NFL Wants Global Reach With Christmas Games On Netflix
NFL is the most popular professional league in the United States Of America and want to expand their streaming platform globally. According to officials, a pair of Christmas day games on Netflix will expose the NFL to gain intentional recognition.
Netflix having 270 million intentional subscribers, broadcasting NFL matches will be of great help. The two matches they intend to show is “Baltimore Ravens Vs Houston Texans” and “Pittsburgh Steelers Vs Kansas City Chiefs.
Netflix will broadcast the games from the United States Of America to intentional subscribers to push them globally.
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The General Manager of NFL Australia Charlotte Offord, urges intentional watchers to tune in to stream the matches even though the games start early in the morning the day after Christmas. She Also Added “The Netflix initiative is so great for us”.
Streaming NFL live on boxing day morning will create a new tradition which will make people expect this matches on Christmas. It will be another moment on NFL calendar where fans will engage even though it still public holiday.
The Matches will be broadcast in five languages — English, Spanish, Portuguese, french and German, While Neflix is working to enlarge the global reach of NFL worldwide, the games also serve Netflix. During the first live boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, 100 million plus viewers tune in to watch and this also boost their earnings. Netflix is said to sign a deal in broadcasting the 2027 and 2031 Women’s World Cup Soccer Tournaments, so basically Netflix is branching into broadcasting sports live.
UK NFL General Manager Henry Hodgson also commented about the fact that Netflix have leaned into broadcasting live sports so much and market it well around the world that intentional subscribers where English is not their first language can get the commentary in their local language with same games. This is really exciting and will really help the growth off the NFL globally.
The first NFL game in London 2007 was brought by a team which Henry hodgson was part, over 80,000 people filled the Wembley Stadium to watch the New York Giants Win Miami Dolphins By 13 — 10.
Multiple games have been held each year in Britain by NFL since 2013 and has announced to host in spain as the fifth country to host NFL games in the international series in the year 2025.
NFL will focus greatly on the sport intentionally in coming years and the flag football is set to make it debut in the 2028 Olympic in Los Angeles Games. The flag football would also be among the brisbane Games in 2032, Offord Said.
According to Neal Pilson, The President of Pilson Communications & Former President of Sports, Exporting the sport football globally is a very good idea and “Netflix Is A Great Vehicle To Do That”.
Neal pilson added that a regular season has 272 games and NFL is in a good position to embrace the future streaming and still maintain its position in their traditional platforms.
“The trend in all major sports (is) to put more and more product on the streaming services. But, at the same time, the NFL is pretty careful to keep the bulk of its product in the United States on traditional carriers. Because frankly, that’s where the money is right now,” he added.
“They’re blessed – let’s put it this way – with having a tremendous amount of attractive inventory. So they can service the networks, the cable channels, the affiliates, local stations and their growing audience watch their product and a lot of other product on laptops, streaming devices.”
