The National Football League (NFL) will move its Sunday Ticket package of live games to YouTube from DirecTV, marking the latest exit for a cable industry already losing subscribers to streaming services. YouTube, a unit of Alphabet-owned Google (GOOG), will pay the NFL about $2 billion annually under a seven-year contract after outbidding Amazon (AMZN) and Walt Disney (DIS) subsidiary ESPN. "We have been focused on increased digital distribution of our games," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Read More...
The National Football League (NFL) will move its Sunday Ticket package of live games to YouTube from DirecTV, marking the latest exit for a cable industry already losing subscribers to streaming services. YouTube, a unit of Alphabet-owned Google (GOOG), will pay the NFL about $2 billion annually under a seven-year contract after outbidding Amazon (AMZN) and Walt Disney (DIS) subsidiary ESPN. “We have been focused on increased digital distribution of our games,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
