National Football League (NFL)
NFL set for extensive free-to-air coverage in Germany
The NFL American football league is set to receive unprecedented free-to-air coverage in Germany under an agreement with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1.
NFL testing the waters in online deal with Yahoo
The NFL’s deal with Yahoo for the 2015 International Series game earlier this month was driven by a desire to test the online waters.
NFL appoints Microsoft exec to bolster media content offering
American football league the NFL has appointed senior Microsoft executive Jordan Levin to the new role of senior vice-president and chief content officer.
NFL lifts blackout policy for 2015 season
The NFL American football league has suspended its controversial broadcast ‘blackout’ policy for the 2015 season.
NFL breaks new ground with streaming initiative
The NFL will experiment with streaming live coverage of the American football league via online platforms on a global basis next season.
MP & Silva wins ‘fierce’ agency tussle for NFL rights across Europe
MP & Silva’s deal to distribute National Football League rights in Europe is a “landmark” deal for the agency, according to senior vice president Daniel Cohen.
Daniel Cohen, senior vice president Americas, MP & Silva
Interview with Daniel Cohen, senior vice president, the Americas, at MP & Silva on the agency’s new NFL deal.
MP & Silva to market NFL rights in European territories
The MP & Silva agency has agreed a deal to market the NFL American football league’s media rights across 42 European territories.
Watching Brief (Vol.96) Special Focus: American Football
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at television audiences for Super Bowl XLIX
NFL launches new video app for Super Bowl fans
The NFL American football league has launched an in-stadium app providing video content for fans attending its Super Bowl showpiece game in Phoenix on Sunday.
NFL signs YouTube partnership
American football league the NFL has signed a partnership with YouTube creating an official channel for the organisation on the video-sharing platform.
NFL renews CBS Thursday Night Football deal
The NFL American football league has extended a rights deal for the Thursday Night Football package with the CBS network in the US.
ESPN’s media arm strikes NFL rights deals in Africa
The media distribution arm of pay-television broadcaster ESPN has agreed one-year rights deals for African pay-television providers Supersport and Zuku Sport for coverage of this year’s NFL American football league playoffs and Super Bowl championship game.
NFL furthers online video drive with Facebook partnership
American football league the NFL has bolstered its online video offering by agreeing a partnership with social media platform Facebook, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
Senators tackle NFL’s blackout rule
The National Football League’s (NFL) controversial ‘blackout’ policy has come under further pressure after senators from both US political parties warned the American football competition to end the rule or risk congressional action to restrict its lucrative antitrust exemption, which allows teams to negotiate television broadcast rights together.
Cleveland Browns sign new broadcast partner
WEWS NewsChannel 5, the ABC affiliate of media company E.W. Scripps, has agreed a multi-year local broadcast rights deal with NFL American football team Cleveland Browns.
Judge grants injunction against embattled Aereo
A district court judge in the US has granted a temporary injunction against Aereo, blocking the video streaming service from transmitting broadcasters’ programmes to its subscribers.
FCC votes to end blackout rule
The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to eliminate the controversial ‘blackout’ rule that blocks certain sports events from being shown live on television in their local market if they fail to meet a specified level of ticket sales.