The NFL and television broadcasters have officially renewed their agreement, which will bring in around $10 billion per year to the league's coffers for the next 11 years, from 2023 to 2033. The big news is Amazon's entry, which guarantees exclusive streaming transmission on Prime on Thursday Night, ahead of Thursday evening.
Astounding Amount of Money NFL Got
The NFL, the professional football league that is by far the most popular and followed sport in the United States, has received a large sum of money. Indeed, the "bandwagon" led by commissioner Roger Goodell has renewed the agreement with broadcasters for television rights by signing a 10-year contract from 2023 to 2033 for an abnormal sum of about 110 billion dollars, or roughly 10 billion per season! The football league's games will be broadcast on ESPN / ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and Amazon Prime, as well as the league's platform, NFL Network.
The figures are impressive, but they appear to be driven by the NFL's incredible media power: according to Nielsen data, 32 of the 50 most-watched shows on television in the United States in 2020 were NFL games. The NFL's advertising revenue from television is estimated to be around $ 4 billion. The big news of this renewal is Amazon's pivotal role with its Prime streaming platform, which will begin broadcasting Champions League football matches next season.
The Thursday game, which is an "advance" to the day and is then distributed between Sunday and Monday, will be broadcast exclusively on Amazon (from 2017 to 2022 Prime does not have the exclusive, ed).
Breakdown of the Agreements
The following is a breakdown of the agreements:
- CBS - $ 1.85 billion (previous agreement $1.03 billion) for Sunday afternoons (AFC races);
- Fox - 2.03 billion (1.13 billion) for Sunday afternoons (NFC races);
- NBC - 1.71 billion (950 million) for Sunday night (Sunday Night);
- Disney (Espn) - 2.55 billion (1.9 billion) for Monday night (Monday Night);
- Amazon - 1.32 billion (new entry) for Thursday evenings (Thursday Night).
