Wednesday August twenty one, 2013 8:56 am PDT by Jordan Golson
Google chief operating officer Larry Page has had informal discussions with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and different NFL executives that enclosed talks concerning the NFL Sunday price ticket package that DirecTV presently holds the rights to, in step with AllThingsD.
The current Sunday price ticket modify the NFL -- that sees DirecTV paying $1 billion a year -- ends once the 2014-15 season and also the NFL is probably going wanting to lock up the rights well before its contract with DirecTV ends.
A number of pundits have urged that Apple, Google or Amazon may give a large boost to their streaming video services by shopping for exclusive rights to NFL Sunday price ticket -- although it's doubtless the value tag can price quite bit over the present $1 billion annually.
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Today, in step with sources, Google chief operating officer Larry Page, in conjunction with YouTube content boss Henry Martyn Robert Kyncl, met with a delegation from the NFL crystal rectifier by commissioner Roger Goodell. and also the Sunday price ticket package was among the topics of debate, in step with individuals aware of the meeting.
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An informal chat could be a terribly great distance from a deal, therefore there’s no got to invest an excessive amount of within the spoken language quite however. And I’m told that Goodell and different NFL executives area unit meeting with multiple geographical region corporations on this trip, that is one they create annually.
CBS, Fox and NBC have signed new contracts that see every of them paying roughly $1 billion annually for his or her Sunday games, whereas ESPN pays nearly $2 billion annually for its Mon Night soccer broadcast rights. These new contracts were a rise of some sixty p.c from their previous deals.
There are occasional rumors that NFL Sunday price ticket would be returning to the Apple TV, although nothing has return to fruition however -- but, given the recent additions of HBO Go and WatchESPN, Apple is clearly wanting to form deals to extend the attractiveness of the Apple TV box. However, it remains to be seen if Tim Cook is fascinated by payment over $1 billion annually on a "hobby".
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