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Inside NBC’s $110M Peacock NFL playoff game gamble as outrage grows
NY Post ^ | Jan. 11, 2024, 8:45 a.m. ET | By Social Links forRyan Glasspiegel

Posted on 01/12/2024 4:28:35 PM PST by Red Badger

NBC sees the $110 million NFL playoff game airing exclusively on Peacock as a doorway into a much bigger house.

The Chiefs host the Dolphins on Saturday night on the NBC streaming service which is in about 30 million homes, less than half the reach of NBC and the other three broadcast networks, and voices ranging from sports radio legend Mike Francesa to Chiefs defensive end Charles Omenihu already have griped about it.

Asked by The Post in an exclusive interview what he would say to the detractors, newly minted NBC Sports president Rick Cordella understood the consternation but emphasized the “halo effect” of all the other sports and entertainment properties for subscribers to enjoy on the platform.

“Look, I think any time there’s change there will be people that talk about it. We saw that with WWE and English Premier League,” he said.

“We survey our users on Peacock every month, and know that [their fans] are two of the most highly satisfied cohorts overall. I think the big thing with our game on Saturday night is we have to do a great job explaining all the great content that we have on our platform.”

Therefore, Cordella, 47, explained, it’s “not a pay-per-view.”

The playoff game the streaming service is airing features a lot of star power, including generational talents such as Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill, as well as Tua Tagovailoa who has been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL since Mike McDaniel became the Dolphins’ head coach last season.

In addition to the aforementioned WWE premium live events, including the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania, and English soccer, Peacock has exclusive Big Ten football and basketball and simulcasts of NBC Sports properties such as “Sunday Night Football” and the Olympics.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Music/Entertainment; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chiefs; nfl; nflplayoffs; peacock
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To: Red Badger

I hope they do a better job on pro football than they do B1G sports. The production quality of the college sports is really weak. Kind of like college media department level.


61 posted on 01/12/2024 5:53:06 PM PST by redangus ( )
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To: redangus

about 2 years ago HBO dropped boxing. Now Showtime is dropping it. In the past if they went PPV for a big fight 1 week later it was on air as part of your cable or dish service . soon all fights will be PPV.

ESPN has some fights up and comers.


62 posted on 01/12/2024 6:08:17 PM PST by coalminersson (since )
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To: Red Badger

I would think that local citizens who are paying taxes to fund the stadiums should be able to sue for the inability to watch what they paid for...but then with the way things are we’re probably lucky they don’t round people up for expressing their irritation.


63 posted on 01/12/2024 6:10:32 PM PST by reed13k
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To: Red Badger

That quote on the Lottery is incredible. I’ve had suspicions that the national lottery that keeps getting into the hundreds of millions has been rigged for quite some time. The government earns interest on that pot of money, similar to if you were to pre-order an item such as a video game or anything really, the company earns interest on your pre-order payment.

So, it is in the governments best interest that nobody ‘wins’ it so the pot can grow, and thus the interest accrued also grows. I know, someone always ends up winning these record pots, but why do the pots keep getting so huge now? I suspect the government makes sure nobody wins it until they are ready.


64 posted on 01/12/2024 6:11:30 PM PST by KobraKai
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To: Red Badger

Nfl Sunday ticket is on YouTube starting this year. Very expensive now


65 posted on 01/12/2024 6:13:03 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: markman46

It was $250 when we had it.....................


66 posted on 01/12/2024 6:15:05 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: CodeToad

“Watch more commercials than game time.”

Right you are.


67 posted on 01/12/2024 6:16:13 PM PST by Luke21
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To: KobraKai

They added more numbers and doubled the price of the tickets................


68 posted on 01/12/2024 6:16:18 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: markman46

Actually, it was significantly cheaper on YouTube this year than it was last year on Direct TV

I’ve had it every year. In the beginning, I could get it for free on my 10’ satellite dish


69 posted on 01/12/2024 6:34:24 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim
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To: Red Badger

Yep about 65.00 a month on direct TV, youtube it’s about 80.00 to 100.00 month


70 posted on 01/12/2024 6:39:22 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

If you signed up in June is was cheaper


71 posted on 01/12/2024 6:40:03 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Red Badger

Note that FIFA, ie real football, does not have commercial breaks.


72 posted on 01/12/2024 6:54:04 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: Red Badger

If it ain’t on the air, or free of any registration, then I’m not watching it.


73 posted on 01/12/2024 6:59:05 PM PST by meyer (Psalm 83)
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To: Red Badger

Should i care? I don’t care.


74 posted on 01/12/2024 7:27:55 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: Red Badger

I wish! Thanks for the cool reminder. I saw that years and years ago. It’s high time I watch it again!


75 posted on 01/12/2024 7:28:28 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Red Badger

I will NEVER pay Peacock a dime. NEVER.

They have earned a foe for the rest of my life.

I hope they lose tens of millions on this.


76 posted on 01/12/2024 7:32:17 PM PST by KC Burke
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To: Go_Raiders

Well that was certainly NOT illuminating.

🤭


77 posted on 01/12/2024 7:33:50 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: FamiliarFace

https://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-King-Vidor/dp/B000HWZ4A2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=14ATS942SY43C&keywords=fountainhead+dvd&qid=1705116912&sprefix=fountainhead+dvd%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-3


78 posted on 01/12/2024 7:35:54 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Thx for the link. I think I can get a copy for $3-4 somehow, and we look forward to watching this again. Truthfully, again for me, and the first time for DH.


79 posted on 01/12/2024 8:50:44 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Red Badger

You’re darn right. I can’t watch my Chiefs play. In a playoff game!


80 posted on 01/13/2024 1:51:23 AM PST by kawhill (kawhill)
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