The NFL has made a deal to have its NFL Now video-content service on Apple TV. The service provides game highlights and original content from the NFL and its 32 clubs. For $1.99 a month, fans can see in-game highlights and access both the NFL Films archive and more direct content from their favorite teams. However, NFL Now does not broadcast live games. The league is also about to make a deal with DirecTV for its Sunday Ticket package that will see its average annual rights fee increase to between $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion over the next decade. Details are still being discussed but an agreement is in place. The deal’s end date isn’t clear yet, but it will align with the league’s deals with ESPN, which runs through 2021, or CBS, Fox, and NBC, which run through 2022.
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