American Football
NFL starts 2019 season with 5-per-cent boost in TV audience
Strong start to 2019 also extends to digital and social media, and merchandise sales
CFL signs six-year extension with TSN – report
The Canadian Football League has reportedly signed a six-year extension of its long-running partnership with Canadian broadcaster TSN until 2025
AMC Theatres to air out-of-market Sunday NFL games
American cinema chain AMC Theatres has announced it will air select out-of-market Sunday NFL games at a number of participating venues across the United States this season
NFL season opener posts highest US overnight TV rating of any sports event since February
Strong ratings performance for 2019 opening game gives NFL momentum heading into first full weekend of play
Seven retains free-to-air NFL rights in Australia
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has signed a new deal for free-to-air coverage of the NFL American football league
NBC Sports creates prediction game for ‘Sunday Night Football’
Network extends fan engagement tool from prior efforts in soccer, golf, racing
NFL announces multi-year partnership with TikTok
League joins a fast-growing collection of major sports properties to align with short-form video platform
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.