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Online retail and streaming giant Amazon is continuing to expand its presence within the National Football League, securing rights to stream one of the league's two newly formed Wild Card playoff games,…
USA NFL

The opening weekend of the 2020 National Football League provided a decidedly mixed bag on United States television ratings, leaving any conclusions about the full state of the league’s viewership amid t…
USA Multi-Sport

CBS All Access, the streaming home of the Uefa Champions League and Europa League as well as the National Women's Soccer League in the United States, will be rebranded as Paramont+ in 2021
USA Mixed Martial Arts

The Bellator mixed martial arts promotion has signed a media rights deal in the United States with CBS Sports, with live events to be aired on cable channel CBS Sports Network.
USA Golf

The final two rounds of the postponed Masters tournament will be given an earlier-than-usual finish to accommodate National Football League and college football games also being broadcast by CBS Sports…
USA Football

CBS said it is "thrilled" with the quality and excitement of the National Women's Soccer League Challenge Cup and the reception of fans to network's coverage of the event
USA Football

CBS's acting chief executive Joe Ianniello has confirmed in a quarterly earnings call that the US broadcaster has secured the English-language rights to the Uefa Champions League from the 2021-22 season …
USA Football

CBS has won the English-language rights to the Uefa Champions League in the United States from the 2021-22 season through 2023-24 in a surprise development, according to multiple reports in the US.
USA Multi-Sport

Barry Frank, a leading US television executive and negotiator of Olympic broadcast deals in the US market for the IMG agency, has died aged 87

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Competition to create effective digital offerings in the US drove a hike in value for Uefa’s club competitions for the 2021-22 to 2023-24 cycle. CBS overcame strong opposition to surprise the market in acquiring English-language rights, while Univision renewed its high-performing Spanish-language rights.
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The Big Ten collegiate athletic conference has agreed a set of new domestic media-rights deals, increasing the value of the existing package by almost 300 per cent.

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US broadcasters CBS and Turner agreed to pay a 43-per-cent fee increase to lock down NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship rights until 2032.

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Increasing the value of its Thursday Night Football rights while dividing content once more illustrates the sheer power of the National Football League.

USA NFL

US media groups CBS and Viacom have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger, forming a new $28bn-(€25bn)-plus revenue company.
USA NFL

The CBS network and telco AT&T have signed a multi-year carriage agreement, through which CBS-owned local broadcast stations and the CBS Sports Network will be made available on AT&T video platforms across…
USA American Football

Joe Ianniello, the acting CBS chief executive, is confident the network will secure a renewal of its NFL rights from 2022, when they are scheduled to go to market.
USA Poker

Poker Central and CBS have announced a partnership to live stream the 50th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet events
USA American Football

In order for NBC to align the 2022 Super Bowl with the Beijing Winter Olympics, the network has agreed a deal to switch its next telecast of the NFL showpiece game with CBS
USA American Football

The NFL American football league, together with some of its US rights partners, is considering reworking its Sunday-afternoon packages, according to Variety
USA American Football

Sunday's NFL conference championship games resulted in massive ratings for CBS and Fox after they both went to overtime
USA American Football

CBS is enjoying robust Super Bowl advert sales with a month to go before the NFL showpiece event. The network is receiving more than $5m (€4.4m) per 30-second spot.
North America Golf

Commercial broadcaster CBS and pay-television broadcaster ESPN have joined forces to sign an 11-year deal for rights to the PGA Championship in the US, from 2020 to 2030

US broadcaster CBS has announced plans to stream the Super Bowl for free across multiple platforms
USA American Football

US network CBS has expanded its rights deal with the NFL American football league to take in live streaming rights on mobile devices.

North America American Football

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has agreed a deal to broadcast live coverage of the new Alliance of American Football competition.

USA Lacrosse

The CBS Sports Digital division of US network CBS has sealed a streaming-rights deal with the North American National Lacrosse League.

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US pay-television provider Dish Network has agreed a new, multi-year carriage deal with US mass media company CBS.

USA American Football

WBZ-TV, a regional affiliate of US network CBS, has extended a local rights deal with the New England Patriots NFL American football franchise.

USA American Football

The Big Ten Conference has confirmed domestic rights deals with the CBS and Fox networks and sports broadcaster ESPN.

USA Basketball

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has secured a sublicense agreement with sports broadcaster ESPN to televise coverage of the American Athletic Conference’s 2018 college basketball championship.
USA American Football

NFL American football franchises the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars have both secured local media-rights deals.
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US subscription video-on-demand service Hulu has secured a carriage deal with the CBS network.
USA American Football

The NFL American football league suffered an eight per cent year-on-year drop in US television viewership during its 2016 regular season, according to data obtained by ESPN.com.
USA American Football

US network CBS has agreed a deal with the NFL American football league to add live coverage of games to its ‘CBS All Access’ streaming service.
USA American Football

CBS chairman and chief executive Les Moonves has said the US network is working on a deal with American football league the NFL to stream games on its over-the-top platform, CBS All Access.

California American Football

NFL American football team the Los Angeles Rams has secured a multi-year local rights deal with KCBS-TV/CBS 2, a regional television channel operated by US network CBS.

USA Basketball

The CBS network and pay-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System have extended rights for the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 men’s basketball championship, also known as March Madness.