YouTube TV emerges as front-runner for NFL's 'Sunday Ticket'

[Auggie]

YouTube TV has emerged as the favorite to land the NFL's "Sunday Ticket" package of out-of-market games, but the sides have not finalized a deal, according to multiple reports.

The Wall Street Journal was the first to report that YouTube TV, owned by Google, was the front-runner for the package that allows fans to watch any Sunday afternoon game.

"Sunday Ticket" has been on DirecTV since 1994. The satellite provider has paid $1.5 billion per year on an eight-year contract that expires at the end of this season.

Viewers pay around $300 a season for "Sunday Ticket," which averages 2 million subscribers. As of August, DirecTV had a total of 13.9 million subscribers.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35294678/youtube-tv-emerges-front-runner-nfl-sunday-ticket

According to the link, Apple and ESPN were believed to be contenders for "Sunday Ticket" as well.

YouTubeTV, according to Google, had surpassed 5 million accounts and was the biggest internet-based pay TV service in the U.S. as of June 2022.

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So ... there are 18 weeks in the regular season. Divided into the current price of $300, Sunday Ticket would cost just under $17 a week. Plus whatever the cost of the YouTube subscription would be.

ESPN is owned jointly by Disney (80%) and the Hearst Corporation (20%). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN

Google, Disney and Apple: billions of $ at play here.

[Yavin4]

1. And people get mad at players for making millions of dollars.

They're the ones generating these multi-billion dollar fees. They are just re-capturing their labor value.