American Football
Big Ten confirms rights deals
The Big Ten Conference has confirmed domestic rights deals with the CBS and Fox networks and sports broadcaster ESPN.
DAZN confirms launch in Canada
DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has confirmed it will launch in Canada “this summer” and will be the exclusive home in the country of the NFL American football league’s Game Pass digital subscription package.
CFL sets Canadian first with Twitter partnership
The Canadian Football League has secured a live-streaming rights deal with the Twitter Canada division of the social network.
ESPN extends BYU rights contract
Sports broadcaster ESPN has exercised an option to extend a rights deal in the US for Brigham Young University’s American football games.
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.
Fox Sports takes rights to Holiday Bowl
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has secured rights to this year’s Holiday Bowl US college American football game.
NFL teams up with Bruin, WPP to drive Game Pass growth in Europe
American football league the NFL has entered into a partnership with global sports marketing company Bruin Sports Capital and advertising and public relations giant WPP in order to drive expansion of its Game Pass over-the-top service throughout Europe.
Olympic Channel lands two new partners
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and the World Bridge Federation (WBF) have become the latest sports bodies to agree content partnerships with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.
Bell Media becomes exclusive NFL rights-holder in Canada
Canadian telecommunications company Bell Media has expanded its partnership with the NFL to become the exclusive broadcast partner of the American football league in Canada.
NFL’s Panthers renew with local rights partner
The Carolina Panthers NFL American football franchise has extended a local rights deal with the Spectrum News division of Spectrum Networks.
NFL’s Raiders sign up rights partner in Las Vegas
The Oakland Raiders NFL American football franchise has signed a regional rights deal with KVVU FOX5 TV, an affiliate of media company 21st Century Fox that is available in Las Vegas.
Twitter to stream Arena Football League matches
Social media company Twitter has signed a live-streaming partnership with indoor American football competition the Arena Football League.
Turner weighing up return to NFL rights market
Turner is assessing a return as a rights-holder of American football league the NFL, according to the US media company’s executive vice-president of property marketing and corporate partnerships, Will Funk.
Perform becomes NFL partner in its third major international deal
Perform’s expertise in digital content was key to winning NFL distribution rights in this month’s deal.
NFL enters into live content partnership with Twitter
American football league the NFL has struck a new global multi-year deal with social media platform Twitter that it says will break new ground in creative live programming and video-on-demand content.
Simon Denyer, chief executive, Perform Group
Interview with Simon Denyer, Perform Group chief executive, on the agency’s deal to market NFL rights outside Europe and the US.
Perform strikes deal to market NFL rights
Digital sports content and media group Perform has struck a multi-year deal with the NFL to market the American football league’s broadcast rights in over 100 countries and territories across the world.
ACC Network on track despite ESPN cutbacks
Sports broadcaster ESPN is still on track to launch the ACC Network college sports channel as scheduled in 2019 despite recent staff cutbacks.