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YouTube’s NFL deal turns up the heat in battle for sports rights | Sports rights
YouTube’s $14bn (£11.6bn) deal to stream National Football League (NFL) games marks the latest incursion by a Silicon Valley giant into territory traditionally dominated by broadcasters and pay-TV companies, as live sport becomes the latest battleground for audiences and profits promised by the streaming revolution. The Google-owned YouTube’s seven-year deal, which will see the world’s largest video platform take over the “Sunday Ticket” package of games held by the US satellite service DirecTV since 1994, followed an auction that included heavy interest from its fellow big tech company Apple. The deal is the latest in a series of commercially eye-popping deals by the NFL, the most expensive live sports rights…
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Prisco’s Week 16 NFL picks: Vikings edge Giants, 49ers roll over Commanders, Chiefs crush Seahawks
Week 15 was not good to me with my picks. In fact, it was one of my worst weeks of the season. Ouch. So much for getting on a hot streak in the final month. But it’s Christmas week, which means the best present I can give you all is a bunch of winners — and that’s what I intend to do. But first, a look back at last week’s disaster. I went 11-5 with my straight-up picks, 5-10-1 with my against the spread expert picks and 1-3-1 with my Best Bets as part of the Pick-Six podcast. PS: Two of my best bets were the Patriots — thanks crazy…
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Vikings clinch NFC North after greatest comeback in NFL history
Minnesota Vikings supporters will need to near their eyes, get a deep breath and get well right after the mix of thoughts at U.S. Bank Stadium Sunday afternoon. They just witnessed the greatest comeback in NFL history. Down 33- at halftime to the Indianapolis Colts, the Vikings outscored the Colts 36-3 in the next fifty percent, forcing additional time, wherever Greg Joseph kicked a 40-yard area intention as time expired to gain it, 39-36. Click Below FOR A lot more Sports activities Coverage ON FOXNEWS.COM Justin Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings scores a touchdown versus the Indianapolis Colts all through the fourth quarter of a match at U.S. Lender Stadium…
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NFL Week 15 Power Rankings: Lions, Jaguars among improbable playoff hopefuls entering final stretch of season
It’s December, a time for contenders to emerge and pretenders to fade away. So go ahead and try explain what happened this past Sunday in the NFL. The Detroit Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings, who came in at 10-2. The Jacksonville Jaguars beat the division-leading Tennessee Titans and the Carolina Panthers went on the road to beat the Seattle Seahawks, a team that appeared to be surging to the postseason. Detroit, Jacksonville and Carolina are all alive in the playoff chase. In December? Can it be? The Lions have won five of six to get to 6-7 and get within a game and a half of being in the playoff…
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Prisco’s Week 13 NFL picks: 49ers cool off Tua’s Dolphins, Chiefs get revenge on Bengals in one-point thriller
The trifecta almost came through last week. I went 11-5 straight up, 3-2-1 with my best bets as part of the Pick Six Podcast, but went 8-8 with my CBSSports.com expert picks. Why couldn’t the Packers score late to get the cover, rather than kicking that field goal? As it is, it was another solid week. The 3-2-1 raises my best-bet record to a sizzling 40-27-3. That I will take. My ATS record overall is now 82-90-8 and my straight-up record is 106-74-0. We are into December games now, which means it’s crunch time down the stretch. It also means it’s time for the contenders to really emerge on the field and…
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Steelers vs. Colts live score, updates, highlights from NFL ‘Monday Night Football’ game
Does the Jeff Saturday experiment have a possibility of long lasting over and above 2022? Monday night’s video game may possibly present some responses. So considerably, the final results have been good. The Colts (4-6-1) took down the Raiders in Saturday’s initial recreation on the sideline and narrowly shed to the NFC-foremost Eagles the subsequent week, though the coaching employees was criticized for mismanagement down the extend in that video game. Additional: Four issues Jeff Saturday did proper in his successful Colts coaching debut The Colts nonetheless have a pulse, and a powerful exhibiting from the Steelers’ defense would go a very long way toward making trustworthiness for Saturday. The Steelers…