Want to watch NFL Week 8's Broncos vs. Jaguars London game? You'll need ESPN+ subscription.
For the first time ever, ESPN+ has exclusive rights to an NFL game.
ESPN+ will air the Denver Broncos-Jacksonville Jaguars matchup in London, with kickoff set for 9:30 a.m. ET. The programming is part of a multiyear agreement between the league and ESPN that will put one international game per year on ESPN+.
Like other standalone games that are exclusively streamed (Prime Video's "Thursday Night Football," for example), the game will be available on linear television in the Jacksonville and Denver markets.
For everyone else, though, they will need ESPN+ to watch (NFL+ subscribers also have automatic access). Pregame coverage, which begins at 8:30 a.m. ET, will be simulcast across ESPN and ESPN+. Sunday NFL Countdown (10-1 p.m. ET) will provide live look-ins from the game on ESPN, but ESPN+ will be the only place carrying the game.
Announcers Steve Levy (play-by-play), Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky and Laura Rutledge (sideline reporter) will have the call. Levy and Riddick, along with Brian Griese – now the quarterbacks coach for the San Francisco 49ers – worked the "Monday Night Football" booth in 2020 and 2021 before ESPN landed Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
ESPN+ will also carry a Spanish-language offering of Broncos-Jaguars, with Rebeca Landa (play-by-play), Ciro Procuna (analyst), and Katina Castorena (reporter) on the call.
Officiating expert John Parry will work the game remotely.
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ESPN+ is currently $9.99 per month or $99.99 for an annual subscription. ESPN+ is part of "The Disney Bundle," which also includes Hulu and Disney+. All NFL games on either ABC or ESPN are simulcast on ESPN+.
Earlier this season, the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers set an international game viewership record (5.5 million) on NFL Network.
The NFL signed a new media rights package earlier this year that begins in 2023 worth $110 billion. Disney entered the Super Bowl rotation (ABC will have 2026 and 2030) and added a divisional round postseason game to its programming. "Monday Night Football" also picked up flex scheduling.
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