American Football
ProSiebenSat.1 renews NFL rights in Germany, Austria
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has renewed its free-to-air NFL rights in Germany and Austria, signing a new multi-year contract beginning in the 2020 season
ESPN seals new NFL rights deal in Australia, New Zealand
Sports broadcaster ESPN has struck an expanded rights agreement in Australia and New Zealand for the NFL American football league
NFL channel featuring library content to launch on Pluto TV
The NFL has launched a new channel on US streaming service Pluto TV and renewed an agreement to continue distributing its NFL Network and NFL RedZone programming services on PlayStation Vue
US court revives antitrust complaint against NFL Sunday Ticket
Federal appellate court rules that lawsuit can proceed alleging NFL out-of-market game package restricts consumer choice
FloSports to show UMass American football
OTT platform FloSports has acquired rights for University of Massachusetts home American football games.
The deal will cover the 2019 and 2020 seasons
FloSports to show NMSU American football until 2021
OTT platform FloSports has signed a deal with New Mexico State University to broadcast its college American football matches until the end of the 2021 season
DAZN could bid for NFL Sunday Ticket package
DAZN, the over-the-top video service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has set its sights on securing live National Football League rights in the United States
ESPN to offer domestic American football in Brazil
ESPN Brasil has acquired rights to the country’s domestic American football league, the Liga Brasil Futebol Americano (BFA).
Eleven Sports expands US rights deal with A7FL
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has extended its rights deal in the US with American 7s Football League, the first no helmets, no pads full-contact tackle American football league
Mexico’s MVS acquires Canadian Football League rights
Media company MVS has acquired rights in Mexico to the Canadian Football League
CBS chief executive confident of retaining NFL rights
Joe Ianniello, the acting CBS chief executive, is confident the network will secure a renewal of its NFL rights from 2022, when they are scheduled to go to market.
NFL Network signs four-year Conference USA partnership
The NFL Network has signed its first partnership with a collegiate athletic conference, by agreeing to a four-year pact with Conference USA (C-USA). Terms of the deal were not announced.
Disney interested in NFL Sunday Ticket
Disney chief executive Bob Iger has indicated an interest in purchasing the NFL Sunday Ticket package if it became available, according to a report
ESPN partners with Arena Football League
US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a deal to become a national rights partner of the Arena Football League.
The contract covers all of the US-based league’s 2019 regular-season games.
XFL steps up launch plans with ESPN, Fox Sports deals
The XFL has agreed multi-year rights deals with US sports broadcaster ESPN and the Fox Sports division of the Fox network as the new American football league prepares for its 2020 launch
Yahoo Fantasy Football mobile app to stream live NFL games
US telco Verizon will expand its streaming-rights deal with the NFL to incorporate the Yahoo Fantasy Football app on smartphones and tablets from the 2019 season
NFL hits out at AT&T over U-verse, DirecTV Now carriage talks
The NFL has hit back at US telco AT&T after the latter’s decision to remove the NFL Network and Red Zone channels from its U-verse TV and DirecTV Now platforms.
NFL looks to secure Sunday Ticket streaming partner
The NFL is looking to expand its Sunday Ticket package for out-of-market games beyond its exclusive deal with DirecTV and into the digital frontier