American Football
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.
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
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.