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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

American football league the NFL has struck new two-season deals for its Thursday Night Football rights package, continuing its partnership with CBS while also adding rival US network NBC as a partner as it seeks a digital contract for what it says will be a “unique tri-cast” model.

US pay-television broadcaster CBS Sports Network has reached a two-year agreement with the United States Bowling Congress to broadcast coverage of various major events.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a deal with the CBS network to broadcast coverage of next month’s NFL Super Bowl American football championship game on its ESPN Deportes Spanish-language channel for the first time.

American football’s NFL may offer a stake in its NFL Network cable-television channel as part of its Thursday Night Football package of rights, according to the New York Post newspaper.

US pay-television broadcaster CBS Sports has extended a rights deal with the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the Division II men’s and women’s basketball semi-finals.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has enhanced its live streaming offering for the NFL, offering regular-season games from the American football league for the first time this season.

Leslie Moonves, the president and chief executive of CBS, has said that the US network would have liked a longer deal than a one-year extension with American football’s NFL for the Thursday Night Football package.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has signed a five-year sublicensing deal with sports broadcaster ESPN to continue showing the Missouri Valley Conference college sports league.

US network CBS is planning to become the first broadcaster in the country to live stream all adverts during the 2016 Super Bowl, the championship game of the NFL American football league.

Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. is reportedly considering making his planned career swansong in September this year available on free-to-air television in the US.

US pay-television broadcaster CBS Sports Network has agreed a multi-year extension to its television rights deal with the Patriot League collegiate sports organisation.