"It also happened to be a (mostly) streaming-only game. Did you notice? Or care? I didn't. Except for about 30 seconds, when I was trying to find out what network was showing the game, and it took me a beat to realize it was on Amazon's Prime Video. Then I booted up my app and watched the game without any issue. Just like any other NFL game."
"Flash back to 2013, for instance, and the idea of whether the "internet" - a catch-all term that included everything needed to get streaming video onto your screen, from web servers to fiber-optic lines to the router in your house - could support a big NFL game watched by many millions of people was an open question. "Why Web TV Skeptic Mark Cuban Thinks Google Can Make the NFL Work on the Web," was an ungainly headline I tapped out at the time."
The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers in a playoff game featuring rivalry, an old-school outdoors atmosphere, and a historic comeback. The game was (mostly) streaming-only on Amazon Prime Video and registered 31.6 million viewers, a streaming record for an NFL game. The vast majority of viewers streamed the broadcast, while local markets could still use broadcast TV. Concerns about whether the internet could reliably support mass live sports viewing have faded since 2013. Streaming distribution for major sports has matured to the point that watching NFL games on streaming services is routine for most viewers.
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