{"id":598036,"date":"2026-04-10T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/598036\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:31:10","slug":"doj-probes-nfl-over-streaming-deals-as-antitrust-exemption-draws-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/598036\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ probes NFL over streaming deals as antitrust exemption draws scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek\">\n              The Justice Department is investigating the NFL&#8217;s streaming deals amid fan frustration over paid platforms. Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley suggests Congress examine the NFL&#8217;s structure.\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"dek long-dek\">The Justice Department is probing the NFL&#8217;s exclusive streaming deals amidst fan frustration over fragmented and paid access. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr questions if the league should retain its special antitrust exemption, initially established by the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act. Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley suggests Congress examine the NFL&#8217;s monopoly structure, highlighting their $25 billion annual revenue and rising fan costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Justice Department is investigating the NFL&#8217;s streaming deals amid fan frustration over paid platforms. Fox News contributor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,223796,22524,291751,593,109551,440,85,213664,291750],"class_list":{"0":"post-598036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fox-friends","11":"tag-justice-department","12":"tag-latest-news-videos","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-on-air","15":"tag-shows","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-v-video","18":"tag-what-to-watch-videos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}