National Football League (NFL)

Networking solutions company completes set of new Wi-Fi agreements

Legal sports betting plays key role in upward revenue surge for the league

Dramatic quartet of postseason games deliver historic audience totals

League says former Raiders coach casting himself as 'victim in a fictional story'

League generates an average 21 per cent domestic audience lift for start of its playoffs

Discussions remain ongoing between Pegula Sports and Entertainment, public officials

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Mike Raffensperger, FanDuel chief marketing officer. Fisher and Russo also discuss the start of the National Football League playoffs following a banner regular season for the property, the completion of a digital rights agreement between Sinclair Broadcast Group and the National Basketball Association, and the Covid-19 drama between Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic and the Australian government.

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

Every US rightsholder sees audience growth

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Ken Solomon, Tennis Channel president. Fisher and Russo also discuss The New York Times Company’s $550m (€486.9m) deal to acquire sports media outlet of The Athletic, Fanatics’ market-shifting, $500m purchase of the sports and entertainment assets of The Topps Co., and the National Football League’s deliberations around the forthcoming Super Bowl LVI in California amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Four sportsbooks to be operational in populous state in time for NFL playoffs

League's standard contingency planning assumes greater prominence amid virus

League continues to grow its presence in once-shunned Nevada market

Former private equity figure had overseen international, legal wagering activities

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Varun Sudhakar, co-founder and chief executive of sports betting platform startup BetDEX. Fisher and Russo also discuss ongoing challenges in the sports industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic, preview forthcoming developments in 2022 in the team acquisition, media rights, and sports betting sectors, and they remember recently deceased National Football League icon John Madden.

Celebrated coach, broadcaster was also the namesake for popular video game series