The pandemic may have limited fans in stadiums but it certainly didn’t hurt the NFL’s popularity on TV. In 2020, seven of the 10 most-watched telecasts were NFL games.
Now, the league is capitalizing on that popularity by signing a multi-billion-dollar TV rights deal for the future.
Host Callum Borchers speaks with Stephen Battaglio, who covers TV and the media business for the Los Angeles Times.
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