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The NFL tried distributing coverage primarily through streaming for the first time for Sunday's matchup between the Bills and Jaguars from London,Wholesale NBA Jerseys China, which started at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
NFL senior vice president Hans Schroeder says the league's experiment with Yahoo proved that streaming could be used as the main distribution method for more games and for higher-profile time slots.
The latest from NFL games around the league on the seventh Sunday of the season (all times EDT):
The NFL is on a one-year contract with CBS for "Thursday Night Football," and Schroeder says the league will need to consider in the coming months whether a streaming option could be used for at least part of that package. Of course,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, the possibility of digital companies such as Yahoo bidding for the rights alongside television networks could help to drive up the cost of the next Thursday prime-time contract.
Schroeder,Cheap China Jerseys, who oversees media strategy,Wholesale Jerseys China, business development and sales,NFL Jerseys China, watched the game in a conference room at league headquarters where more than 20 different devices were set up to test the feed on a variety of gadgets and through different websites and apps. He says NFL officials were very pleased with the quality of the stream and "any glitches were around the edges." Many users reported intermittent choppiness in their feeds, though that can be caused by Internet connections.
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Jacksonville's wild 34-31 win over Buffalo on Sunday was available only through Yahoo worldwide everywhere other than the two home markets, where it was televised on CBS.
— Rachel Cohen reporting from New York |
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