National Football League (NFL)
NFLPA invests in sports streaming challenger
NFL extends Snapchat partnership
CBS adds mobile rights to NFL partnership
US network CBS has expanded its rights deal with the NFL American football league to take in live streaming rights on mobile devices.
A new day for Fox as it bets big on Thursday Night Football
Fox’s acquisition of broadcast rights to the NFL’s Thursday Night Football package is the first step in the US media group’s rebuilding project after many of its assets were sold to Disney.
Fox Sports bolsters NFL portfolio with Thursday Night Football deal
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has signed a five-season deal for rights to the Thursday Night Football package marketed by American football league the NFL.
NFL television audience figures down again in 2017
US television audience ratings for American football’s NFL fell 9.7 per cent in the 2017 season, marking the second consecutive year of decline.
ESPN adds Monday Night Football mobile rights to NFL coverage
US sports broadcaster ESPN has added live mobile streaming of Monday Night Football games to its coverage of the NFL American football league.
Verizon expands NFL rights under major new deal
US telco Verizon has sealed a multi-year extension to its partnership with the NFL, through which it will remain a rights partner and sponsor of the American football league.
NFL partners up with 15 Seconds of Fame
Technology and social media platform 15 Seconds of Fame (15SOF) has further strengthened its presence in the US sports market through a multi-year agreement with the NFL American football league.
NFL renews German deals early, increasing revenue almost 70%
The NFL has increased the value of its free-to-air deal in Germany with ProSiebenSat.1 by about 20 per cent, and looks set to double the value of its pay-television deal with DAZN.
NFL to discuss DAZN coverage issues in Canada
The NFL has said it is in close contact with DAZN after the OTT platform endured technical problems during its coverage in Canada of the opening of the 2017-18 season of the American football league.
FuboTV adds NFL programming
FuboTV, the live-streaming platform, has struck a new carriage deal to offer the NFL Network and NFL RedZone American football programming services.
ProSiebenSat.1 extends NFL rights deal
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has renewed a rights deal for coverage of the NFL American football league.
NFL digital rights value grows in China as Tencent gets exclusivity
The NFL secured a solid increase in the annual value of its digital rights in China from an exclusive deal with online streaming platform Tencent.
Bell commits to NFL despite Super Bowl advertising cull
Canadian telco Bell has completed its set of exclusive linear NFL rights after picking up its one missing set of games, on Thursday nights, from rival telco Rogers.