American Football
Learfield extends Patriot League partnership
The Learfield Sports agency has agreed a five-year extension to its exclusive multimedia rights partnership with college sports conference the Patriot League.
Seven to feed Hayne interest with enhanced NFL coverage
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has bolstered its coverage of the 2015-16 NFL American football league season in the wake of the interest generated by Australian Jarryd Hayne making the final cut for the San Francisco 49ers’ squad.
CBS Sports expands NFL live streaming with regular season games
The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has enhanced its live streaming offering for the NFL, offering regular-season games from the American football league for the first time this season.
ESPN launches new service for college football season
US sports broadcaster ESPN has launched a new college sports service that will bring hundreds of exclusive events to its online streaming service ESPN3 to televisions.
CBS wanted long-term NFL Thursday Night Football deal
Leslie Moonves, the president and chief executive of CBS, has said that the US network would have liked a longer deal than a one-year extension with American football’s NFL for the Thursday Night Football package.
NTV Plus continues NFL association
Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has acquired rights to the 2015-16 season of American football league the NFL.
Sky enhances NFL coverage with Sunday Night Football deal
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has expanded its coverage of the NFL American football league by agreeing a two-year deal for its Sunday Night Football package.
Seven pushing for 49ers deal after Hayne impact
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has entered into negotiations with the NFL American football league with a view to providing specific coverage of San Francisco 49ers games during the 2015 season.
Fox Sports invests in NFL-focused online video firm, prepares YouTube first
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has struck an acquisition deal with online sports startup StraightCast Media, while it will today (Friday) launch its coverage of the German Bundesliga football league with a landmark live streaming provision via video-sharing platform YouTube.
DirecTV opens up access to NFL Sunday Ticket
US satellite-television provider DirecTV has significantly extended the reach of its Sunday Ticket package of programming for the NFL American football league by making its live streaming service more widely available.
NFL forges closer ties with Twitter through new strategic partnership
American football league the NFL has signed a new multi-year partnership with social networking service Twitter which will deliver daily uniquely packaged official NFL video and other types of content to fans on a year-round basis.
TIM partnership set to provide new platform for Mediaset’s sports content
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has signed a strategic partnership with Telecom Italia (TIM) under which content offered through its pay-television service Mediaset Premium, including Serie A and Uefa Champions League football, will be distributed by the telco.
Mediaset Premium lands NFL rights in Italy
The Mediaset Premium pay-television service of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired exclusive rights to the NFL American football league.
CBS plans to live stream Super Bowl adverts
US network CBS is planning to become the first broadcaster in the country to live stream all adverts during the 2016 Super Bowl, the championship game of the NFL American football league.
Fox Sports Latin America enhances NFL line-up with Thursday Night Football
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America has bolstered its coverage of the NFL American football league by acquiring rights to the Thursday Night Football package in Mexico and Central America.
ESPN committed to Australia despite Champions League blow
Sports broadcaster ESPN has said it remains committed to the Australian market despite losing the rights to the Uefa Champions League European club football competition.
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ESPN extends rights deal with Southern Conference
US sports broadcaster ESPN has extended its rights deal with the Southern Conference college sports organisation.