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Netflix will connection a documentary bid connected NFL wide receivers arsenic nan streaming giant continues to move guardant pinch its sports strategy.
The institution unveiled nan latest summation to its wide-ranging roster of sports enarthrosis contented connected Tuesday, saying nan eight-episode "Receiver" bid will debut complete nan summer.
It is expected to connection NFL fans a model into nan on- and off-field lives of 4 master wide receivers and 1 tight-end erstwhile it goes live, Netflix said.
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Wide receivers who participated successful nan upcoming bid see Davante Adams from nan Los Angeles Raiders, Justin Jefferson from nan Minnesota Vikings, Deebo Samuel from nan San Francisco 49ers and Amon-Ra St. Brown from nan Detroit Lions. George Kittle, a tight-end for nan 49ers, will besides beryllium featured.
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Netflix has been expanding nan sports enarthrosis content connected its streaming level successful caller quarters arsenic portion of its ongoing sports strategy.
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CFO Spencer Neumann precocious described that type of contented arsenic centering "around nan play of sports and telling nan communicative down nan sport" astatine a conference.
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos has said Netflix was "in nan portion of nan sports business that we bring nan astir worth to, which is nan play of sport." He often highlights shows for illustration "Tour de France: Unchained," "Formula 1: Drive to Survive," "Full Swing" and "Quarterback" arsenic examples of its occurrence successful nan area.
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"Quarterback," which for illustration nan upcoming"Receiver" had NFL Films, Peyton Manning-founded Omaha Productions and Patrick Mahomes-created 2PM Productions arsenic producers, became disposable successful July of past twelvemonth and quickly gained popularity.
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In summation to its sports series, Netflix has put connected immoderate unrecorded events based connected its sports programming, for illustration "The Netflix Cup" successful November and nan "The Netflix Slam" earlier this month. It precocious inked a woody pinch WWE to aerial "Raw" and different wrestling contented starting successful 2025.
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Netflix has antecedently said neither of those efforts signaled a directional displacement erstwhile it comes specifically to unrecorded sports.
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The streaming giant successful January identified "broadening our offering" specified arsenic games, unrecorded programming and sports-adjacent contented arsenic "big opportunities" for nan year.
Its world subscriber count deed 260.28 cardinal astatine nan extremity of 2023.
