American Football
DAZN opens up NFL coverage in Canada
DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has opened up its coverage of the NFL American football league in Canada by agreeing carriage deals with cable television providers Shaw and SaskTel.
European NFL fans set for compensation after Game Pass failings
The providers of Game Pass Europe, the official live streaming service of American football league the NFL, have said they will compensate customers after apologising for another weekend in which the platform was hit by major technical issues.
Fox Sports acquires NCAA rights in Italy
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has widened its coverage of US sports in Italy by acquiring rights to National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball and American football.
DirecTV offers Sunday Ticket refunds in wake of NFL protests
US satellite-television provider DirecTV is offering refunds for its NFL Sunday Ticket package to fans that are unhappy with the wave of protests that are sweeping through the American football league, according to multiple reports.
NFL signs Facebook content partnership
Social media platform Facebook has furthered its move into sports content by agreeing a multi-year global partnership with American football league the NFL.
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.
DAZN provides assurances over NFL coverage in Canada
DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has said problems surrounding its coverage of the NFL American football league in Canada have been mostly resolved.
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.
CEO named for new NFL OTT venture
Sam Jones has been appointed chief executive of OverTier, the joint venture between global sports marketing company Bruin Sports Capital and advertising and public relations giant WPP that runs the OTT business of American football league the NFL throughout Europe.
NFL’s Patriots extend with local rights partner
WBZ-TV, a regional affiliate of US network CBS, has extended a local rights deal with the New England Patriots NFL American football franchise.
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.
BBC extends NFL rights deal ahead of new season
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed its rights agreement with the NFL American football league.
Facebook to stream US college American football games
Social media platform Facebook has agreed a deal to stream live coverage of 15 US college American football games during the 2017-18 academic year.
Tencent seals NFL rights deal
Chinese online streaming platform Tencent has signed a three-year digital rights partnership with the NFL American football league.
Big Ten confirms rights deals
The Big Ten Conference has confirmed domestic rights deals with the CBS and Fox networks and sports broadcaster ESPN.