New NFL TV Contracts Are In: $10 Billion Per Year

[Foxx]

https://twitter.com/NFLMedia/status/1476315612943056896

 

[Ann]

I am kinda surprised. I'd have thought last year would have had more viewers:

[Ann]

That Cowboys/49ers number is huge! It was suggested to compare to 2019 (not 2020 when ratings were bad due to covid).

 

The Bills/Pats game was only up slightly over the Bills/Houston (2019) game, but this year's game was a Saturday night, not Saturday afternoon game.

[Ann]

But they cratered in NYC-metro and Chicago:

Gaining Yardage: Local TV ratings rise for 21 of NFL’s 32 teams, including key Los Angeles market

 

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New York and Chicago — the country’s largest and third-largest TV markets — present a different story. The Giants had four wins this season and the Bears had six. Both teams saw 14% drops in their local TV ratings this season.
 

The four-win New York Jets actually saw a TV ratings increase of 8%, but their 7.12 local rating is the league’s lowest.
 

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[Ann]

17M people watched an interview with  Meghan and Harry!?

[devnull]

2 hours ago, Ann said:

17M people watched an interview with  Meghan and Harry!?

 

[Ann]

...
 

 

[Ann]

Games? How? Like Red Zone  on delay? Or live?

 

 

[Ann]

…

 

 

[IDBillzFan]

I deeply hate all things Apple. I do NOT want to give them money to watch football.

 

 

[Joe]

1 hour ago, IDBillzFan said:

I deeply hate all things Apple. I do NOT want to give them money to watch football.

 

 

 

Really? Bezos couldn't win that bid?

 

[Uncle Joe]

26 minutes ago, Joe said:

 

Really? Bezos couldn't win that bid?

 

Bezos is cheap.

[IDBillzFan]

43 minutes ago, Joe said:

 

Really? Bezos couldn't win that bid?

 

 

 

His spousal upgrade probably told him she's all Apple products, so it's Sunday Ticket or her.

 

[Joe]

3 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

 

His spousal upgrade probably told him she's all Apple products, so it's Sunday Ticket or her.

 

Happy wife, mostly not miserable life

[Ann]

 

1 hour ago, Joe said:

Happy wife, mostly not miserable life

The first piece of marital advice my husband received was from his partners and it was the maxim:

Happy Wife, Happy Life

Words to live by, gentlemen, words to live by. 🙂

[KD in CA]

On 3/28/2022 at 10:40 AM, Ann said:

Games? How? Like Red Zone  on delay? Or live?

 

 

 

Once again, I would be happy to pay a reasonable fee to just watch Bills games live, either via per game fee or a per team season fee.  Don't want to change to Direct TV, don't need any other games, and don't want to watch any game two days after it happens.  

[Fansince88]

4 hours ago, Joe said:

Happy wife, mostly not miserable life

 

3 hours ago, Ann said:

 

The first piece of marital advice my husband received was from his partners and it was the maxim:

Happy Wife, Happy Life

Words to live by, gentlemen, words to live by. 🙂

 

[Ann]

This does not bode well for the visiting team's fans who travel:
 

 

[Ann]

I guess that's why the NFL gets the big bucks:

[Ann]

Disney, Apple and Amazon keep waiting as NFL considers Sunday Ticket offers
 

• There's no set timeline for a Sunday Ticket deal, which may also include a stake in NFL Media.
• Disney, Apple and Amazon have all submitted bids for the package. DirecTV has not.
• The winner of the rights won’t be able to significantly lower the price of Sunday Ticket from its current $300 because of contractual language with broadcasters CBS and Fox, sources say.

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The three companies submitted bids weeks ago, according to people familiar with the matter. The NFL continues to be in discussion with all three bidders as it decides which partner it will choose, said the people, who asked not to be named because the negotiations are private.

 

The NFL wants any buyer to pay more than $2 billion for the rights and a stake in NFL Media, which is being packaged with Sunday Ticket, three of the people said. The NFL’s mobile rights could be part of the package, as well, since its previous mobile agreement with Verizon has ended.

 

DirecTV paid $1.5 billion per year for Sunday Ticket for the existing rights, which end after the upcoming 2022-23 season. The NFL pushed for 100% increases for its primary game packages last year, but there’s little chance the league will get $3 billion for Sunday Ticket, which has historically lost money for DirecTV, sources said.

 

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