Netflix has formally introduced that the NFL’s two Christmas Day video games will stream solely on its platform. Moreover, a minimum of one recreation will air on the streamer in 2025 and 2026 as nicely.
The deal comes as Netflix continues to embrace dwell programming and sports activities. Earlier this yr, Netflix acquired the streaming rights to WWE’s Monday Night time Uncooked, and the platform can even be the house of the upcoming boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.
“Final yr, we determined to take a giant wager on dwell — tapping into large fandoms throughout comedy, actuality TV, sports activities, and extra,” Netflix Chief Content material Officer Bela Bajaria mentioned in a press release. “There are not any dwell annual occasions, sports activities or in any other case, that examine with the audiences NFL soccer attracts. We’re so excited that the NFL’s Christmas Day video games will likely be solely on Netflix.”
Netflix first indicated their newfound deal with dwell occasions in 2023, when Chris Rock streamed his particular Selective Outrage as he was taping it. Not too long ago, the streamer has continued the development with specials like The Roast of Tom Brady and John Mulaney’s restricted sequence Everyone’s in L.A, which each aired dwell along side the Netflix Is a Joke Pageant.
The upcoming soccer video games usually are not the primary time Netflix has collaborated with the Nationwide Soccer League. The 2 mega-organizations partnered for the documentary sequence Quarterback in 2023 and are gearing up for its sequel present, Receiver. Nonetheless, the deal does mark the primary time Netflix will host a dwell sports activities recreation.
“We couldn’t be extra excited to be the primary skilled sports activities league to companion with Netflix to carry dwell video games to followers world wide,” said Hans Schroeder, NFL Government Vice President of Media Distribution. “The NFL on Christmas has develop into a practice, and to companion with Netflix, a service whose largest day of the yr is often this vacation, is the proper mixture to develop this occasion globally for NFL followers.”
Although it hasn’t but been introduced which groups will face off for the Christmas Day video games, the complete NFL schedule drops later immediately (Could fifteenth) at 8:00 p.m. ET.
