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Posted on 12/27/2024 7:55:01 AM PST by Red Badger
The numbers are in for the NFL's debut on Netflix on Christmas Day and two things are certain: We're talking records and this won't be the last time the league and streaming service team up beyond its current three-year agreement.
The headline is the Kansas City Chiefs versus the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Houston Texans versus the Baltimore Ravens on Netflix delivered the two most-streamed NFL games in history, with an average audience of over 24 million viewers each.
Bad News For LeBron And NBA So, LeBron James, who on Wednesday infamously proclaimed that Christmas sports viewing belongs to the NBA, is going to be crying when he sees the numbers.
Christmas was a record-breaking day for Netflix and the NFL, with a total unduplicated audience of nearly 65 million U.S. viewers, according to Nielsen.
The Ravens versus Texans (24.3 million average minute audience) and Chiefs versus Steelers (24.1 million average minute audience) are the most-streamed NFL games in U.S. history, according to Nielsen.
The NBA's games averaged 5.5 million viewers each.
Womp, womp, womp.
Ravens and Texans Attracted 27 Million Viewers U.S. viewership for Ravens-Texans peaked with over 27 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
Global ratings and additional U.S. insights will be released Dec. 31 – providing a comprehensive look at Netflix’s NFL Christmas Gameday performance worldwide.
Ravens-Texans, the second game of the day's doubleheader, was the most-watched Christmas Day game on record among the 18-to-34-year-old demographic, with 5.1 million U.S. viewers based on Nielsen records dating back to 2001.
"We’re thrilled with our first Christmas Gameday on Netflix with NFL games being streamed to a global audience," said Hans Schroeder, NFL executive vice president of media distribution in a statement. "Fans in all 50 states and over 200 countries around the world watched some of the league’s brightest stars along with a dazzling performance by Beyoncé in a historic day for the NFL."
Future For NFL-Netflix Is Bright This year marked the first of a three-season partnership with Netflix to broadcast NFL games on Christmas Day.
It is now possible several things will happen:
Netflix, which is said to covet more sports coverage to stream live, may attempt to add to its portfolio of games when the NFL next opens bidding on its broadcast packages, per an industry source.
The NFL, which wants to expand its brand worldwide with international games, could now see the global reach of Netflix as another avenue for doing that. And that could eventually mean more games on Netflix.
LeBron James couldn't have gotten it more wrong.
I’m guessing but I’d say at least 80% WASP................
NBA games have become unwatchable 3 points shooting contests. Catlin Clark was just a jolt and body twitch of a dying circus of lesbians acting the way they think men act.
Betting fans are not going to want the delay. The “Live” broadcast was almost a full Quarter behind the actual game. I was getting update on my fantasy league way before they showed on Netflix
The NBA is irrelevant. Everyone is shooting 3s. Plus the players are all woke.
So we are all watching the NFL.
“Buy the NFL Package on your cable provider!”
“Wait! NFL, now only for Netflix (Obama) subscribers!”
Amazing how people will buy both.
“NFL IS PISSING OFF ALOT OF LONG TIME FANS”
Still? I mean, pissing off someone obviously doesn’t mean losing a customer.
This is bad news. The public should have not paid the extra money for this and told the almighty NFL to get lost.
The only thing I could find “entertaining/interesting” about the NBA last year was Luka. And I didn’t watch him or the NBA until the playoffs.
I think there will soon be other European players who have learned from him/his coaches etc.
I know, I know they are all white. But they make things fun.
I still prefer the NFL. Oh, and I’m a girl.
The NFL screws everyone.
The Xmas games themselves were atrocious, outdone only by the worst game I have ever seen - last night’s Seattle-Chicago shitfest.
Just use StreamEast. Every sport, every game. Free.
The Christmas games were blowouts.................
Pirated?.................
I prefer the term "crowdsourced."
Both games were on at the house where I was for Christmas.
I don’t have Netflix because of the Obama connection. I think they also donated some ridiculous amount of money to the Kamala campaign last summer.
I don’t miss having Netflix.
I don’t even know how to get Netflix!..............
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Even LeBrontosaurus never dreamed that the way to bring back the fans to the MFL is to charge them to watch the games. ROTFL. Pretty soon all the fans will be singing the “black national anthem” and kneeling for the “white national anthem.” Snowflakes are some super smart people.
Do you know if it’s on Prime or Netflix if there is still advertising?
I would be pissed if I was paying to watch crummy commercials............
Yes, they both have advts. That is how they are making their money, just like broadcast TV.
Do you know if it’s on Prime or Netflix if there is still advertising?
I would be pissed if I was paying to watch crummy commercials............
Yes, they both have advts. That is how they are making their money, just like broadcast TV.
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