National Football League (NFL)

The NFL has no intention of shifting to a pay-television only model in the future, according to Brian Rolapp, chief operating officer of the American football league’s NFL Media division.

NFL American football franchise the Jacksonville Jaguars has agreed a new multi-year local broadcast rights deal with independent television station WJXT-TV Channel 4.

DirecTV and American football league the NFL have extended their exclusive negotiating period to renew the US satellite television provider’s exclusive rights to the Sunday Ticket package of programming, according to the company’s chairman and chief executive Mike White.

US network CBS has been awarded the rights for a new Thursday night package of NFL American football games.

American football’s NFL is to launch a new online service called NFL Now that will allow fans to tailor content, including highlights of games, to focus on their favourite teams and players.

Regional US broadcaster NBC Bay Area, operated by the NBCUniversal media company, has agreed to show at least 400 hours of programming per year dedicated to the San Francisco 49ers as part of a broad agreement with the NFL American football franchise.

American football league the NFL is seeking to adopt a simulcast strategy for its new package of Thursday night games, according to multiple US media reports.

The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case brought by several US networks against television streaming service Aereo.

American football’s NFL has invited broadcasters to bid for a new package of rights comprising Thursday night games.

US pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will stream live coverage of the Super Bowl NFL American football championship game on February 2 for free, but will restrict online coverage of the National Football Conference (NFC) post-season to subscribers of selected pay-television operators, according to media news publication Variety.

US network CBS has announced it will live stream its coverage of the NFL’s American Football Conference play-offs through its CBSSports.com website for the first time.

American football’s NFL “will strongly oppose” a proposal by US regulators to scrap the so-called ‘blackout’ rule that blocks sports events from being shown live on television in their local market if they fail to meet a specified level of ticket sales.

US satellite television provider DirecTV and American football league the NFL have agreed on a framework for negotiations to renew the company’s Sunday Ticket package of programming, according to the Reuters news agency.

Bell has extended and expanded a media rights deal for American football’s NFL that will allow the Canadian telecommunications company to show more games than ever before.

German commercial broadcaster Prosiebensat.1 has extended a rights deal for the NFL American football league’s Super Bowl and post-season playoffs.