The NFL has lifted the curtain on its long-awaited streaming service, which will allow fans to watch games live on a smartphone or tablet.
NFL+ costs $4.99 a month, or $39.99 a year, and includes access to preseason games and archived football footage, the league announced Monday. A higher-level subscription, NFL+ Premium, is priced at $9.99 or $79.99 and includes live game replays and film of the coaches used to scout opponents.
The new service is different from the NFL Network or NFL Sunday Ticket, which offer viewers access to live games but must be paid for through a cable service provider. With the launch of NFL+, NFL Game Pass will no longer be offered on the. USA, the league said.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement that NFL+ seeks to deepen the league’s relationship with fans of all ages by giving them “a wealth of NFL content.”
The launch of NFL+ marks another example of sports games moving away from where fans have traditionally enjoyed the action: cable television. For example, the NFL has broadcast contracts with Amazon, CBS, ESPN, FOX and NBC that end in 2033 (CBS, owned by Paramount Global, operates CBSNews.com). The NBA has contracts with ESPN and Turner Sports that end in 2025.
This is a breaking story that will be updated soon.
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