American Football
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
FREE | 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
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.
LiveLike and Fox to offer VR snippets of Super Bowl
Virtual reality provider LiveLike has linked up with the Fox network to offer highlights of this Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl American football game in the format.
CTV prepares for landmark Super Bowl coverage, NFL tackles ad ruling
Canadian pay-television broadcaster CTV has said Super Bowl LI, the showpiece game of the NFL season, will be broadcast on a triple-simulcast basis for the first time as the American football league said it has raised the issue of a contentious ruling by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with the newly-formed US government.
OpenTV launches legal action against NFL
The OpenTV software subsidiary of digital security company Kudelski Group has filed a lawsuit against the NFL in relation to the American football league’s live streaming and related video services.
Steelers to launch virtual reality game-day service
Virtual reality production studio Mandt VR has entered into a partnership with NFL American football franchise the Pittsburgh Steelers.
NFL records decline in US television viewership
The NFL American football league suffered an eight per cent year-on-year drop in US television viewership during its 2016 regular season, according to data obtained by ESPN.com.
Sina Weibo seals NFL streaming deal
Chinese social network Sina Weibo has struck a deal to stream live coverage of NFL American football games.