Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) runs the ball in for a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first quarter at Raymond James Stadium, Oct. 2, 2022.
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Are you ready for some “Sunday Ticket” football — with or without a pay TV subscription?
For the first time this season, the NFL’s package of out-of-market games will be offered as part of Google‘s YouTube TV, an internet-TV bundle of channels, as well as to those who don’t want to subscribe to a bundle of any kind, albeit, at a premium.
For those who already subscribe to YouTube TV, which costs $72.99 a month, the base “Sunday Ticket” package will cost an additional $349 for the season. The streamer is also offering a bundle with Redzone, the NFL’s linear cable TV channel, that will cost $389 for the season.
And though you can bypass the YouTube TV subscription and still snag “Sunday Ticket,” it will come at a cost. Offered through YouTube Primetime Channels, which allows you to subscribe to individual streaming services and channels as well as watch movies, the base plan will cost $449 and the Redzone bundle will cost $489.
All of the above packages come with a $100 discount for anyone who signs up before June 6.
“We have a really large audience of millions of sports and NFL fans that come to YouTube every day, and now can get access to this,” said Christian Oestlien, YouTube TV’s vice president of product management, in an interview. “One of the things we were really trying to do here was simplify the experience for the user with the flexibility and choice we can provide.”
YouTube TV became the newest home of the “Sunday Ticket” package in December, in a deal that will see the tech giant shell out roughly $2 billion annually for the rights, CNBC previously reported.
Until that deal, which kicks off with the upcoming NFL season, DirecTV had been the exclusive home of “Sunday Ticket” and required a subscription to the satellite pay TV service in order…
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