National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football association based in New York City. The NFL comprises 32 clubs divided among two conferences, which itself is split among eight divisions.
Telecast rights to NFL games are held by the Walt Disney Company (ESPN, ABC), Comcast Corporation (NBC), Paramount Global (CBS), Fox Corporation and Amazon’s Prime Video. National radio broadcasts are offered by Cumulus Radio’s Westwood One.
The NFL also distributes games through its own standalone streaming app called NFL Plus, with out-of-market games aired on CBS and Fox affiliates available through YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket package.
Xumo Play adds free streaming NFL Channel
Comcast's free, ad-supported streaming service Xumo Play has added the NFL Channel ahead of the NFL Draft this week.
DirecTV could still get NFL Sunday Ticket for bars, restaurants
DirecTV says it is exploring rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket for business establishments.
NFL, RedBird to accelerate sports streaming to restaurants
EverPass could eventually offer non-football sports to bars, restaurants and other businesses.
Super Bowl on Fox grabs 182 million viewers
More than 182 million people tuned in to watch some or all of Super Bowl LVII on Fox, according to Nielsen data.
Judge allows NFL Sunday Ticket lawsuit to move forward
A federal judge in California is allowing a proposed class action lawsuit concerning the NFL's handling of the Sunday Ticket package to proceed.
Tom Brady to join Fox Sports in 2024
Tom Brady will take a year off before joining Fox Sports as an on-air analyst in 2024.
FCC proposes fine against Fox for broadcasting emergency tones
The FCC has proposed a $504,000 fine against Fox for using emergency alert tones in a promotional segment for a football game.
Vizio says sports programming dominated fall TV viewership
More people tuned in to live sports and related shows on smart TV sets during autumn than any other type of programming, according to Vizio.
NFL won’t resume postponed “Monday Night Football” game
ESPN is not overly concerned with how the NFL will make up for a lost "Monday Night Football" program that was abruptly cancelled due to a player injury.
ESPN says ‘warm up’ report came from NFL officials
ESPN and the NFL have offered conflicting statements on the origin of a "warm up" report on Monday Night Football following a critical player injury on Monday.
NFL won’t resume postponed ‘Monday Night Football’ game this week
The National Football League says it will not resume a postponed "Monday Night Football" game this week that was suspended following a player injury.
Transcript: NFL media conference call on January 3, 2023
A rush transcript of a conference call with reporters by the NFL on the Damar Hamlin injury during the January 2, 2023 football game.