USA: Netflix interested in TV rights to Sunday afternoon NFL games

The streaming platform Netflix is interested in acquiring the domestic broadcasting rights to the National Football League's Sunday afternoon games, according to Bela Bajaria, director of content at Netflix, who spoke to the US media outlet Puck on 17/02/2025.

These rights are currently held by the broadcasting groups CBS and Fox in the United States until 2033. However, a clause in the contract allows the NFL to break its agreements with the broadcasters four years before they expire, in 2029.

Netflix is already an NFL broadcasting partner. The platform broadcast two NFL games live and exclusively on Christmas Day on 25/12/2024. Each of the two games drew an average of 24 million viewers in the United States. Netflix was awarded exclusive global streaming rights to NFL Christmas Day games from 2024-2026 for $75m (€68m) per game on 15/05/2024.

• Netflix posted a turnover of $39bn (€37.53bn) in 2024, up 15.6% on 2023 ($32.723bn/€29.65bn), according to the results published by the platform.
  • The streaming service also posted a net profit of $8.71bn (€8.38bn).
• Netflix had 301.63…