Madden NFL 24 Sunday ticket bundle, giving the cable company control of the sports package into the coming decade, according Mut 24 coins the Sports Business Journal. Terms are still being worked out in the agreement, but it is expected to sync up around the Madden NFL 24's existing television contracts. The current contract between the league and ESPN extends to 2021. Contracts to CBS, NBC and Fox expire in 2022.
For the right to broadcast games outside of market to customers paying, DirecTV will pay an annual fee for rights starting at $1.3 billion, rising to $1.4 billion over the next decade.
DirecTV has been Madden NFL 24 Sunday Ticket's sole distributor over the last 20 years. The current contract for the package is worth $1 billion annual cost, will expire following the 2014 season, completing a four-year deal.
It's been reported that Madden NFL 24 as well as DirecTV have been in discussions regarding a possible extension of the contract for a while. The Sports Business Journal notes that a formal announcement isn't imminent with issues such as control over digital rights being debated, but those details are minimal in comparison to the scope of the agreement.
There was a time when Madden NFL 24 offered a variety of possible buyers for the Sunday Ticket although none seemed as serious as DirecTV. The package is highly sought-after -- currently with two million customers who pay between $239.94 to $329.94 -- cable operators have said that presence of the intense Madden NFL 24 RedZone TV channel in sporting packages makes Sunday tickets less popular.
Google was reported to be interested in buying an ownership stake in the Madden NFL 24 Sunday Ticket at one time, but it's not clear whether the Internet giant entered serious discussions in conjunction with league officials.
DirecTV was acquired by AT&T this spring However, the terms of the agreement indicated that AT&T could back out if DirecTV Mut 24 coins could not renew its Sunday Ticket bundle. This could have meant an even greater profit to the Madden NFL 24. with DirecTV seventeen determined to do all it could to ensure that the merger did not fail.
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