Plex Adds NFL Channel Ahead of Draft Coverage

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Fans can follow for free as teams select players

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Draft coverage on NFL Channel (Image credit: Plex)

Plex has made a deal with the National Football League that will let users watch the NFL Channel, the league’s free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel.

The move comes days before the NFL draft, which takes place in Detroit starting on Thursday and running through Saturday.

In addition to draft news and analysis, the NFL Channel provides video and highlights, game-day coverage, game replays, original series and content from the NFL Films library.

Plex is a free ad-supported streaming app. Plex says it offers more than 500 live TV channels in the U.S. and access to about 50,000 on-demand TV shows and movies.

Plex is available on streaming platforms including Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Android TV and on smart TVs such as LG, Hisense, Samsung, Sony and Vizio.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.