NFL Fragments Game Streaming, Pushing Full-Season Viewing Costs to $450-$800
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
NFL Fragments Game Streaming, Pushing Full-Season Viewing Costs to $450-$800
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Summary
$450 to $500 is now the minimum estimated cost to watch all nationally televised NFL games this season, rising to roughly $800 for fans who also need out-of-market access.
Netflix and Amazon Prime drive much of the added spend: Netflix has five exclusive games spread across four months at $8.99-$26.99 monthly, while Prime carries Thursday night games from Week 2 through the Wild Card round at $14.99 a month.
Fans still need access to Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN/ABC through cable, YouTube's $64.99 monthly sports plan, or a patchwork of services including Fox One, ESPN Unlimited, Paramount+ and Peacock.
NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube adds another $336 a year—or $240 for new subscribers—for games not televised locally, underpinning the higher end of the total cost.
The expanding mix of platforms and game windows adds to complaints that the NFL is charging more for a more fragmented product, even as the league's popularity has so far held up.