The NFL is breaking new floor this season with a September sport in Brazil, the primary time a regular-season contest will happen in South America.
The Week 1 sport might be solely streamed on Peacock, giving NBCUniversal three stand-alone video games within the first week of the season.
The Philadelphia Eagles are one of many groups taking part in within the sport. Their opponent and the kickoff time might be introduced at a later date. The September 6 contest may even mark the primary time in additional than 50 years that the league is kicking off its season on Friday night time.
Together with the season-opener information, the NFL additionally confirmed that Prime Video has secured unique rights to stream a wild-card playoff sport subsequent January. (That information first emerged in February however is now official.) Peacock’s carriage of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs-Miami Dolphins wild-card sport final January drew record-setting tune-in for a livestream, averaging about 23 million viewers. Amazon, in the meantime, is 2 years right into a long-term deal to stream 15 Thursday Evening Soccer video games every season and likewise hosted the primary NFL sport on Black Friday final November.
Though these streaming video games are labeled as “exclusives,” the video games will proceed to air on broadcast TV in every workforce’s dwelling market in addition to on cell gadgets through NFL+ per the NFL’s media rights agreements.
Hans Schroeder, EVP of media distribution for the NFL, made the bulletins on the league’s annual assembly in Orlando, FL.
“As media consumption habits evolve, the NFL continues to work with our companions to place our video games on digital platforms the place our followers are more and more spending their time,” Schroeder mentioned. “The viewership success of each Thursday Evening Soccer on Prime Video and the historic wild-card sport on Peacock final season are sturdy indicators our streaming distribution is resonating with our followers.”
NBC Sports activities President Rick Cordella mentioned it was “unprecedented” to have a single firm carrying three opening-week prime-time video games. He famous that the September occasion on Peacock will comply with the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, which can ship livestreams of each occasion throughout a number of weeks.
Jay Marine, international head of sports activities and advertisements, Prime Video, mentioned the corporate is “proud to broaden our relationship with the league.”
