In 2026, the College Football Playoff sequence is increasing from a four-team slate (equal to three video games) to a twelve-team slate (equal to eleven video games). The rights to these extra eight video games are up for grabs, with numerous broadcasters, together with Fox, Amazon, NBC, and Apple, coming into the dialog.
ESPN will proceed to stream the 2 semifinal video games and the championship Monday evening recreation, at the very least in 2026. The way forward for the rights post-ESPN’s contract expiration stays unclear, however whoever clinches the College Football Playoff contract for 2026 may need a powerful place for all future rights.
If Apple secures the rights to College Football Playoff video games, it might dominate a good portion of the American Football dialog all through the winter, main up to the NFL Super Bowl. But nonetheless, let’s not neglect that 2026 is sort of a distance away, and these preliminary talks could not materialize into one thing extra concrete for Apple.
The tech large reported $21.2 billion in income from providers, an 8% enhance from the earlier 12 months. Apple’s current take care of Lionel Messi this summer season helped the corporate add over 110,000 new MLS Season Pass US subscribers simply on the day Messi debuted with Inter Miami.
Apple CEO Tim Cook talked about, “We (Apple) are surpassing our expectations in phrases of subscribers, and Messi’s transfer to Inter Miami definitely helped us on the market a bit.” So, it’s no surprise that the corporate is in getting the rights to stream extra sports activities occasions.