1B to broadcast 17 games. That works out to $62M per game. Each team in the league gets $30M to broadcast less than 3.3% of their games from this deal.

...and your take from it is that the football is dying?!? Talk about failing up.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

If they lock NFL games into some pay to watch thing, that’s gonna be a dumb move by the NFL, because lot’s of people are gonna stop watching....

 

[Clayton]

I get that Amazon wants to do everything but thats not going to be popular

 

[Boglodyte]

They could put all the 49er games on Amazon, and I couldn’t care less. I don’t watch them anyway

 

[redseat]

I get that Amazon wants to do everything but thats not going to be popular

Amazon gets what Amazon wants.. I am not in favor of them getting football though... But they have the money so they will get it

 

[Southieinnc]

I have had Amazon Prime for years. Very usefull living overseas. Mandatory during Corona.
i'm alreafy locked into membership so the games are essentially a gimme.
NFL Network on the other hand, gives me 1 or 2 games ayear and nothing else!

 

[Debbie Does]

I live in Delaware. There are no pro football teams in Delaware. Are we local market for anyone? I could give a shit about the Ravens or Eagles, and the Redskins will be a joke team as long as Danny-Boy is the owner. I pay too much for cable as is. Not paying more for other TV I won't watch. Fuck 'em.

 

[DonMan]

here's another article that references the WSJ article linked above:

Thursday Night Football may soon be an Amazon Prime Video exclusive, report says

Amazon's streaming endeavors may be getting a big boost.

www.cnet.com

NFL TV rules have always required prime time games to be shown OTA in the local markets for both teams. As long as that rule stays in place, this won't bother me too much.