The NFL, already a more than $9 billion a year business, is seeking new revenues from the expanding mobile advertising market.
The league will launch a digital video service called "NFL Now" this summer, which will offer game highlights, archived NFL Films footage and original news and analysis programs.
Brian Rolapp, the league's executive vice president of media, called mobile advertising the "fastest-growing revenue stream" out there.
"What you hear from advertisers and sponsors is: 'We want mobile and we want video,' which is one of the reasons we've done this on top of the fan demand," Rolapp said Thursday. "There's a reason there's advertiser demand — there's consumption."
Rolapp expects the advertising inventory to be sold out when the service debuts at a yet-to-be-determined date. But the real value is having a platform already established as the market increases.
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