American Football

FOOTBALL Football: The IMG Media agency agreed a three-year extension to its deal for the media rights on aeroplanes and ships for English Premier League football, from 2013-14 to 2015-16

FOOTBALL Football: Brazilian pay-television broadcaster SporTV acquired the rights to the 2013 Concacaf Gold Cup from the Traffic Sports agency

US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN is finalising a deal for rights for the four-team US college American football playoff competition that will replace the season-ending Bowl Championship Series

US broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights for sports events featuring Oklahoma State University teams in a deal with the Learfield Sports agency. The length of the multi-year agreement was not disclosed

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a 12-year deal for US and international rights to the Orange Bowl US college American football game with the Atlantic Coast Conference, running from 2015 to 2026

US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights for the Sugar Bowl US college American football game in a 12-year deal, from 2015 to 2026

US cable-television channel the CBS Sports Network, which is operated by the CBS network, has acquired rights for the Arena Football League, the US indoor American football league

The next cycle of domestic rights to the US college sports conference the Big East will be opened up to the market after sports broadcaster ESPN failed to reach a deal with the operators of the conference,…

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The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has sealed a 10-year broadcast partnership with the University of Oklahoma and agreed rights deals with fellow Big 12 sports conference colleges Texas Tech University…

FOOTBALL Football: Norwegian basic-tier broadcaster TV Norge acquired rights for Norway’s five away qualifying games for the 2014 Fifa World Cup from the Sportfive agency.

US college sports conference the Big 12 has confirmed a new 13-year rights deal, from 2012-13 to 2024-25, with sports broadcaster ESPN

American football’s National Football League has signed broadcast deals in Europe, a new deal with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and a renewal with German sports broadcaster Sport1.

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB renewed its rights deal for American football’s National Football League for a further three seasons, from 2012 to 2014.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has renewed its rights deal for American football’s National Football League for the forthcoming season.