Tag Archives: ticket

The NFL’s “Sunday Ticket” is about to jump to YouTube. Google and the NFL are reportedly in advanced talks to bring the popular streaming service to YouTube starting next season, according to the Wall Street Journal. An official announcement could come as soon as Wednesday. DirecTV has held the rights for “Sunday Ticket” since it first launched in 1994. The service has become a critical part of the NFL season for fans across the country, both because it allows fans to watch nearly… Source link

The NFL’s Sunday Ticket deal with DirecTV is up after this year, and the league has already made it clear that it will put the package on a streaming service instead of re-upping the current deal. After a long process, it appears that the NFL has narrowed the choices down to two services. According to Puck‘s Dylan Byers, Amazon and Google are the final two choices remaining for the NFL. The former would add Sunday Ticket to Prime Video, while the latter would likely put… Source link

Getty Images The company once regarded as the frontrunner for NFL Sunday Ticket has opted to take a Sunday drive, instead. Buried in an item on Puck.news from Dylan Byer and Julia Alexander regarding recent changes at the top of Disney is an NFL bombshell: Apple has bowed out of the bidding for the out-of-market package the DirecTV will relinquish in only 23 days. Here’s the key quote, from Byer: “I’m now told that Apple, once… Source link

Roger Goodell, the National Football League’s commissioner, flew to Sun Valley, Idaho, this summer for Allen & Company’s annual media conference, confident that the N.F.L. was close to announcing its latest blockbuster TV rights deal. “We will probably have some decision by the fall,” he told CNBC at the time. But nearly five months later, the league is still looking for a technology or media company willing to replace DirecTV as the rights holder for Sunday Ticket, which allows fans… Source link

Could George Clooney and Julia Robert’s “Ticket to Paradise” bring back the box office rom-com? “If ‘Ticket to Paradise’ proves as successful as it looks like it could be, that would give this year alone — in a very challenging year to do it — two successful rom-coms,” Box Office Pro Chief Analyst Shawn Robbins told Yahoo Finance, referencing the surprise success of Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s “The Lost City,” which secured $190 million globally with more than $105 million… Source link

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with John Ourande > of Sports Business Journal about the bidding war among tech companies to acquire broadcasting rights for the NFL. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: A bidding war is brewing between the world’s largest tech companies. Apple, Amazon and Google are all pushing to acquire the rights for the same service. And we’re not talking about an app or website. We’re talking about football, baby. The three tech giants are pushing to… Source link

Getty Images As the football-watching worlds watches and waits for news as to where it will be watching Sunday Ticket in 2023, a new contender for the package has emerged. According to the New York Times, Google has made a bid for the out-of-market service. The games would be streamed through YouTube, which is owned by Google. Other bidders include Apple, Amazon, and Disney. NFL media executive Brian Rolapp told the Times that the league… Source link

Low scores set up for a close shave in the final round of the 2022 Barbasol Championship with the tournament being decided with a clutch, late putt. Trey Mullinax made a 14-footerfor birdie on the final hole to take a one-shot lead at 25 under and earn not only his first PGA Tour win, but the final spot in the field for next week’s 150th playing of the Open Championship at St. Andrews. The 30-year-old shot a 6-under 66 on Sunday to follow rounds of 65-65-67 and hold off a charging Kevin… Source link

Burger King employee Kevin Ford never missed a day’s work in the 27 years he spent as a cook at the Las Vegas McCarren airport location of the chain restaurant. So when he arrived at work on the 27th anniversary of his employment and joked around about the time spent working at the company, management scrambled to find a present to thank him for his hard work. The present: a string backpack, a movie ticket, a lanyard, a coffee cup, and some candy. Ford posted a video of him opening the… Source link

The new allegations of financial impropriety by the Washington Commanders are taking shape, and the NFL will be extraordinarily unhappy with team owner Dan Snyder if the accusations turn out to be true. The House Oversight Committee, which has been investigating allegations of sexual harassment against Snyder, has received information alleging the Commanders have been hiding ticket revenue that is supposed to be shared with other NFL teams, according to A.J. Perez of Front Office Sports. It… Source link