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NFL game on Nickelodeon proves to be substantial hit
Last weekend’s push by the National Football League and CBS Sports to engage younger audiences proved to be a substantial hit, as the specially designed production of a Wild Card playoff game on Nickelodeon g…
Atlantic 10, NBC Sports extend basketball media-rights deal
The Atlantic 10 collegiate athletic conference, one of the top mid-majors in American college sports, has secured a multiyear domestic media rights extension with NBC Sports for men's and women's basketball
NFL ends 2020 regular season down 7 per cent in ratings
The National Football League, which battled a series of operational challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic throughout its 2020 regular season, ended the schedule down 7 per cent in domestic television…
NBC Sports to broadcast NWHL’s Isobel Cup semifinals, final in landmark deal
NBC Sports has announced that the National Women’s Hockey League 2021 Isobel Cup semifinals and final will air live exclusively on cable network NBCSN on February 4-5.
NFL ‘poised to generate’ more than $100bn in new domestic rights deals
The National Football League is poised to generate more than $100bn (€82bn) in a series of new long-term domestic television rights deals, further highlighting just how powerful the sports property is t…
NBC Sports’ SNF to feature political star Kornacki
NBC Sports on December 6 will feature noted NBC News political correspondent Steve Kornacki as part of its Sunday Night Football coverage of the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs
NBC Sports adds audio channel to SiriusXM
NBC Sports has launched a new 24/7 audio channel on leading US satellite and digital radio network SiriusXM, called "NBC Sports Audio on SiriusXM
NBC Sports extends World Athletics rights deal through 2029
NBC Sports has extended its domestic media-rights contract with World Athletics in a deal which will provide the US network exclusive multi-platform rights to elite World Athletics Series events through…
NBC, ABC bump college football games for Biden speech
Major US television networks NBC and ABC briefly moved high-profile college football games to lesser channels on November 7 due to a clash with Joe Biden's first speech as the United States' President-elect
NBC Sports’ Bevacqua eyes return to normalcy for sports TV ratings
Pete Bevacqua, newly promoted to chairman of NBC Sports, said he believes that sports ratings on American television will return to more normal patterns following the impending conclusion of the country’s p…
Disney poised to make aggressive bid for NFL’s “SNF”
The Walt Disney Co. is reportedly preparing to make an aggressive bid to secure the domestic broadcast rights to the National Football League's showcase Sunday Night Football package.
NBCUniversal, Comcast tout accelerating growth of Peacock
Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, was described following the latest quarterly earnings report by corporate parent Comcast Corp.
NFL switches Buccaneers-Raiders game to protect “SNF” broadcast
The National Football League has moved the scheduled October 25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Las Vegas Raiders game from its original evening kickoff time to an afternoon slot in order to protect the primetime…
NBC Sports brings back boxing with Ring City USA partnership
NBC Sports and start-up boxing broadcast and content platform Ring City USA have announced a partnership to televise a series of boxing matches on cable channel NBCSN through 2021.
IndyCar secures record nine races on main NBC network in 2021
The NTT IndyCar Series will feature a record nine races on the NBC broadcast network in 2021
NBCUniversal, Roku reach carriage agreement for Peacock
NBCUniversal and streaming platform Roku have reached a carriage agreement over NBCU's new direct-to-consumer service Peacock two months after its nationwide launch
NFL’s 2020 opener sees audience dip of 11 per cent
Facing unprecedented sports competition with the industry’s readjusted game schedules due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the opening game of the National Football League’s 2020 season saw a double-digit per…
NBCUniversal plans broad promotional blitz for NFL opener
NBCUniversal is planning a company-wide media and marketing blitz on September 10 to support to the start of the 2020 National Football League season, happening that night on NBC Sports with the network’s c…