American Football
ACC secures Louisville rights deals
Regional US broadcasters Wave-TV and WHAS-TV have acquired exclusive local rights in Louisville to show the Atlantic Coast Conference college sports competition.
AT&T will not intervene in DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket talks
AT&T will not intervene in satellite-television provider DirecTV’s talks over a new rights deal for the NFL American football Sunday Ticket package of programming, according to the US telecommunications company’s chief financial officer, John Stephens.
Sunday Ticket deal crucial to AT&T’s DirecTV takeover
US telecommunications company AT&T will be able to cancel its takeover of satellite-television provider DirectTV if the latter is unable to renew an exclusive rights deal for the NFL American football Sunday Ticket package of programming.
AT&T to acquire DirecTV
US telecommunications company AT&T has agreed a $48.5bn (€34.9bn) deal to acquire satellite television provider DirecTV.
AT&T in talks over $50bn DirecTV deal
US telecommunications company AT&T is in “active talks” to acquire satellite television provider DirecTV in a deal that could be worth close to $50bn (€36bn), according to Reuters.
ESPN to broadcast first NFL Wild Card game
US sports broadcaster ESPN will televise its first NFL Wild Card Playoff game during the American football league’s 2014 season.
NFL committed to free-to-air model – Rolapp
The NFL has no intention of shifting to a pay-television only model in the future, according to Brian Rolapp, chief operating officer of the American football league’s NFL Media division.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From March 27 to April 9
Media rights clips from March 27 to April 9
ESPN snaps up rights to Gator Bowl
US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed six-year rights deal for the Gator Bowl annual college American football game.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From March 13 to March 26
Media rights clips from March 13 to March 26
NFL’s Jaguars sign local rights deal
NFL American football franchise the Jacksonville Jaguars has agreed a new multi-year local broadcast rights deal with independent television station WJXT-TV Channel 4.
DirecTV and NFL extend negotiating window for Sunday Ticket rights
DirecTV and American football league the NFL have extended their exclusive negotiating period to renew the US satellite television provider’s exclusive rights to the Sunday Ticket package of programming, according to the company’s chairman and chief executive Mike White.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From January 30 to February 12
Media rights clips from January 30 to February 12
CBS pounces for NFL Thursday night rights package
US network CBS has been awarded the rights for a new Thursday night package of NFL American football games.
Fox attracts record audience for Super Bowl
US network Fox said that its coverage of the Super Bowl NFL American football championship game on Sunday attracted an average of 111.5 million viewers to set a new all-time audience record for a television programme in the country.
NFL to launch customisable digital service
American football’s NFL is to launch a new online service called NFL Now that will allow fans to tailor content, including highlights of games, to focus on their favourite teams and players.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From January 16 to January 29
Media rights clips from January 16 to 29
Fox Sports and Facebook enhance Super Bowl presentation
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has expanded its partnership with social media website Facebook for its live coverage of the NFL American football Super Bowl game on Sunday.