American Football

American football league the NFL has enhanced its partnership with Snapchat by signing on as the first sports partner for the social media platform’s Story Explorer service.

The MP & Silva agency has agreed a content distribution deal for multi-platform digital media company Deluxe Entertainment Services to deliver live coverage of the NFL American football league in territories across Europe.

BeIN Media Group and digital-terrestrial television broadcaster W9 have agreed three-year extensions to their rights deals in France for American football league the NFL.

NFL American football franchise the Jacksonville Jaguars has entered into a multi-faceted strategic partnership with virtual reality company Voke through which it claims it will offer an unprecedented game day experience to fans at its EverBank Field stadium.

US sports broadcaster ESPN and the ABC network have been confirmed as rights partners for a new college American football game which aims to set a landmark for attendance at such events.

American football’s NFL may offer a stake in its NFL Network cable-television channel as part of its Thursday Night Football package of rights, according to the New York Post newspaper.

American football's NFL is generating "intense interest" in its Thursday Night Football package of rights to start next season, according to the Hollywood Reporter magazine.

Jed York, chief executive of NFL American football franchise the San Francisco 49ers, has confirmed the league is investigating the possibility of expanding the number of games that are streamed live next season following the success of last month’s inaugural initiative with internet company Yahoo.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its media rights deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN through to the end of the 2017-18 season.

The Pac-12 US college sports conference has expanded its rights partnership with Chinese internet company LeTV.

The Canadian Football League competition will stream live coverage of its end-of-season playoffs and Grey Cup finale via video-sharing platform YouTube.

The first global free-to-view live stream of a regular-season American football NFL game on Sunday attracted more than 15.2m unique viewers.

Internet company Yahoo has sold out its advertising inventory for the first ever free live global stream of a regular-season game from the NFL, with the American football league stating it will closely monitor the results of the initiative as it seeks to determine whether it will proceed with further deals.

Social networking service Twitter suspended the accounts of websites Deadspin and SB Nation on Monday evening after American football league the NFL filed notices relating to their use of copyrighted video highlights.

The Mid-American Conference US collegiate sports competition has struck a multi-year media rights deal with the Ohio-based Buckeye CableSystem Sports Network regional sports broadcaster.

The National Football League has endured mixed fortunes in its early deals in Europe, earning increases in Germany and France but seeing the value of its rights fall in the Netherlands.