You may soon be able to watch live pro football on your tablet, but unless it?s on Verizon?s network, maybe not the tablet you might like.
NFL VP and media strategist Brian Rolapp told the Wall Street Journal that the league is currently in talks with Verizon about distributing live and rebroadcast games and other content to tablets. ?The NFL will be on a tablet,? he said. ?It?s a question of what shape or form.? Verizon declined to comment.
Why Verizon? The carrier already has a $720 million four-year exclusive deal to show games and other programming on phones with its NFL Mobile service that was just signed in March. Depending on the terms of that deal (and remember, in March, the iPad wasn?t even in stores yet), tablet computers are most likely not included, but the NFL may find it practically and legally difficult to partner with another wireless provider.
Why would you want to watch an NFL game on a teeny-weeny tablet? Besides being better than watching NFL on a phone, I have two words for you: VGA Adapter.
A Verizon spokesman told the WSJ that the company wants to secure the rights to rebroadcast every NFL game. Suppose you?re on the road, in a hotel, and the local channels aren?t showing your team?s game. Hook up your tablet to the television, and you?ve got it on your screen. You can even catch the Monday night game at the airport while your plane back home is delayed.
Regardless of how the deals eventually shake out, that scenario is definitely appealing to the NFL?s millions of hard-core fans, who are frequently both tech-savvy and constantly hungry for more content, and who have repeatedly demonstrated their devotion with dollars.
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