Netflix is planning on giving plenty of gifts to its viewers on Christmas Day – as long as everything goes to plan. On Wednesday, Netflix is set to livestream two high-profile NFL games as part of a three-year deal with the 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.

The NFL is teaming up with Netflix for a Christmas Day doubleheader. The Chiefs and Ravens are favored in their respective matchups.

A pair of Christmas Day games on Netflix will help the NFL build on its international footprint, league officials say, as the most popular professional league in the United States hopes to harness the streaming platform's global appeal.

So Riegg and Bela Bajaria, another longtime TV executive who joined Netflix around the same time and is now its chief content officer, began making the case around Netflix for why it should invest in the tech required to make live content work.

Netflix will be the fourth SVOD to exclusively stream an NFL game to their subscibers, joining Prime Video, ESPN+ and ESPN.

Beyoncé's halftime livestream during the Ravens-Texans game will be on Netflix in the U.S. for up to three hours after the end of the NFL game.

Netflix, the streaming giant, is set to stream a Christmas Day NFL doubleheader. The live coverage follows the Nov. 15 Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight, which attracted 65 million households to the platform, despite streaming issues that impacted some viewers' experience.

Netflix says it's learned from live-streaming issues during the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight. Now, it has a big test with a Beyoncé show and NFL games.

Hopefully, Netflix fixed the bugs that plagued its live broadcast of the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul boxing match. Because the streamer is broadcasting not one, but two NFL games on Christmas Day: the Ch

The NFL hope by staging two games via Netflix on Christmas Day it will help boost the reach of the league, especially in international markets.