NFL on Peacock Football fans furious over NBCs plans to show 2023 playoff game exclusively on streaming service

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NFL on Peacock Football fans furious over NBCs plans to show 2023 playoff game exclusively on streaming service

The streaming wars have found a new ally the NFL.Major sports like the NFL have often been considered one of the last things that could Skylar Mays Jersey unite people around cable. I sues surrounding latency and availability have made cord cutting a difficult, and expensive, task for sports fans. As it stands, the league is already going to air at least one game exclusively on Amazon Prime, ESPN+ and the new home for NFL Sunday Ticket YouTube TV.On Monday, the league took it a step further, announcing a partnership with Peacock NBC's streaming platform to broadcast an NFL playoff game onSuper Wild Card Weekend. According to the Wall Street Journal, the two sides struck a one-year deal worth $110 million to broadcast this one game exclusively.MORE:That gives NBC three games during the NFL playoffs opening weekend with two of them being available on broadcast TV. While many fans Kris Dunn Jersey are outraged at the idea, the two participating markets will still be able to watch the playoff contest on their local NBC station.The news comes le s than a week after the league awarded Peacock exclusive rights to the Bills vs. Chargers Week 16 contest.As expected, fans aren't taking the news well:Gotta pay $400 for Sunday ticket plus streaming service to have acce s to all of the games this year. Should try to make the games more acce sible, not le s! Jeremy Horton (@LittleHooty) Omg explaining this to my parents is going to be ultimate hell TJ (@TJusf2021) A pirate's life is a life for me. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Code-E (@CodyLBryant) That the NFL conducted layoffs due to the economic "realities" of 2023 while pulling down $110 million to give a single playoff game to a streaming service is ... a pretty good indicator on who the owners Steve Smith Jersey are. Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) All of us without Peacock during this game Joel Chandler (@BengalScoutJoel) Amazon, YouTube and now Peacock. The NFL is trying hard to lose viewership numbers.Im still watching though Sarah B (@SarahB_N) MORE:Peacock is an NBCUniversal-owned streaming service that launched in July 2020. The service is home to many NBC shows and originals, along with some exclusive sports rights.Peacock, named after the NBC logo, is perhaps best known for being the home of many English Premier League matches in the United States, along with the PGA Tour, WWE, "MLB Sunday Leadoff," NFL and Olympic Games.Like most things, the answer comes down to money. Plenty of fans will tune into the NFL no matter where they have to go in order to watch. Before the 2022 season, fans said they wouldn't pay to watch "Thursday Night Football" on Prime Video, but they did.As long as the NFL remains a powerhouse in the sports world, fans will continue to watch. In this case, they saw an opportunity to bring in even more revenue for a single game Brandon Goodwin Jersey $110 million, to be exact and took advantage of it.MORE:Unfortunately, unlike the other best things in life Peacock is not free, which means you'll need to pony up some of that hard-earned cash to catch the Super Wild Card Weekend exclusive. On the bright side, Peacock is one of the cheaper streaming services around which means you'd only have to part with $4.99 in order to enjoy watching the action.The service comes with two options $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year for the "Premium" package or you could instead opt for the "Plus" package, which is $9.99 Evan Turner Jersey a month or $99.99 a year. The "Plus" package is ad-free, while "Premium" is not, but both come with the same selection of shows and sports.
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