American Football
Verizon snaps up rights for Wembley NFL game
US telco Verizon has acquired rights for the NFL regular-season game between the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in London.
Chargers sign local rights deals for LA move
NFL American football team the Los Angeles Chargers has agreed multi-year rights deals with local broadcasters KABC-TV and KAZA-TV.
NFL’s Browns secure local rights deal
The Cleveland Browns NFL American football franchise has entered into a local media-rights agreement with Fox Sports Ohio, a regional sports channel owned by the Fox Cable Networks division of the 21st Century Fox media company.
NFL’s Packers, Jaguars sign local rights deals
NFL American football franchises the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars have both secured local media-rights deals.
Amazon to test sport fit with Thursday Night Football deal
Digital rights to Thursday Night Football will again be a test bed for the NFL and a new entrant in 2017, after Amazon acquired the package won by Twitter last year.
NFL enhances game coverage with Intel partnership, confirms Amazon deal
American football league the NFL has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with technology giant Intel, while it has officially confirmed its Thursday Night Football agreement with e-commerce and media company Amazon.
NFL chooses Amazon for Thursday Night Football rights
E-commerce and media company Amazon has acquired live streaming rights to the NFL American football league’s Thursday Night Football franchise, according to multiple reports.
NFL extends Hard Knocks deal with HBO
US pay-television broadcaster HBO has extended its partnership with the NFL American football league, through which it will continue to air the Hard Knocks documentary series.
Tech giants line up for Thursday Night Football rights
Social media platform Twitter will face competition from at least three major rivals to extend its live streaming rights to the NFL American football league’s Thursday Night Football franchise.
NFL seeks to instigate change to game broadcasts
American football league the NFL is poised to introduce substantial changes to how its games are broadcast on television as part of wider efforts to revamp presentation.
Media rights in US Major leagues and college sport, 2016/17
In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in the US major leagues: MLB, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL
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In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in the US major leagues: MLB, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL
NFL hands senior role to Bell Media’s Turcke
The NFL American football league has appointed Mary Ann Turcke, a former executive at Canadian telecommunications company Bell Media, as president of digital media and the NFL Network.
IMG retains in-flight NFL rights
The IMG agency has signed a four-season extension to its in-flight rights deal with the NFL American football league.
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In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in the US major leagues: MLB, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL
Super Bowl television audience dips for Patriots triumph
The New England Patriots’ Super Bowl triumph on Sunday attracted the smallest audience in the US for the NFL American football showpiece for four years.
Broncos link up with Laduma for VR offering
The Denver Broncos NFL American football franchise has teamed up with technology provider Laduma to offer a virtual reality service.
NFL committed to Thursday Night Football
American football league the NFL is fully committed to its much-criticised Thursday Night Football franchise, according to commissioner Roger Goodell.