American Football
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.
FCC set to give green light to AT&T-DirecTV deal
US telecommunications company AT&T’s proposed $48.5bn (€44bn) takeover of satellite television provider DirecTV is set to close after the Federal Communications Commission said it would recommend that the transaction be approved.
New class-action lawsuit filed against NFL, DirecTV
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against American football’s NFL and pay-television operator DirecTV by antitrust attorney Michael Hausfeld and colleagues at the Hausfeld law company.
NFL extends with Austrian broadcast partner
Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal with American football league the NFL.
NFL set for extensive free-to-air coverage in Germany
The NFL American football league is set to receive unprecedented free-to-air coverage in Germany under an agreement with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1.
Learfield Sports extends Missouri State partnership
The Learfield Sports agency has agreed a 10-year extension to its partnership with the MSU Athletics division of Missouri State University.
NFL testing the waters in online deal with Yahoo
The NFL’s deal with Yahoo for the 2015 International Series game earlier this month was driven by a desire to test the online waters.
BT Sport scores CFL rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights for the Canadian Football League gridiron competition.
Questions raised over Eleven Sports launch in Poland
The Polish launch of Eleven Sports Network, the new media platform backed by co-founder of the MP & Silva agency Andrea Radrizzani, has come under question amid confusion over the sports rights it claims to hold.