Verizon will no longer be the exclusive mobile carrier for NFL games -- instead, the telco is gaining rights to live-stream gridiron action to any mobile, web and connected-TV device nationwide under a new five-year pact with the league.
Verizon will pay the NFL more than $2 billion under the new deal, the Wall Street Journalreported. The renewed and expanded pact will run through the 2022-23 season. Under the prior deal, Verizon has paid around $250 million per year ($1 billion total over the four-year span).
The new Verizon-NFL deal covers all in-market and national games, including preseason, regular season, and playoff games -- including the Super Bowl -- available to anyone in the U.