{"id":495589,"date":"2026-02-24T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495589\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T05:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:00:08","slug":"report-youtube-is-negotiating-with-nfl-for-extra-package-of-four-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495589\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: YouTube is negotiating with NFL for extra package of four games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The partial merger between the NFL and ESPN has resulted in the league acquiring four games that can be resold to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n<p>Via Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?ui=2&amp;ik=4dd20b2758&amp;view=lg&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1857962948706354118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube is negotiating<\/a> with the league regarding the four extra games that are now available.<\/p>\n<p>A number of parties, per the report, remain interested in the package.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest example of a current trend. The league finds extra games that can be sold outside the boundaries of the current packages, with streamers like YouTube and Netflix getting a partial seat at the table.<\/p>\n<p>For its first NFL broadcast, YouTube carried the 2025 Week 1 game between the Chiefs and Chargers from Brazil, via free global stream.<\/p>\n<p>The centerpiece of the extra package is the Australia game between the 49ers and the Rams. It\u2019s due to be played on Wednesday, September 9, or Thursday, September 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The partial merger between the NFL and ESPN has resulted in the league acquiring four games that can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-495589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}