{"id":661627,"date":"2026-05-11T05:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661627\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T05:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:37:12","slug":"dont-worry-nfl-fans-a-full-move-into-streaming-probably-isnt-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661627\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Worry, NFL Fans: A Full Move Into Streaming Probably Isn’t Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL<\/a> continues to spread money around.<\/p>\n

The league has long had massive broadcasting deals with ABC\/ESPN, FOX, NBC and CBS. However, in recent years, the league has expanded its media presence. There are deals with Netflix, Peacock, Amazon Prime and YouTube TV, among others.<\/p>\n

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Many fans have worried that eventually, the league is going to go all-in with streaming. The movie and TV show industry has certainly been trending that way. There’s been talk of a Super Bowl<\/a> landing on a streaming platform, too.<\/p>\n

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DECEMBER 01: NFL Christmas Gameday signage advertising the NFL’s two Christmas Day marquee games streaming live on Netflix on December 01, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher\/Getty Images)Aaron M&period; Sprecher&sol;Getty Images<\/p>\n

But, according to Business Insider media reporter Peter Kafka, who appeared on\u00a0a recent episode of John Ourand\u2019s\u00a0The Varsity\u00a0podcast<\/a>, the NFL isn’t likely to go all-in on streaming anytime soon.<\/p>\n

It would cost too much money.<\/p>\n

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The NFL isn’t moving away from cable<\/p>\n

The NFL isn’t going to move away from linear TV, unless something crazy happens.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still think they would be uneasy about that from just a pure commercial reach, and I think politically it is too much of a tripwire for them to touch. What would have to happen is an Apple or a Netflix would have to offer a astronomical number for them to make it worth their while to get into what surely would be a political fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There probably is going to be some changes to the NFL’s media setup moving forward. However, for now, the league is sticking with its network partners, while splicing in some streaming deals.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on May 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL continues to spread money around. The league has long had massive broadcasting deals with ABC\/ESPN, FOX,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[18048,49,48,1316,514,82,45760],"class_list":["post-661627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-amazon-prime","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-netflix","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-youtube-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661627","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=661627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}