LOS ANGELES — CBS has picked up the rights to provide its NFL football game telecasts to mobile subscribers starting with the upcoming season.
The deal announced Monday is part of a larger agreement that extends CBS’ streaming rights to its NFL games until 2022, making it concurrent with its TV contract.
NFL games shown on the broadcast network have been available to subscribers of CBS All Access, the network’s streaming video service, since December 2016. But that had excluded mobile devices because Verizon Wireless had exclusive rights on the platform.
Verizon gave up its exclusivity when it renewed its deal with the NFL in December. The five-year agreement gave the league the opportunity to sell mobile rights to its other TV rights holders.
ESPN obtained the mobile rights for “Monday Night Football” and NBC for “Sunday Night Football,” after Verizon announced its deal last year. Fox recently signed with the league to get the mobile rights for its “Thursday Night Football” package and Sunday games.
