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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Nfl Sunday ticket is on YouTube starting this year. Very expensive now
It was $250 when we had it.....................
“Watch more commercials than game time.”
Right you are.
They added more numbers and doubled the price of the tickets................
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
Yep about 65.00 a month on direct TV, youtube it’s about 80.00 to 100.00 month
If you signed up in June is was cheaper
Note that FIFA, ie real football, does not have commercial breaks.
If it ain’t on the air, or free of any registration, then I’m not watching it.
Should i care? I don’t care.
I wish! Thanks for the cool reminder. I saw that years and years ago. It’s high time I watch it again!
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.
Well that was certainly NOT illuminating.
🤭
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.
You’re darn right. I can’t watch my Chiefs play. In a playoff game!
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