Google and NFL meet; Sunday Ticket up for grabs?
Source: AP-Excite
By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Google has been holding talks with the National Football League, raising speculation that the Internet monolith is seeking new inroads into television.
Other tech companies like Apple are reportedly in talks with cable providers to boost access to blockbuster television shows through their devices.
With Google sitting on a cash pile of $48 billion, the league's Sunday Ticket package is easily within its reach.
The contract is currently held by DirecTV, which pays about $1 billion annually for the rights. That contract, however, expires at the end of the 2014 season.
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In this Nov. 20, 2011, file photo, an NFL logo is displayed on the Ford Field turf before an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Carolina Panthers in Detroit. Google has been holding talks with the National Football League, raising speculation that the internet monolith is seeking new inroads into television. With Google sitting on a cash pile of $48 billion, the league's Sunday Ticket package is easily within its budget. The contract is currently held by DirecTV, but it expires at the end of the 2014 season. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
LiberalFighter
(50,477 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)The price of the package is way too high
Yavin4
(35,354 posts)They are content. Why should they make exclusive deals? If you want to buy out of town games through cable, go ahead. If you want to stream over the phone for a fee through an app, go ahead.
They'd make a ton of money that way.
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)I can watch any NFL game regardless of where I am as long as I have a WiFi connection & my phone, iPad or computer. Through Direct TV.