The NFL has announced a new home for Sunday Ticket, which had been on DirecTV since 1994.
This morning Tom Pelissero at NFL Network broke the news on Twitter: the league has agreed to an exclusive multi-year deal with Google to stream Sunday Ticket games on Youtube TV starting in the 2023 season.
It’s official: NFL Sunday Ticket has a new home.
The NFL today announced a multi-year agreement with Google granting YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels the right to exclusively distribute NFL Sunday Ticket to consumers in the U.S. starting with the 2023 NFL season.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 22, 2022
Commissioner Roger Goodell had this to say about the deal, per the league website:
“We’re excited to bring NFL Sunday Ticket to YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels and usher in a new era of how fans across the United States watch and follow the NFL. For a number of years we have been focused on increased digital distribution of our games and this partnership is yet another example of us looking towards the future and building the next generation of NFL fans.”
The league also put out a lengthy press release.
Full press release. pic.twitter.com/uhTMympqZv
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 22, 2022
DirecTV has angered many fans due to service interruptions, particularly at the start of this season.