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Hindustan Times
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Global favourite video-sharing platform to stream NFL game for the first time. Here, have a quick peek
Held at the iconic Corinthians Arena home turf for Brazilian soccer powerhouse SC Corinthians, this is the first time the NFL will open its season with a game played in South America. The game will be available completely free to fans worldwide on YouTube. While YouTube already holds the rights to the NFL's Sunday Ticket, a subscription service that lets fans watch out-of-market Sunday afternoon games, this Brazil showdown will be YouTube's first time streaming a regular-season NFL game live to a global audience for free. However, the broadcast won't be accessible in a few countries, including Canada. The game will also be aired on local television in the home markets of both teams. ALSO READ| NFL 2025 preseason schedule out: When and where to watch preseason games? A complete 32-team guide Even with long-term deals in place with major media partners like Fox, NBCUniversal, CBS, ESPN, and Amazon, the NFL has steadily carved out room for streaming exclusives. Netflix streamed two Christmas Day games last season and is locked in for more during the 2025–26 campaign. Now, YouTube's turn has come. 'We are excited to expand our relationship with YouTube to bring this year's Brazil game to a worldwide audience,' said Hans Schroeder, the NFL's executive vice president of media distribution, in a press briefing. 'YouTube and YouTube TV have been incredible partners of the NFL for several years and boast an immense global reach, and we look forward to Week 1 in São Paulo.' The global video-sharing platform has also signed a multi-year deal to stream the annual Super Bowl Flag Football game. 'Last year, people spent over 350 million hours watching official NFL content on YouTube,' said Mary Ellen Coe, YouTube's chief business officer. ALSO READ| NFL 2025 schedule: Here's a week-by-week schedule for all 32 teams, including bye weeks 'So it's both fitting and thrilling to continue to build our relationship with our partners at the NFL. Streaming the Friday night game to fans for free around the world will mark YouTube's first time as a live NFL broadcaster—and we'll do it in a way that only YouTube can, with an interactive viewing experience and creators right at the center of the experience.'
The Irish Sun
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
YouTube is showing a major sports event for FREE to billions in huge exclusive streaming first
YOUTUBE is set to host a major sports event for free later this year in a global streaming exclusive. NFL fans will be able to stream a week 1 game on the platform without paying a penny. 2 Los Angeles Chargers will play Credit: Getty 2 Move is a first for YouTube Credit: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett The game takes place in It marks the first NFL fixture to be offered for free in its entirety on the video streaming site. The Los Angeles Chargers will take on an opponent to be announced later today when the full 2025 schedule is revealed. YouTube and YouTube TV have served as the home of NFL Sunday Ticket since the start of the 2023 season for US viewers. "Last year, people spent over 350 million hours watching official NFL content on YouTube, so it's both fitting and thrilling to continue to build our relationship with our partners at the NFL," said Mary Ellen Coe, chief business officer, YouTube. "Streaming the Friday night game to fans for free around the world will mark YouTube's first time as a live NFL broadcaster – and we'll do it in a way that only YouTube can, with an interactive viewing experience and creators right at the center of the experience." As part of a multi-year deal, YouTube will also air the annual celebrity Super Bowl Flag Football game featuring creators and musical artists. "We are excited to expand our relationship with YouTube to bring this year's Brazil game to a worldwide audience," said Hans Schroeder, NFL's executive vice president of media distribution. Most read in Tech "YouTube and YouTube TV have been incredible partners of the NFL for several years and boast an immense global reach, and we look forward to Week 1 in São Paulo." MORE FREE SPORT Elsewhere, there's more joy for sports fans in the UK. Virgin Media recently This season's Uefa Finals will be available for free on a special TNT Sports channel. It starts with the Uefa Europa League final face-off between Then on May 28 it's the Uefa Conference League final with Chelsea taking on Real Betis. And finally, Inter Milan and PSG battle it out for the Uefa Champions League trophy on May 31.
Engadget
13-05-2025
- Business
- Engadget
YouTube will exclusively stream an NFL game for free
YouTube will be streaming an exclusive NFL game in its entirety for free worldwide for the first time ever. After becoming the official home of NFL Sunday Ticket in 2023 , YouTube has been pushing to expand its reach in the high-stakes, multibillion-dollar world of NFL coverage and broadcast rights. The Google-owned streaming company has secured the exclusive rights to broadcast one of the NFL's opening week games on Friday September 5 live from Brazil. The São Paulo spectacle will take place the day after the Thursday night NFL KickOff game between the Eagles and the Cowboys. The 2025 NFL regular season will feature seven international games, a record for the league. In an NFL press release , YouTube's chief business officer Mary Ellen Choe said, "Streaming the Friday night game to fans for free around the world will mark YouTube's first time as a live NFL broadcaster – and we'll do it in a way that only YouTube can, with an interactive viewing experience and creators right at the center of the experience." Last year, fellow streaming giant Netflix streamed its first live NFL games on Christmas Day as part of a three-year deal with the league, though Netflix doesn't have a NFL specific product to sell its customers like YouTube has with NFL Sunday Ticket. In the press release announcing YouTube's coverage of Week 1 from Brazil, Mary Ellen Choe discussed the reach of NFL games on YouTube, saying, "Last year, people spent over 350 million hours watching official NFL content on YouTube, so it's both fitting and thrilling to continue to build our relationship with our partners at the NFL." This expanded partnership comes against the backdrop of other team-ups between YouTube and the NFL aside from NFL Sunday Ticket, namely a multi-year deal for the annual Super Bowl Flag Football game as well as additional international flag football games. The exact cost for the broadcast rights to the Brazil game is not known at this time, though it's known that YouTube is paying over $2 billion per year over a seven-year deal for NFL Sunday Ticket. If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.
