> In essence, it sounds like Apple is after additional rights beyond those > which Direct TV had previously had. Obviously it'll be a streaming-first > offering, but the report made it sound like they wanted in-market rights > (as they have with their MLS deal).
Right now, the broadcast networks get streaming rights to their games, so that Paramount+ has the games that local CBS affiliates are showing (to be clear, only for the game that the affiliate in each market is showing), and there's presumably a similar deal for Fox; I'm not finding a definitive streamer. In the modern era, it's easy to forget just how valuable the broadcast networks are to the NFL, but they're the folks who produce and show Jaguars-Texans games that are of minimal interest to anyone outside Jacksonville and Houston. So I'd imagine that the current licensees guard their in-market rights pretty jealously, and the league is in no hurry to alienate them, even if it ultimately means that the Sunday Ticket rights are less valuable. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOFp56ZErEyrHaNFj3WmXL_4tZR1BBdjA4ReBLKd%2Bvp%3DXw%40mail.gmail.com.
