Bills-Jaguars game to be aired worldwide over digital platform
The NFL is going digital for its Week 7 matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars next season.
The league announced Monday that the game, which will be played at London's Wembley Stadium as part of the 2015 NFL International Series, will be broadcast worldwide over a digital platform. This marks the first time the NFL will use a distributor other than a television network for a national game.
The game will be shown on local television stations in Buffalo and Jacksonville, but will be excluded from DirecTV's Sunday Ticket package, Kevin Clark of the Wall Street Journal reports.
Rights for the game are still being shopped by the NFL, Clark adds.
To be clear, this is a big deal. This is the NFL telling internet companies (facebok, youtube, google): "Our games are available NOW."
— Kevin Clark (@KevinClarkWSJ) March 23, 2015
The Bills and Jaguars are scheduled to kick off at 9:30 a.m. ET on Oct. 25.