2024 NFL schedule shock: Netflix lands rights to NFL's two Christmas video games as a part of three-year deal – CBS Sports activities

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If you do not have a Netflix account, you would possibly need to put one in your Christmas record this yr, as a result of the streaming firm shall be airing two of the largest video games of the NFL season. 
The NFL and Netflix introduced on Wednesday that the NFL’s two Christmas video games shall be solely proven on Netflix this yr. The streaming firm signed a three-year cope with the NFL that may embrace Netflix additionally getting a minimum of one Christmas sport in each 2025 and 2026.
The announcement between the NFL and Netflix got here at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, simply 10 hours earlier than the anticipated launch of the 2024 NFL schedule. The groups enjoying within the 2024 Christmas video games shall be revealed with the remainder of the schedule at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday 
Though CBS, Fox and ABC all obtained to air a Christmas sport final season, the NFL determined to vary its plans for 2024. Again in March, the NFL decided to put the Christmas games up for bid this yr, which is how Netflix was in a position to rating the rights. 
Despite the fact that Netflix is a brand new accomplice for the NFL, it should not be a complete shock that it landed the Christmas video games. The NFL has been thrilled with the huge attain that the league’s streaming companions have delivered to the league, particularly with youthful audiences. When Roger Goodell was requested in regards to the matter final month, the NFL commissioner particularly talked about Google’s dealing with of Sunday Ticket and Amazon’s spectacular rankings for the corporate’s Thursday evening package deal in 2023. 
“In every of these platforms, our common age of our viewers went down eight to 10 years,” the NFL commissioner said at the draft. “In order that’s the place lots of people are that we have to attain, and that is why we’re investing in it.”
Netflix has been stepping up its NFL content material over the previous yr. Not solely did the streaming firm air the “Quarterback” sequence in 2023 — a present that adopted Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota — however the firm additionally simply obtained completed streaming the dwell roast of Tom Brady. 
Now that Netflix has the 2 Christmas video games, meaning you may want fairly a couple of subscriptions if you wish to watch each NFL sport in 2024. Netflix shall be one in all 4 streamers that may solely carry a minimum of one sport subsequent season. This is a have a look at the three others: 
The negotiations with Netflix went all the way down to the wire, which is an enormous motive why the discharge of the schedule was delayed. NFL teams had been anticipating the schedule to be revealed Could 9, however as a substitute, the league postponed the schedule release until May 15. 
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