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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000089143...live-games
NFL, Verizon partner to distribute mobile access to live games
Published: Dec. 11, 2017 at 08:29 a.m.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2017 at 09:02 a.m.
NEW YORK -- The National Football League and Verizon announced today a multi-year partnership in which Verizon's portfolio of premium digital and mobile media properties, including Yahoo Sports, will stream in-market and national games, including national pre-season, regular season, playoff games, and the Super Bowl nationwide to sports fans -- regardless of mobile network. The partnership kicks off in January 2018 with streaming of the NFL playoffs on Yahoo and Yahoo Sports, in addition to go90 and the NFL mobile app.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/does-th...rts/279767
Verizon claims to have reduced latency on live 4K online delivery to four milliseconds, for delivery of content including San Francisco 49ers pre-game coverage over the UltraFlix network. However, the industry norm for streaming HD content is still only 720p.