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NFL Sunday Ticket available on DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS through NEW agreement with everpass. Jul 31, 2026, 09:00 ET DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS named Preferred National Distributor for all EverPass products and services, which includes NFL Sunday Ticket for commercial establishments NFL Sunday Ticket and other live sports content is now available for customers through streaming and satellite, creating more ways for businesses to access premium sports content EL SEGUNDO, Calif. and NEW YORK, July 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - DIRECTV today announced a new multi-year agreement with EverPass Media to distribute NFL Sunday Ticket via satellite and streaming to bars, restaurants and commercial venues nationwide through DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS beginning with the 2026 NFL season. Under the agreement, DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS will serve as EverPass' sales, marketing and commercial distribution partner for NFL Sunday Ticket with and without NFL RedZone. DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS will also be EverPass' Preferred National Distributor for EverPass streaming platforms throughout the United States. This brings together a major commercial television provider with the commercial rights holder for the NFL's out-of-market package. The agreement ensures bars, restaurants, hotels, casinos and other commercial establishments can access every out-of-market Sunday afternoon regular-season NFL game through DIRECTV's trusted commercial platform, backed by professional installation, dedicated account management and industry-leading customer support. "For decades, businesses have trusted DIRECTV to deliver the biggest moments in sports," said Mike Wittrock, Chief Operating Officer at DIRECTV. "This agreement gives businesses more flexibility in how they watch NFL Sunday Ticket and other sports content, with access to one of the most comprehensive commercial sports offerings." "We're pleased to partner with DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS to expand access to live sports for venues. This agreement is about creating greater availability for bars, restaurants and other commercial businesses so they can offer NFL Sunday Ticket - and other live sports content - with flexibility in how they receive the service," said Alex Kaplan, CEO of EverPass Media. DIRECTV serves more than 300,000 commercial locations nationwide and remains a leading destination for premium sports programming in commercial venues. Through this agreement, businesses will benefit from a streamlined relationship for sales, service, billing and support while continuing to access the programming their customers expect every week throughout the NFL season. Beyond NFL Sunday Ticket and NFL RedZone, the agreement also gives DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS customers access to subscribe to other premium sports content on EverPass which can be accessed via streaming or satellite, providing more ways to show the live sports their guest want to watch. Existing EverPass customers will have their services continue as usual. DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS will continue offering one of the industry's most comprehensive commercial sports portfolios, including NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL RedZone, ESPN+, MLB EXTRA INNINGS, NBA League Pass, NHL Center Ice, MLS Season Pass and other premium sports programming available through a single commercial provider. Businesses can renew or subscribe to NFL Sunday Ticket beginning today by visiting DIRECTV.com/business or contacting their DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS representative. Businesses that subscribed to NFL Sunday Ticket for the 2025-2026 season will automatically renew for the 2026-2027 season. About DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS is a commercial video industry and a trailblazer in sports content delivery for businesses including hotels, sports bars, restaurants, private offices, salons, airlines, senior living communities, and beyond. By reimagining what's possible, DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS helps transform businesses by aggregating, curating, and delivering compelling content that helps keep customers entertained and engaged. Learn more at www.directv.com/forbusiness. About EverPass Media EverPass Media is a premier media and technology platform dedicated to commercial businesses, that aggregates, distributes and enables streaming of live sports and entertainment content, and offers a wide array of consumer engagement and performance marketing tools for bars, restaurants, hotels and other commercial venues. Launched initially as the exclusive distributor of NFL Sunday Ticket to commercial establishments in the United States, EverPass partners with rightsholders, distribution partners and business owners to unlock greater access to premium live events and drive business growth. EverPass was founded in 2023 in partnership with RedBird Capital Partners and 32 Equity, the strategic investment arm of the National Football League. TKO Group Holdings, parent company of UFC and WWE, joined as an investor in 2024. SOURCE DIRECTV

Philo, Charter partnerships drive interest in AMC Plus, execs say. AMC Global Media has seen stronger interest, activations and engagements across AMC Plus and other streaming platforms thanks to its bundling arrangements with cable providers. [email protected] July 30, 2026 Partnerships with pay television services are driving strong interest and engagement in the streaming platform AMC Plus, executives with AMC Global Media confirmed this week. Specifically, arrangements with Charter's Spectrum TV and streaming service Philo allow subscribers of their premium linear TV products to access the ad-supported version of AMC Plus at no extra cost if their packages contain one or more AMC-owned cable channels. AMC's pacts with Philo and Spectrum TV have resulted in 2.3 million AMC Plus activations since the deals were brokered, AMC Global Media CEO Kristin Dolan told investors on Thursday. That figure also includes viewers who have activated a subscription to ALLBLK, an AMC streaming service that offers Black-focused TV shows and movies. Other content distributors are following suit: AMC recently renewed its agreement with DIRECTV that allows the pay TV company to bundle complementary access to AMC Plus with its genre-based streaming TV package called MyEntertainment, and other providers like Comcast and YouTube TV could do the same in the near future, Dolan said. Specific to YouTube TV, Dolan noted AMC Global Media recently renewed its distribution agreement with the Google-owned cable TV alternative, keeping its channels in front of more than 10 million subscribers. The new deal also allows YouTube TV to eventually bring AMC's cable networks and free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels to its lower-priced, genre-based packages for the first time since those plans were introduced in January. "We take a long-range view of this business and the critical role our distribution partners play across all of our platforms, streaming, linear, and FAST," Dolan said. "As streaming and linear continue to converge, an increasing number of viewers experience our services through hard-bundled arrangements. This combined distribution delivers additional value to the customer, strengthens our affiliate relationships, and builds revenue partnerships focused on the future." While AMC Global Media is holding onto its cable networks for now, Dolan made clear the company is betting its long-term future on streaming. AMC Plus and associated FAST channels have captured an outsized amount of attention in the company's recent earnings reports and associated conference calls, in large part because streaming-related revenue has overtaken the affiliate fees that AMC Global Media earns from cable, satellite and streaming pay TV providers. During its most-recent financial quarter, AMC Global Media earned $180 million in streaming-related revenue, up 6 percent compared to the prior year. Streaming-related revenue is largely focused on subscription sales to AMC Plus, ALLBLK and other services; it also includes the wholesale cost that services like Philo, Charter and DIRECTV are paying to offer bundled access to AMC Plus across their pay TV plans. (AMC Global Media is one of several media companies that has an ownership stake in Philo.) By comparison, affiliate fees earned from the distribution of AMC's networks on cable, satellite and other platforms fell 17 percent to $126 million during the quarter, the byproduct of ongoing churn affecting domestic traditional pay TV providers. Advertising revenue - which is associated with AMC Plus, AMC FAST channels, other streaming platforms and AMC's cable networks - clocked in at nearly $109 million, down 11 percent.