American Football
MSG Networks snatches Sabres extension
The parent company of North American NHL ice hockey franchise the Buffalo Sabres has signed a multi-year extension to its local rights deal with MSG Networks, the pay-television channel owned by Madison Square Garden Company.
Dish drops NFL Network and Red Zone services
US pay-television provider Dish Network has dropped carriage of the National Football League’s NFL Network cable-television channel and NFL Red Zone game-day service.
Los Angeles Rams secure local rights deal with CBS affiliate
NFL American football team the Los Angeles Rams has secured a multi-year local rights deal with KCBS-TV/CBS 2, a regional television channel operated by US network CBS.
NFL renews YouTube partnership
American football’s NFL has renewed a partnership with YouTube that will allow additional content to be available on the league’s official channel on the video-sharing platform.
Global reach helps Twitter win NFL streaming rights
Twitter’s “great global reach” helped the social media giant to become the NFL’s international streaming partner, the American football league told TV Sports Markets.
NFL’s Buccaneers secure local rights partner
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL American football franchise has entered into a multi-year local rights partnership with WOFL-TV/Fox 35, a regional television channel operated by media company 21st Century Fox.
Big Ten package poised to move to Fox – report
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox is reportedly close to acquiring media rights for the collegiate sports championships of the Big Ten Conference, a deal that would signal the end of sports broadcaster ESPN’s current agreement for the complete rights package.
Arizona State settles IMG College dispute
US college Arizona State has settled its long-running dispute with the IMG College agency over the multimedia rights contract that previously existed between the two parties.
NFL won’t stream London games next season
The NFL American football league has opted against streaming live coverage of its three games in London next season.
NFL achieves ‘tri-cast’ goal with Twitter partnership
American football league the NFL has today (Tuesday) selected social media company Twitter as its exclusive partner to deliver a live over-the-top digital stream of Thursday Night Football games to a global audience across all devices and for free during the course of the 2016 regular season.
TV4 enhances coverage of Sweden’s Superserien
Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has ramped up its commitment to American football in the country by agreeing an expanded rights deal for the domestic Superserien league.
NFL strikes programming partnership with Amazon
The NFL Films division of the American football league has partnered with internet company Amazon to form a new reality programming series, while commissioner Roger Goodell has reported strong levels of interest in the package of digital rights to its Thursday Night Football games.
Facebook set to bid for NFL ‘Thursday Night Football’ rights – report
Social media website Facebook is set to bid for the online streaming rights to the NFL American football league’s Thursday Night Football package, according to Variety.
Watching Brief (Vol.119) Special Focus: American Football – Super Bowl
John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at television audiences for Super Bowl 50
CBS targets NFL streaming rights for digital service
US network CBS is hoping to secure streaming rights for American football’s NFL for the coverage to be shown on its CBS All Access broadband service, according to the Variety magazine.
Thursday Night Football again brings gains for NFL
Increasing the value of its Thursday Night Football rights while dividing content once more illustrates the sheer power of the National Football League.
US ratings slip for Super Bowl 50
The CBS network’s coverage of Super Bowl 50 slipped in the ratings compared to the previous two editions of the NFL American football league’s championship game, but still registered as the third most watched event in US television history.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From January 21 to February 3
Media rights clips from January 21 to February 3