NFL: Verizon extends its partnership and will stream games "regardless of mobile network"

Verizon, a US-based telecommunications company, has extended its multi-season partnership with the NFL, announced the professional American football league on 11/12/2017. The monetary amount of the agreement would be $2bn (€1.7bn) over five years versus an estimated $1bn (€849m) currently, over four years, according to US media.

"Verizon's portfolio of premium digital and mobile media properties, including Yahoo Sports, will stream in-market and national games, including national pre-season, regular season, playoff games, and the Super Bowl nationwide to sports fans -- regardless of mobile network. The partnership kicks off in January 2018 with streaming of the NFL playoffs on Yahoo and Yahoo Sports, in addition to go90 and the NFL mobile app," said NFL on 11/12/2017.

This new agreement will "provide fans mobile access to NFL highlights, coverage of NFL throughout the week and year, and a robust set of jointly-developed original content. With Verizon and Oath's lead in U.S. monthly mobile millennial reach and more than 200 million U.S. monthly unique mobile and digital views, NFL…