Netflix to air NFL games on Christmas Day in major expansion into live sports

NEW YORK -- Netflix has caught its biggest sports woody yet: the NFL.

The streaming work announced Wednesday a three-year woody to broadcast the league's Christmas Day games, marking a large milestone for Netflix, whose sports ambitions person mostly focused connected producing documentaries and creating unrecorded specials astir play and tennis.

This woody kicks disconnected this twelvemonth with Netflix airing globally 2 NFL games connected Christmas. In 2025 and 2026, Netflix volition watercourse "at slightest one" vacation game. Financial presumption of the woody weren't disclosed.

"There are nary unrecorded yearly events, sports oregon otherwise, that comparison with the audiences NFL shot attracts. We're truthful excited that the NFL's Christmas Day games volition beryllium lone connected Netflix," said Bela Bajaria, Netflix's main contented officer, successful a release.

This year's Christmas Day games volition beryllium revealed Wednesday nighttime connected the NFL Network and website. Anchors and commentators for Netflix's games were besides not instantly revealed.

"The NFL connected Christmas has go a contented and to spouse with Netflix, a work whose biggest time of the twelvemonth is typically this holiday, is the cleanable operation to turn this lawsuit globally for NFL fans," said Hans Schroeder, NFL's enforcement VP of media distribution, successful the release.

NFL games are typically the highest-rated shows connected US TV each week during the season, and adding Netflix to its roster could assistance the league grow its assemblage domestically and abroad. The NFL volition play 5 planetary games successful 3 countries this upcoming season, the league announced.

The woody means the NFL is besides partners with each the large US broadcast networks and astir large streaming platforms, including a Thursday nighttime crippled bundle with Amazon and Sunday Ticket connected YouTube TV.