Bills-Dolphins Thursday night game was third most-watched in Amazon Prime Video history
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bills-Dolphins Thursday night game was third most-watched in Amazon Prime Video history

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thursday night's game between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins averaged 14.96 million viewers, making it Amazon Prime Video's third most-watched game since taking over the prime-time package in 2022. The first Prime Video game of the season maintained strong viewership despite the Bills jumping out to a big lead in the first half en route to a 31-10 victory. The Nov. 30, 2023, game between the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys holds the Prime Video record at 15.26 million and last season's opener between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles averaged 15.06 million. The league averaged 21.0 million viewers per game during the its opening week, making it the most-watched Week 1 since Nielsen began electronic measurement of viewing in 1988.

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Netflix NFL games score 24 million viewers each on Christmas as streamers push further into sports
1 week, 2 days ago

Netflix NFL games score 24 million viewers each on Christmas as streamers push further into sports

LA Times  

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, left, celebrates with teammates after a 48-yard touchdown run during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans on Dec. 25, 2024, in Houston. With two much anticipated NFL games and a big assist from Beyoncé, Netflix created a major cultural moment for the streaming industry, marking a significant milestone as …

Netflix touts biggest-ever NFL streaming ratings, peaking with Beyoncé’s halftime show
1 week, 2 days ago

Netflix touts biggest-ever NFL streaming ratings, peaking with Beyoncé’s halftime show

CNN  

CNN — The NFL’s Netflix debut was a success – as far as streaming goes, anyway. The late Ravens-Texans game averaged 24.3 million viewers in the United States, and the early Chiefs-Steelers game averaged 24.1 million, according to Nielsen. “Bringing our members this record-breaking day of two NFL games was the best Christmas gift we could have delivered,” said Bela …

NFL's Netflix debut on Christmas Day kicked off without a glitch
1 week, 2 days ago

NFL's Netflix debut on Christmas Day kicked off without a glitch

The Independent  

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Lions comeback win over Packers draws 17.29 million viewers, an NFL streaming regular-season record
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Lions comeback win over Packers draws 17.29 million viewers, an NFL streaming regular-season record

The Independent  

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Bills Prepare to Host Rival Dolphins in Intense AFC East Showdown
2 months ago

Bills Prepare to Host Rival Dolphins in Intense AFC East Showdown

Associated Press  

The Miami Dolphins are looking to bounce back from a tough 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills in their next game. The Bills are coming off a 13-1 record and are looking to extend their winning streak against the Dolphins. The game will be televised on CBS and has a spread of 6. The Dolphins will be without starting safety …

ABC will air 6 additional 'Monday Night Football' games starting this week with Bills-Jets
2 months, 3 weeks ago

ABC will air 6 additional 'Monday Night Football' games starting this week with Bills-Jets

The Independent  

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Cowboys' win over Giants draws record 16.2 million viewers on Amazon Prime to become the most-streamed game in NFL history
3 months, 1 week ago

Cowboys' win over Giants draws record 16.2 million viewers on Amazon Prime to become the most-streamed game in NFL history

Daily Mail  

Once the low-point of the NFL's weekly schedule, Thursday Night Football is enjoying a dramatic improvement thanks to some marquee matchups. Dallas' 20-15 victory over the New York Giants on Thursday night averaged 16.22 million viewers, according to Nielsen, making it the most-streamed NFL regular-season game in history and Amazon Prime Video's most-watched game since exclusively taking over the prime-time …

Dolphins vs Bills: Start time and how to watch NFL in the UK
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dolphins vs Bills: Start time and how to watch NFL in the UK

The Independent  

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NFL averaged 21 million viewers per game for opening week
3 months, 3 weeks ago

NFL averaged 21 million viewers per game for opening week

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The NFL averaged 21.0 million viewers per game during the league’s opening week, making it the most-watched Week 1 on record. AP AUDIO: NFL averaged 21 million viewers per game for opening week, its highest on record AP correspondent Rita Foley reports on the millions of people watching NFL football in its opening week. Philadelphia’s 34-29 victory …

NFL averaged 21 million viewers per game for opening week, its highest on record
3 months, 3 weeks ago

NFL averaged 21 million viewers per game for opening week, its highest on record

The Independent  

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NFL Kickoff record 28.9 million viewers watch Kansas City hold off Baltimore
3 months, 4 weeks ago

NFL Kickoff record 28.9 million viewers watch Kansas City hold off Baltimore

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kansas City's thrilling 27-20 victory …

How can you watch your NFL team in 2024? Full guide of streaming, cable and TV schedule
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How can you watch your NFL team in 2024? Full guide of streaming, cable and TV schedule

New York Times  

The NFL’s season opener is still months away, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early for football fans to start planning their game day schedules. Sunday nights Weeks: 1-18 Where to watch: NBC NBC will continue to broadcast “Sunday Night Football,” the NFL’s season opener, and the prime-time Thanksgiving night game, under their 11-year extension signed in 2021. GO DEEPER …

Chiefs-Ravens most-watched AFC Championship Game ever: A Taylor Swift effect?
11 months ago

Chiefs-Ravens most-watched AFC Championship Game ever: A Taylor Swift effect?

New York Times  

Follow live coverage of Super Bowl LVIII between San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens made TV history in this season’s AFC Championship Game. The Chiefs’ win over the Ravens last Sunday was the most-watched AFC Championship Game ever, according to CBS. Later Tuesday, the NFL said that this year’s playoffs averaged 38.5 …

49ers-Lions NFC Championship tops 56 million viewers, most-watched telecast since 2023 Super Bowl
11 months ago

49ers-Lions NFC Championship tops 56 million viewers, most-watched telecast since 2023 Super Bowl

New York Times  

The San Francisco 49ers’ come-from-behind victory against the Detroit Lions in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game drew 56.6 million viewers, the most on Fox for that round since 2012. Kyle Shanahan’s team will face the Kansas City Chiefs, road victors against the Baltimore Ravens in the NFC Championship Game, on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Making sense of …

Shake it off, NFL! With Taylor Swift in audience, Chiefs vs. Dolphins shatters streaming records
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Shake it off, NFL! With Taylor Swift in audience, Chiefs vs. Dolphins shatters streaming records

Hindustan Times  

Chiefs vs. Dolphins shattered Peacock’s streaming records on the January 14th game. During Saturday night's AFC wild-card playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs, the star-studded audience, including pop queen Taylor Swift cheering for boyfriend Kelce, and the intense battle between the two favorite teams at Arrowhead Stadium made the entire game the most-watched event on the …

Peacock stream of NFL playoff game sets record and provides a glimpse of the future
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Peacock stream of NFL playoff game sets record and provides a glimpse of the future

LA Times  

NBC’s decision to stream the NFL Wild Card game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins may stand as a pivotal moment in TV history. The game averaged 23 million viewers, up 6% from last year’s prime-time AFC Wild Card game on NBC, according to Nielsen data. “If you’re the NFL, you would want to look at offering …

'NFL on CBS' registers its most-watched regular season since league action returned to the network in 1998, averaging 19.345million viewers, up five percent from last season
11 months, 3 weeks ago

'NFL on CBS' registers its most-watched regular season since league action returned to the network in 1998, averaging 19.345million viewers, up five percent from last season

Daily Mail  

NFL on CBS has delivered it's most-watched regular season since football returned to the network in 1998, averaging an audience of 19.345million viewers - an increase of five percent over 2022. An average of 19.345 million viewers tuned into NFL on CBS this season, up 5% from last year SUPER SUNDAY: CBS will have Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas …

An NFL playoff game will stream on NBC’s Peacock. Is this football’s future?
11 months, 4 weeks ago

An NFL playoff game will stream on NBC’s Peacock. Is this football’s future?

New York Times  

Cover 7 | Friday A daily NFL destination that provides in-depth analysis of football’s biggest stories. It’s why Peacock, first reported by The Wall Street Journal and confirmed by The Athletic, paid the NFL an estimated $110 million to air the first-ever exclusive, live-streamed NFL playoff game on Jan. 13. Peacock’s first exclusive NFL game, which saw the Buffalo Bills …

Why NFL and ESPN decided to broadcast concurrent ‘Monday Night Football’ games in Week 14
1 year ago

Why NFL and ESPN decided to broadcast concurrent ‘Monday Night Football’ games in Week 14

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of Packers vs. Giants and Dolphins vs. Titans on Monday Night Football. Welcome to Phase 3 of the NFL’s “Monday Night Football” viewership experiment this season. But recently, ESPN announced that it’s added “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli,” or ManningCast for the less formal crowd, to air simultaneously on ESPN2. According to the …

How the NFL’s first-ever ‘Monday Night Football’ flex game came to be
1 year ago

How the NFL’s first-ever ‘Monday Night Football’ flex game came to be

New York Times  

Cover 7 | Friday A daily NFL destination that provides in-depth analysis of football’s biggest stories. This month marks a big milestone in North’s world: It’s the first-ever “Monday Night Football” game to be flexed, a byproduct of the media rights agreements between the league and its partners. As per the flexible schedule moves: The NFL can flex an unlimited …

Dallas Cowboys' victory over the Seattle Seahawks sets NFL record as the most-streamed game in league history with 15.26 MILLION watching
1 year ago

Dallas Cowboys' victory over the Seattle Seahawks sets NFL record as the most-streamed game in league history with 15.26 MILLION watching

Daily Mail  

The Dallas Cowboys' victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night set a record as the most-streamed game in NFL history. The TNF fixture became the league's most-streamed game in history as well as setting a new mark as the most-watched game on Amazon Prime Video. According to Nielsen and Amazon, the game averaged 15.26 million on Prime Video and …

Amazon and NFL hoping to establish a tradition with the first Black Friday game
1 year, 1 month ago

Amazon and NFL hoping to establish a tradition with the first Black Friday game

Associated Press  

It is not a stretch to say the Black Friday game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets is Amazon’s Super Bowl. Hans Schroeder, the executive vice president of NFL Media, said the league had been exploring the possibility of adding a game on Black Friday for a while. We’re excited about that.” Even though Amazon will highlight some …

ABC will air an additional 10 ‘Monday Night Football’ games because of writers and actors strikes
1 year, 3 months ago

ABC will air an additional 10 ‘Monday Night Football’ games because of writers and actors strikes

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — ABC will be airing more “Monday Night Football” games than originally planned. When the NFL schedule was announced in May, ABC had four exclusive regular-season games — including Monday night’s matchup between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers — and five being part of an ESPN simulcast. Last Monday’s game between the New York Jets and Buffalo …

Amazon Prime’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ is back. Will it be better?
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon Prime’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ is back. Will it be better?

LA Times  

Amazon Prime Video demonstrated that streaming could handle TV-sized audiences as its first season as the exclusive home for NFL “Thursday Night Football” went on without any major technical glitches. The success of “Thursday Night Football” is key to Amazon’s aspirations to be a major player in live sports and growing the audience for the tech retail giant’s Prime Video …

Jets, Rodgers receive plenty of marquee spots as networks navigate NFL schedule process
1 year, 7 months ago

Jets, Rodgers receive plenty of marquee spots as networks navigate NFL schedule process

The Independent  

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How can you watch your NFL team in 2023? Full guide of streaming, cable and TV schedule
1 year, 7 months ago

How can you watch your NFL team in 2023? Full guide of streaming, cable and TV schedule

New York Times  

As summer nears and NFL teams begin OTAs, the 2023 regular season is just around the corner. If you’re wondering how to catch all the action from Week 1 to the Super Bowl on TV or streaming online, we’ve got you covered: Sunday afternoons Weeks: 1-18 Where to watch: CBS, Fox, YouTube TV, ESPN+, NFL Network Among the major changes …

Dallas Cowboys' playoff win against Tampa Bay watched by 30.6MILLION
1 year, 11 months ago

Dallas Cowboys' playoff win against Tampa Bay watched by 30.6MILLION

Daily Mail  

What could prove to be Tom Brady's final NFL game was watched by 30.6 million, The Walt Disney Company has revealed. The Buccaneers season-ending 31-14 defeat at home to Dallas Cowboys was the broadcasting group's most-watched NFL playoff game since 1999. Given the Cowboys' popularity and the intrigue around Brady it was a match made in heaven for Monday Night …

NFL regular-season ratings down 3% over last season
1 year, 11 months ago

NFL regular-season ratings down 3% over last season

Associated Press  

NFL regular-season ratings saw a 3% decrease from last season, which was not unexpected with “Thursday Night Football” moving from Fox and NFL Network to exclusively airing on Amazon Prime Video. PRIME VIDEO’S DEBUT According to Nielsen figures, the 15-game “Thursday Night Football” package on Prime Video averaged 9.58 million viewers. By comparison, the Fox, NFL Network, Prime Video “Thursday …

AP sources: YouTube TV front-runner for NFL “Sunday Ticket”
2 years ago

AP sources: YouTube TV front-runner for NFL “Sunday Ticket”

Associated Press  

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, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said Tuesday evening. 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 …

Giants-Cowboys sets NFL regular-season record for viewers
2 years, 1 month ago

Giants-Cowboys sets NFL regular-season record for viewers

The Independent  

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NFL Week 10 streaming guide: How to watch today's Detroit Lions - Chicago Bears game
2 years, 1 month ago

NFL Week 10 streaming guide: How to watch today's Detroit Lions - Chicago Bears game

CBS News  

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Before you watch today's Detroit Lions - Chicago Bears game While you wait for today's football games to begin, you should know this -- Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy are all holding massive early Black Friday sales, with all sorts of incredible deals. Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, …

Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football
2 years, 2 months ago

Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! NEW YORK — By the Nielsen company’s count, 7.8 million people watched Amazon Prime’s coverage of last Thursday’s NFL game between New Orleans and Arizona. “We wouldn’t put out our number if we weren’t comfortable that it was accurate,” said Jay Marine, vice president of Amazon …

Amazon’s Prime Video gets exclusive rights to NFL ‘Black Friday’ game in 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon’s Prime Video gets exclusive rights to NFL ‘Black Friday’ game in 2023

LA Times  

The NFL is adding a day-after-Thanksgiving game to its schedule in 2023, and it will stream exclusively on Amazon’s Prime Video. The addition of the “Black Friday” game to Amazon’s package of streamed NFL contests is a vote of confidence in Prime Video’s performance as a media partner. In its first year as the exclusive home of “Thursday Night Football,” …

Prime Video’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ is a fountain of youth for the NFL
2 years, 2 months ago

Prime Video’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ is a fountain of youth for the NFL

LA Times  

Al Michaels, left, and Kirk Herbstreit will be in Prime Video’s booth for “Thursday Night Football.” Amazon is making good on its promise to bring younger viewers to the NFL. Nielsen data for the first four “Thursday Night Football” contests on the tech giant’s Prime Video streaming platform shows they’re drawing a larger percentage of 18- to 34-year-olds than NFL …

Prime Video averages 15.3M viewers in its NFL season opener
2 years, 3 months ago

Prime Video averages 15.3M viewers in its NFL season opener

The Independent  

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Joe Buck’s move to ESPN, the fallout and opportunity for Fox Sports and more media notes
2 years, 9 months ago

Joe Buck’s move to ESPN, the fallout and opportunity for Fox Sports and more media notes

New York Times  

You are forgiven if you don’t remember 2002 as one of the craziest times in NFL broadcasting history. In a move that has now had reverberations at multiple networks, Aikman has moved from Fox to ESPN to become the network’s new lead analyst on “Monday Night Football.” As The Athletic wrote a couple of weeks ago, industry sources confirmed that …

Rams’ late comeback drives Super Bowl 2022 audience to 112 million viewers
2 years, 10 months ago

Rams’ late comeback drives Super Bowl 2022 audience to 112 million viewers

LA Times  

Boosted by a close finish that became a trademark of NFL contests this past season, NBC’s telecast Sunday of the Los Angeles Rams’ 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI scored an average audience of 112.3 million viewers across TV and streaming platforms. The audience for Sunday’s game ranks third to the 114.4 million viewers for NBC’s …

NFL ratings soar 10 percent during 2021 regular season
2 years, 11 months ago

NFL ratings soar 10 percent during 2021 regular season

Daily Mail  

The NFL continued its Nielsen ratings domination during the 2021 regular season, as audience size jumped 10 percent while fans consumed a whopping 370 billion minutes of professional football thanks to an additional week of games. The 272 regular-season games averaged 17.1 million viewers across television and digital platforms - a 10 percent increase over 2020 and is the league's …

Why NFL TV ratings are rebounding this season
3 years, 3 months ago

Why NFL TV ratings are rebounding this season

LA Times  

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford during the first half of an NFL contest against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 26. Three weeks into the 2021 season, overall viewing of the NFL is up 9% over the comparable period last year according to data from Nielsen and the league’s partners, with an average of 16.9 million viewers on TV …

NBC dominates in premiere week for TV’s broadcast networks
3 years, 3 months ago

NBC dominates in premiere week for TV’s broadcast networks

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — NBC opened the new television season with a dominant week against its rivals, and it wasn’t just football that was responsible. NBC averaged 6.6 million viewers for the week in prime time, compared to second-place CBS’ 4.4 million average. ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings race with an average of 8 million viewers. NBC’s …

Amazon gets Thursday night games, NFL nearly doubles TV deal
3 years, 9 months ago

Amazon gets Thursday night games, NFL nearly doubles TV deal

Associated Press  

Much like they did with cable in the 1980s and satellite television in the 1990s, the NFL on Thursday made another significant transition in the way its games are viewed. The league’s new rights agreements, worth $113 billion over the 11 seasons of the new deals that begin in 2023, include a streaming service receiving an exclusive full season package …

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