American Football
NFL’s Browns sign local television partnership
NFL American football franchise the Cleveland Browns have agreed a new multi-year television deal with local cable television partner SportsTime Ohio.
NBC Sports partners with Cowboys in new broadcast initiative
The NBC Sports division of US media group NBCUniversal has announced a partnership with the Dallas Cowboys NFL American football team and the Replay Technologies company to introduce a groundbreaking broadcast initiative for games at the Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium.
CBS and TWC step back from blackout threat
US network CBS and cable-television operator Time Warner Cable have pulled back from a threatened blackout in eight US markets as talks continue over a new retransmission contract, according to the USA Today newspaper.
NFL agrees new rights deals in Mexico, report says
Mexican NFL American football fans will be able to watch three extra games per week after a new broadcast deal starting with the 2013-14 season was concluded, according to the CNN Expansion news website.
North Dakota State expands TV coverage
North Dakota State University has agreed a three-year broadcast rights extension with US media company Hoak.
Launch date set for SEC Network
US sports broadcaster ESPN will launch SEC Network, a new pay-television sports channel dedicated to college sports’ Southeastern Conference, on August 21, 2014, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
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Yes Network strikes college sports deal with Fox
US regional pay-television channel Yes Network has agreed a deal with Fox Sports Media Group, a division of the Fox network, for live rights to Atlantic Coast Conference college basketball and American football games, along with Big East Conference basketball games.
NFL’s Chargers sign pre-season rights deal
The San Diego Chargers NFL American football franchise has agreed a deal for local television channel KFMB-TV (CBS 8) to exclusively broadcast three of its 2013 pre-season games.
NBC Sports Network confirms CFL coverage
US pay-television broadcaster NBC Sports Network has confirmed its schedule for coverage of the 2013 Canadian Football League gridiron tournament.
CNY Central snaps up Syracuse rights
New York media company CNY Central has acquired exclusive local media rights to selected American football and basketball games featuring Syracuse University, which is based in the state.
Fox pushing new channel through Super Bowl advertising
US network Fox is telling potential advertisers for its coverage of the 2014 Super Bowl American football game that they must also buy advertising time through other Fox Sports content, including programming on new national channel Fox Sports 1.
WLWT secures local rights to Bengals games
Cincinnati’s NBC network affiliate, WLWT (Channel 5), has acquired local broadcast rights for all four Cincinnati Bengals primetime NFL American football games in 2013.
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Buccaneers link up with local broadcaster
The NFL American football’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise has announced a rights deal with local broadcaster WFLA-TV/News Channel 8.
TVA Sports scores NFL rights touchdown
French-language Canadian pay-television network TVA Sports has agreed a four-year rights deal, from 2013-14 to 2016-17, with American football’s NFL.
Verizon enhances NFL partnership
American football’s NFL has agreed a four-year extension, from 2014-15 to 2017-18, to its partnership with telecommunications company Verizon.