For the first time ever, the NFL will broadcast a game only on the Web

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by Sindy Cator on March 24, 2015 at 4:51 am

The NFL has announced that it will air a football game this upcoming season only via the internet and not on television as it has always done, reports The Wall Street Journal. When the Jacksonville Jaguars square off against the Buffalo Bills in Week 7 in London, the game will air only via the Web at 9:30 a.m. eastern time. The rights to its digital distribution are yet to be sold, but it’s likely that one of the major players in Web video, like YouTube or Facebook, will snap it up. The game won’t be available on DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket service, which…