American Football
XFL adds Sportradar to portfolio in data agreement
XFL, the new American football league that launched at the weekend, has continued its commercial activity by agreeing a deal with sports data and content company Sportradar
Chargers sign local broadcast deal with CBS 2 Los Angeles
The National Football League's Los Angeles Chargers have signed a multi-year local broadcast partnership with CBS 2 Los Angeles
XFL to be broadcast on TSN in Canada
The revamped XFL is furthering its international reach by securing a deal with Canadian broadcaster TSN.
TSN will be covering all the regular-season games plus the play-offs during the 2020 season
Super Bowl ratings up slightly but fail to draw 100m linear TV viewers once again
Fox Sports' broadcast of Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers averaged 99
FanCode acquires NFL streaming rights in India
Indian online sports platform FanCode has acquired streaming rights for the NFL in a multi-season deal with the American football league
NFL conference title games take unexpected ratings dip
Collective audience is smallest since 2009, bucking season-long audience improvement for league
College Football Playoff title game draws nearly 26m US viewers
Both title game, entire playoff series shows audience growth
NFL generates 7-per-cent US ratings boost during Wild Card weekend
First weekend of playoffs continues audience gains for the league shown during the regular season
NFL finishes 2019 regular season up 5 per cent in US ratings
Audience boost is second in a row after two years of decline, and comes despite poor team performance in top three markets
CBS Sports draws huge rating for Cowboys-Bills holiday clash
Thanksgiving Day matchup between Dallas and Buffalo is most-watched NFL regular-season game in three years
Fox Sports garners season-best college football audience with Ohio State-Michigan
Resumption of classic Big 10 rivalry is big draw for network
Fox sells out Super Bowl LIV advertising inventory months before kick-off
US broadcast network Fox has announced it has already sold out all its advertising inventory for Super Bowl LIV, which is scheduled to take place at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on February 2, 2020
Fox ‘charging $5.6m for Super Bowl LIV commercials’
The Fox network is reportedly charging between $5.5m (€4.9m) and $5.6m for an in-game Super Bowl LIV commercial for the showpiece event at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, on Sunday, February 2, 2020.
FREE | NFL Data Report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape of the National Football League
NFL Data Report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape of the National Football League
NFL Network to broadcast NFLPA Collegiate Bowl through 2024
The National Football League Players Association and NFL Media have agreed to a multi-year deal to broadcast the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl live on NFL Network through 2024
NFL eyes further brand boost with ProSiebenSat.1 FTA renewal in DACH
The NFL renewed its free-to-air deal in DACH with German media group ProSiebenSat.1 without going to market as it looks to grow further in the region, having been impressed with the broadcaster’s ability to build the league’s brand and audience.
NFL extends, expands video deal with Facebook
Facebook Watch-oriented deal continues tie between the most popular US pro sports league and the world's largest social media portal