American Football
Broncos score local broadcast extension
The Denver Broncos NFL American football franchise has agreed a media rights deal with local pay-television broadcaster Kusa TV
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From March 21 to April 17
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Football: Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS acquired exclusive rights for Uefa Euro 2016
NBC Sports seals Notre Dame extension
The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal and the University of Notre Dame have agreed a 10-year rights extension, from 2016 to 2025
NBC Sports extends rights for Bayou Classic
The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal has acquired rights for the Bayou Classic American football college game
CBS Sports to retain Navy American football rights
The CBS Sports division of US network CBS will retain rights to all Naval Academy home American football games even though the US Navy is becoming a member of the Big East college sports conference, which…
ESPN’s new Big East deal includes cancellation clause
US cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN will be able to cancel its new rights deal with the Big East college sports conference if certain teams leave the competition, according to ESPN’s news website.
ESPN closes in on Mountain West deal
ESPN is finalising a new rights deal with the Mountain West US college sports conference, according to the US cable-television broadcaster’s news website.
DirecTV would consider non-exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket rights
Patrick Doyle, the chief financial officer at DirecTV, has said that the US satellite television provider would consider acquiring non-exclusive rights to the Sunday Ticket package of American football…
Suitors lining up to buy profitable ESPN America
ESPN America sell-off attracts Eurosport, Setanta and Liberty
Big East seals rights deals with ESPN, CBS
The Big East US college sports conference has struck a rights deal with incumbent rights-holder ESPN and will also seal a renewal with US network CBS, according to the ESPN.com website
ESPN asked to match NBC Sports’ Big East offer
US cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN has been given the chance to match the offer from the NBC Sports division of the NBC network for the rights to US college sports conference the Big East, according…
Watching Brief (Vol.49) Special Focus: American Football – Super Bowl
Ben Speight, head of SportBusiness Intelligence, analyses how TV audiences for this year’s NFL Super Bowl are down on both sides of the Atlantic
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Super Bowl pulls in top audiences in US, Canada
US network CBS’s live coverage of the NFL’s American football Super Bowl game on Sunday attracted an average of 108.4 million viewers in the country, according to audience measurement company Nielsen.
TSN set to retain Canadian Football League rights
Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN is set to extend a domestic rights deal for the Canadian Football League, the country’s top gridiron division, according to the Globe and Mail newspaper.
NFL closes in on new rights deals in Mexico
Mexican media group Televisa and commercial broadcaster TV Azteca are set to acquire domestic rights for American football’s NFL in three-year deals, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, according to news website E…
Crunch year for Arnaud Lagardère
It is time for Arnaud's vision for Lagadère Unlimited to convince
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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CTV to offer live streaming of Super Bowl
Canadian cable-television broadcaster CTV will stream live coverage of American football’s NFL playoff games and the Super Bowl championship match over the next month.