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ITV lands NFL free-to-air rights in three-year contract
Commercial broadcaster ITV has secured a three-year deal for free-to-air rights to the National Football League in the UK and Ireland, from 2022 to 2024
Bet365 expands deal with Genius Sports to include international NFL betting streaming rights
Sports data company Genius Sports and bookmaker Bet365 have expanded their long-term agreement to cover an enhanced package of sports video content, including NFL betting streaming and data rights outside…
Seven renews NFL rights in Australia
Free-to-air broadcaster Seven Network has renewed its rights in Australia for the National Football League for three years, 2022 to 2024.
Seven will continue to show live coverage of 50 games per season
DAZN’s Louisy joins NFL as Lewis promoted, director of women’s sport recruited
DAZN Group’s Laura Louisy has joined the National Football League in the role of director, international media strategy and business development.
IMG’s Sport 24 signs long-term NFL in-flight, in-ship rights extension
Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship service owned and operated by the IMG agency, has retained rights to American football’s National Football League for five more years.
Saudi Sports Company announces NFL rights acquisition
Saudi Arabian state-owned media company Saudi Sports Company has announced its acquisition of National Football League rights.
The broadcaster has announced a three-year agreement for the rights
DAZN to adapt NFL RedZone for German viewers
OTT sports platform DAZN is to launch a 'conference' style NFL show in Germany this season called NFL ENDZN, becoming the first broadcaster outside the US to adapt the NFL's existing, popular RedZone format
Screach to screen NFL in Polish commercial premises
Screach, the live sports streaming and advertising platform built specifically for commercial venues, has secured an agreement with the National Football League to deliver content in Poland
NFL rights deal agreed in Bulgaria with A1’s Max Sport
Bulgarian pay-television broadcaster A1 has acquired rights to show NFL games for the first time in the country, further strengthening its US sports portfolio
Genius CEO Locke says DraftKings deal ‘first of many’ but investor report says stock ‘overhyped’
Mark Locke, the chief executive of sports data and betting services operator Genius Sports, has predicted that the company’s new supplier agreement with US betting and gaming operator DraftKings will b…
Wynn Resorts becomes 12th founding partner of Allegiant Stadium
Wynn Resorts has become the official nightlife partner of the National Football League’s Las Vegas Raiders and Allegiant Stadium, the home of the team, as well as an official gaming partner of the Raiders.
2021 NFL Draft ends with event’s third-largest audience
Key league event essentially draws even with 2019 audience
NFL Draft outdraws Oscars, secures second-biggest ever audience
The National Football League reaffirmed its position as the most valuable property in the United States media landscape when the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft on April 29 outdrew the Oscars for the…
NFL Draft returns to high energy with attending fans
Event for now is most-attended sports function in the US since pandemic started
Eric Fisher | NFL media deals show growing interdependence of league, broadcast networks
SportBusiness' US Editor looks at the National Football League's recent domestic rights renewals, and how despite a sharply enlarged focus on streaming platforms, the agreements show the league and its linear broadcast partners still need one another
2021 NFL Draft to include select in-person prospects, fans
After being forced to stage a fully virtual Draft last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Football League will return to a sense of normality by allowing a limited number of prospects, media…
James Fenn | NFL and Fifa show creative bravery in times of crisis
James Fenn, Strategist at Hill + Knowlton Strategies, explains what the NFL, Fifa and Marvel can show us about the ambition sport needs to come back better than ever.
NFL signs up OId El Paso as sponsor in UK for second year running
The National Football League has signed a new digitally-focused sponsorship deal with General Mills-owned Mexican food brand Old El Paso