National Football League to test live internet broadcasts

The National Football League has said that they would be testing internet broadcasting by serving their games to some customers of Verizon Communications Inc. and DirecTV Group Inc.

This was confirmed by the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell who said that these games would be made available to subscribers of Verizon’s Fios high-speed Internet service and customers of DirecTV who have signed up for Verizon’s Web service.

He said that customers want statistical data along with addition information while watching the games and broadcasting them on the web would solve that problem.

If the technology works as intended, they aim to launch a service in the coming weeks. Goodell added: “It is a three-hour experience. Frankly, it is counter to what we are seeing. People want to see it on the wide screen.”