The NFL’s cable and broadcast network partners aren’t wasting time taking advantage of Verizon’s big fumble of mobile streaming rights. Both ESPN and NBC have separately announced plans to stream their respective weekly shows, Monday Night Football and Sunday Night Football, to smartphones beginning with the 2018 NFL season. You’ll need to be a pay TV customer if you want to watch games, as authentication is required.
Both companies already offered streams on connected TVs, PCs, and tablets, but viewers have for years been unable to watch from a phone. That’s because Verizon’s previous deal with the NFL locked up mobile streaming for its own wireless customers. Last week, Verizon and the league suddenly announced a new $2 billion...
