Streaming and Sunday Ticket are supposedly two of Apple’s top priorities for mobile.
According to yet another storey, Apple is interested in investing billions of dollars on NFL rights.
In accordance with the information provided by Front Office Sports,
Front Office Sports has learned from reliable sources that Apple is considering a bold proposal to buy the NFL‘s available rights in a single, multibillion-dollar purchase.
An ownership position in NFL Media, the “NFL Sunday Ticket” package for out-of-market games, and live streaming games on mobile devices are all presently being offered by the NFL.
It’s a one-stop-shop for all of them, according to sources. There is little doubt that the NFL’s greatest commercial partner would be the internet behemoth, which has traditionally stayed away from sports.
Apple is apparently “thinking very large,” according to a reliable source, and plans to bundle all of the NFL-related features into a single package. Apple and Amazon were mentioned as potential competitors for Sunday Ticket last week. Sunday Ticket will be available entirely through streaming beginning in 2023. According to that source, a hypothetical transaction may be worth up to $2 billion.
There is currently no live programming available on Apple TV+, which is solely home to Apple TV+ original series and films. However, there have been several reports that the corporation plans to enter the live sports industry in the future. When the NFL inked its $100 billion TV agreement last March, Apple was conspicuously missing. Source