Current:Home > ContactPeacock's Bills vs. Chargers game on Saturday will have no fourth-quarter ads -Elite Financial Minds
Peacock's Bills vs. Chargers game on Saturday will have no fourth-quarter ads
View
Date:2025-04-22 12:26:02
No need to change that channel during the fourth quarter of the Buffalo Bills versus Los Angeles Chargers matchup Saturday.
Well, not that anybody actually could without exiting an entire app. The game is being exclusively streamed on Peacock, which NBC Sports has dubbed its "Peacock Holiday Exclusive."
But the broadcast will have a unique feature: no advertisements during the fourth quarter. Overall, NBC Sports said, there will be a 40% reduction in ads throughout the game, resulting in an estimated additional 12 minutes of game-related content.
The broadcast will acknowledge the elimination of ads at the top of the fourth quarter, and game stoppages will instead be filled by "special content takeovers and game features."
“We are proud to work with our partners at the NFL to present this first-of-its kind experience,” NBC Sports president Rick Cordella said in a release. “NBC Sports’ best-in-class NFL production, Peacock’s fan-friendly viewer experience, and this innovative advertising model will allow NFL fans an exciting new way to watch the game’s conclusion.”
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.
The move comes after Amazon's Black Friday broadcast included various purchasing integrations via QR code. NBC is taking a similar approach, including a second-quarter "shoppable moment" with a QR code leading to Walmart’s Holiday Hub. Walmart, Hyundai and Capital One are the sponsors of the commercial-free fourth quarter.
"The power of live sports is more prevalent than ever, and at NBCUniversal, we not only have the scale of our broadcast platform, but we now can reach an entirely new audience through Peacock,” NBCUniversal chairman of global advertising and partnerships Mark Marshall said in a statement. “With this one-of-a-kind sponsorship environment attached to our first-ever exclusive Peacock NFL game, we are able to connect an untapped set of consumers to our marketers, and we couldn’t be more grateful to our partners at the NFL for trusting us to creatively launch this groundbreaking format."
The game kicks off at 8 p.m. ET and will be called by the lead NFL broadcast booth, Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst) and sideline reporter Melissa Stark.
veryGood! (71)
Related
- South Korea's acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets after Yoon impeachment
- Central American and Mexican families mourn the Baltimore bridge collapse missing workers
- Alabama sets May lethal injection date for man convicted of killing couple during robbery
- Rebel Wilson Alleges Sacha Baron Cohen Asked Her to Stick Finger in His Butt
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- Julia Fox's Latest Look Proves She's Redefining How to Wear Winged Eyeliner Again
- Egg prices are hopping again this Easter. Is dyeing eggs worth the cost?
- President Biden to bring out the celebrities at high-dollar fundraiser with Obama, Clinton
- New data highlights 'achievement gap' for students in the US
- Looking at a solar eclipse can be dangerous without eclipse glasses. Here’s what to know
Ranking
- DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
- Vanderpump Rules' Tom Schwartz Reacts to Ex Katie Maloney Hooking Up With His Best Friend
- 34 Container Store Items That Will Organize Your Kitchen
- Appeals court keeps hold on Texas' SB4 immigration law while it consider its legality
- Sam Taylor
- Macaulay Culkin Shares Sweet Tribute to Best Friend Brenda Song
- Lea Michele Is Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 2 With Husband Zandy Reich
- Jill Biden wrote children’s book about her White House cat, Willow, that will be published in June
Recommendation
Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
Washington state's Strippers' Bill of Rights, providing adult dancers workplace protections, signed into law
Catch up on our Maryland bridge collapse coverage
Jill Biden wrote children’s book about her White House cat, Willow, that will be published in June
John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
Millions in India are celebrating Holi. Here's what the Hindu festival of colors is all about.
Christina Applegate says she has 30 lesions on her brain amid MS battle
Alabama sets May lethal injection date for man convicted of killing couple during robbery