American Football
NFL ‘poised to generate’ more than $100bn in new domestic rights deals
The National Football League is poised to generate more than $100bn (€82bn) in a series of new long-term domestic television rights deals, further highlighting just how powerful the sports property is t…
Sport1 expands rights deal with Germany’s American football league
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended and expanded an agreement with the German Football League (GFL) and will cover up to 15 games from the American football competition in 2021
Southern Conference secures six-year extension with ESPN, ESPN+
The Southern Conference has reached a new six-year domestic media-rights agreement with ESPN and streaming service ESPN+ through the 2025-26 academic year
NFL rights fee falls in France in beIN renewal
The National Football League has seen a fall in its media-rights income from France in the 2020-23 cycle driven by a decline in the value of its deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN, SportBusiness Media understands.
Fox Sports strikes multiyear media rights deal with The Spring League
US network Fox Sports has signed a multiyear media-rights deal with professional developmental American football league The Spring League
NFL Network, NFL RedZone return to Sling TV and Dish after carriage dispute
NFL Network and NFL RedZone have been restored to US satellite television service Dish Network and its over-the-top offering Sling TV after NFL Media and Dish Network reached a new carriage agreement.
Eleven retains NFL rights in three European countries, beIN renews in France
International subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained its rights to the National Football League in Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal
NBCUniversal plans broad promotional blitz for NFL opener
NBCUniversal is planning a company-wide media and marketing blitz on September 10 to support to the start of the 2020 National Football League season, happening that night on NBC Sports with the network’s c…
Verizon creates communal experience for live NFL streaming
Verizon Media, along with subsidiary media entity Yahoo Sports, is debuting for the upcoming National Football League season a new co-watching experience designed to aid communal viewing of games during…
CBS Sports’ NFL ad sales hold steady amid pandemic
Sean McManus, CBS Sports chairman, said the network’s advertising sales for the upcoming National Football League season are on pace with last year, despite the global economic hit from the Covid-19 p…
NFL lands free-to-air exposure in France in late L’Équipe deal
L'Équipe, the Amaury Group-owned free-to-air digital terrestrial channel in France, has acquired rights to show a weekly match from American football’s National Football League.
O2 acquires NFL rights in Czech Republic, Slovakia from Network4
Pay-television broadcaster O2 has acquired rights to the NFL in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and will make content available via Digi Slovakia’s Premier Sport channel.
EXCLUSIVE: Channel 5 agrees three-year Monday Night Football deal in UK
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has agreed a three-year deal for rights to the NFL’s Monday Night Football, SportBusiness understands.
The deal is non-exclusive and runs from 2020 to 2022.
NFL extends Pluto TV programming partnership
The National Football League has extended its programming partnership with US streaming service Pluto TV in a multiyear deal
Colin Kaepernick, Walt Disney Co. sign wide-ranging production deal
The Walt Disney Company has announced a wide-ranging production deal with former National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s production arm Ra Vision Media.
NFL Network, RedZone go dark on Dish Network, Sling
Dish Network has taken the NFL Network and NFL RedZone off of the US satellite television service and its over-the-top offering SlingTV, representing the latest carriage battle for the Colorado-based company
Fox Corp. COO: We’re at “very, very early stage” of NFL rights renewal
John Nallen, Fox Corp. chief operating officer, said the company is at a “very, very early stage” of negotiating a potential rights renewal with the National Football League.
ESPN unveils multi-part Tom Brady docuseries
Following the historic success of The Last Dance, ESPN has announced a new nine-part documentary series about legendary New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, which will be released in 2021