The streaming giant is moving deeper into live programming but faces questions about its ability to host real-time events without a hitch.

Watching football Christmas Day is a longstanding tradition in some U.S. households. Watching the NFL streaming live on Netflix? That's new, and not everyone is thrilled about it. “We couldn’t be more excited to be the first professional sports league ...

For the NFL, the Netflix move is a play with nothing but upside. Netflix has 282.3 million subscribers in 190 countries. Every one of whom could theoretically watch this game as part of their normal subscription. That’s an enticing proposition for a league that always has its eyes on the next potential conquest.

Despite hiccups with a boxing match, the ad revenue a live football double bill would bring is one of the reasons it's worth the gamble.

Netflix will be airing two NFL games on Christmas, a first for the streaming giant. The Pittsburgh Steelers will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs, followed by a game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans. Beyoncé is also slated to ...

The streaming giant will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it airs two NFL games for the first time.

CBS will produce both games but Netflix will use announcers from CBS, NBC, Fox, NFL Network and ESPN. Three CBS announcers — Ian Eagle and studio analysts Nate Burleson and J.J. Watt — will call the Chiefs-Steelers game. NBC’s Noah Eagle will call the Ravens-Texans game with Fox’s Greg Olsen.

If you don’t have Netflix but want to see the Christmas Day matchups, the games will also be carried on local television in each team’s respective markets, as well as on mobile with an NFL+ subscription in the NFL mobile app. The Chiefs will take on the Steelers at 1 p.m. ET followed by the Ravens taking on the Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET.

For Chiefs vs. Steelers, Ian Eagle, a broadcasting veteran who's previously called the NBA, NFL and college basketball, will be on play-by-play. He'll be joined in the booth by Nate Burleson, a former wide receiver and current analyst on "The NFL Today," and J.J. Watt, a former defensive end and current CBS Sports analyst.

Similar to Thanksgiving, the NFL hopes to have expanded halftime shows featuring ... Both of the Christmas Day games are on Netflix, and the Ravens-Texans game is the second game of the day. There should be plenty of time for the first game to end and ...

Netflix will be the global home of the NFL for the first time on Christmas Day with two games set to be broadcast on the streaming platform on December 25