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Peacock to become exclusive streaming home for NFL playoff game

Jan. 13 wild-card game will follow 4:30 p.m. kickoff on NBC
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Peacock will be home to the NFL's first-ever exclusive streaming telecast of a playoff game, the NFL and NBC announced Monday.

The NFL wild-card playoff game on Jan. 13 will immediately follow the 4:30 p.m. game on NBC and WPTV, which will be simulcast on Peacock.

"We are excited to work with a great partner in Peacock to present the first-ever exclusively live streamed NFL playoff game this upcoming season," Hans Schroeder, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the NFL's media properties, said in a statement. "Expanding the digital distribution of NFL content while maintaining wide reach for our games continues to be a key priority for the league, and bringing the excitement of an NFL playoff game exclusively to Peacock's streaming platform is the next step in that strategy."

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Peacock will also be the exclusive home of a regular-season game for the first time this season when the Los Angeles Chargers host the Buffalo Bills at 8 p.m. on Dec. 23. It follows a special "Sunday Night Football" game — at 4:30 p.m. on a Saturday — on NBC and WPTV.

Both the Peacock exclusive regular-season and wild-card playoff games will be shown on NBC stations in the markets of the competing teams.