The NFL is closing in on the tech company that will stream its Thursday night football games.
Gadget giant Apple, which has run into difficulty over licenses to build a streaming-television service that pairs with its streaming-video box Apple TV, has walked away, while Facebook, Verizon, Yahoo and Verizon are interested, according to a report by Recode.
Last month, the pro football league decided to split the broadcast rights to its “Thursday Night Football” package between NBC and CBS, after CBS held the rights for the past two seasons. Though the NFL will also broadcasted the games on the NFL Network, it has been weighing bids from tech companies for the digital rights to the same games.