American Football
NBC Sports Network renews Ivy League rights
The NBC Sports Network US cable channel has renewed rights for North American college sports conference the Ivy League in a two-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2013-14
Big 12 agrees new deal with ESPN
US sports broadcaster ESPN has verbally agreed a new 13-year deal with college sports conference the Big 12 covering the period 2013 to 2025
DirecTV slashes NFL package prices
US pay-television broadcaster DirecTV has cut the price of its NFL American football package by about 40 per cent for existing subscribers and offered it for free for one year to new customers in a bid…
Big 12 poised to land major ESPN contract
US college sports conference the Big 12 is set to agree a new 13-year domestic television rights deal, from 2013 to 2025, with sports broadcaster ESPN, according to the CBS Sports website
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From February 23 to March 7
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Football:Brazilian media group Globo acquired the exclusive rights to the Fifa World Cup finals of 2018 and 2022 in a deal with football’s world governing body.
Sports rights fee increases are justified, ESPN chief says
John Skipper, president of US sports broadcaster ESPN, said that escalating live sports rights fees were justified due to the exclusive nature of the programming
Ten acquires rights for new American football league
Asian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports acquired rights for the Elite Football League of India, a new American football league based in India, in a deal agreed directly with the league
NFL closing in on global deal after Nordic renewal
NFL set to follow Nordic deal with IMG Media renewal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From February 9 to February 22
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Football:Pan-European cable and satellite sports broadcaster Eurosport extended its rights deal for the Africa Cup of Nations for the next two editions of the tournament, in 2013 and 2015
Modern Times Group extends National Football League rights
Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, extended its rights in the Nordics for American football’s National Football League in a five-year deal, from 2012-13 t…
Ustream acquires Arena Football League rights
The Ustream website acquired rights for US indoor American football league the Arena Football League in a two-year deal covering the 2012 and 2013 seasons
NFL defends broadcast blackouts as FCC deadline passes
American football’s National Football League defended the broadcast blackout rule in a filing to the Federal Communications Commission, the country’s media regulator. Th
Octagon treads softly in Africa
IOC adopts revenue-share model in Africa after Fifa 2010 World Cup experiment
NBC attracts record online US audience for Super Bowl
The NBC network’s first-ever live stream of the NFL American football Super Bowl attracted 2.1
Super Bowl breaks US television audience record for third year running
Live coverage of this year’s NFL American football Super Bowl game gave US network NBC the largest average audience for a programme in the history of US television, according to audience measurement c…
NBC sells out online ad space ahead of streamed Super Bowl
US network NBC has sold out its digital advertising inventory ahead of the first live online streaming of the NFL’s Super Bowl.
Super Bowl ads generate $1.72bn over 10 years
The last 10 editions of American football’s NFL Super Bowl have generated $1.72 billion (€1.35