NFL fans aren’t best pleased with the latest news pertaining to the 2023/24 playoffs.
The league put out a joint announcement with NBCUniversal on Monday noting streaming service Peacock will exclusively air a prime-time Wild Card Playoff game on Saturday, January 13, 2023
The exclusive Wild Card game will be shown right after a late afternoon fixture in said round.
“We are thrilled to partner with the NFL on this industry milestone, bringing to Peacock the first ever exclusively live streamed NFL Playoff game,” NBC Sports chairman Pete Bevacqua said. “As Peacock continues to grow, nothing says ‘must-have’ programming more than live NFL games. With the regular-season schedule revealed last week and today’s announcement, we can’t wait for the 2023 season to kick off.”
Hans Schroeder, the NFL’s executive vice president, and also the chief operating officer of NFL Media, added the following.
“We are excited to work with a great partner in Peacock to present the first-ever exclusively live streamed NFL playoff game this upcoming season,” said Hans Schroeder, NFL Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NFL Media. “Expanding the digital distribution of NFL content while maintaining wide reach for our games continues to be a key priority for the League, and bringing the excitement of an NFL playoff game exclusively to Peacock’s streaming platform is the next step in that strategy.”
NBCUniversal will become the first media company to have three playoff games in the same weekend as they’re also set to air a Wild Card game on the following day. But fans aren’t all that thrilled, judging from the reactions, some of which you could see below:
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The platform will also have exclusive broadcasting rights to a regular season game for the first time when the Buffalo Bills play the Los Angeles Chargers at the SoFi Stadium on Saturday, December 23.
