After more than two decades of not wanting to be an online sports streaming service, Netflix has finally relented and agreed to pay the NFL to stream two NFL games on Christmas Day this year. The deal for three years also offers options for additional Christmas games that will be streamed in 2025 and 2026. The rights to stream two games in the current season were estimated to been worth Netflix 150 million dollars, which is substantially higher per-game that Amazon has paid in 2017 for the exclusive streaming rights in Thursday Night Football (TNF) games. It follows from the WWE Smackdown rights that were obtained in January which has firmly established Netflix as a sports streaming potential contender (as MIDiA predicted would happen by 2024.)
Amazon's acquisition of the sole (domestic) TNF broadcast / streaming rights in 2021, for 15.4 times the price the previous price, triggered an explosion in the worth of NFL rights, which is now $100 billion in the next 10 years, making them among the top rights in sports worldwide. In simple terms, Netflix securing exclusive NFL rights for its worldwide viewers sets a precedent to all the streaming TV companies.
What is the reason Netflix has copied Amazon
It is consistently ranked third in worldwide SVOD ranking, just following Netflix as well as Disney, Amazon is forecast to catch up with the two top SVOD services, with an growing average of subscribers exceeding Netflix and Disney in 2024-2031 (as described in MIDiA's 2024-2031 world forecast for subscription videos which is due within the next few days). In addition to the substantial bundle of utility benefits that come with Prime membership, it is also a great alternative to video (think prime delivery services, Prime Music, Prime TV channels, Prime Reading, etc. ) It is almost a replacement for the television experience with the original and licensed films as well as episodic programming complemented by sports that are popular, such as the NFL soccer, the NFL, and tennis. amazon.com/code | amazon.com/us/code
