Notre Dame and NBC Sports signed a multiyear extension to "air Notre Dame football home games through the 2029 season." Along with games on NBC, one home game per year will "stream exclusively on Peacock,” which has been the case since the 2021 season. A new, annual documentary series on the ND football program will "stream on Peacock as well, beginning with the 2024 campaign." Peacock also streams all ND hockey games (SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, 11/18).
ND AD Jack Swarbrick said that the new agreement "'very much' reinforces Notre Dame’s independence" in football. The agreement was “finalized ahead of schedule by about a year,” due to Big Ten expansion and NBC’s addition of other college football programming from that conference. Those events “triggered an early negotiation window” between the school and the network. Swarbrick, who is set to retire in 2024, will be succeeded by NBC Sports Chair Pete Bevacqua. Swarbrick said that negotiations on the new deal began when Bevacqua was "still there as chairman of NBC Sports,” then he "recused himself after it was announced that he was moving to his alma mater as AD" (SI, 11/18).
