NFL Announces Sunday Ticket On YouTube TV In $2 Billion Dollar Deal
For American football fans, NFL Sunday Ticket has been the holy grail of subscription services ever since its arrival nearly 30 years ago. Sunday Ticket grants you live viewing access to every out-of-market NFL game on CBS and Fox, which has been a boon for fans who transplanted to a different region, or otherwise can’t watch their favorite teams on the local air — as well as fantasy football buffs who don’t want to miss a single second of action in any game.
Well, the landscape is changing quite a bit withtoday’s news: Google and the National Football League have teamed up to offer the package onYouTube TV.
A new era for hand-egg fanatics
This marks the first time in nearly three decades that anyone other than DirecTV has offered NFL Sunday Ticket. Google and the NFL reportedly agreed to a seven-year distribution deal that could be worth as much as $2.5 billion, according to theNew York Times. Strangely enough, the ceiling on that partnership seems much lower than the 11-year deal it struck withAmazon to stream each Thursday Night Football gameexclusively, which is reportedly commanding $1 billion annually.
Sunday Ticket will come to the YouTube TV platform starting with the 2023 season, says the NFL. But you won’t even need a YouTube TV subscription for the privilege. It’s also headed toYouTube Primetime Channels, the a-la-carte experience that gives you one-stop access to all the streaming services you love.
We’re not sure how much the subscription will cost under YouTube’s stewardship, but we’ve seen the DirecTV packages get as low as $250 during special promotional periods. DirecTV offered the packages with monthly payment options, so whatever the cost ends up being, you may not need to eat it all at once.
