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.
Horowitz: Football fans engaging across platforms during live games
Football fans are doing more than watching live games on television — they are interacting at an increasing rate across different platforms that reshape the traditional sports viewing experience.
Viewpoint: Should Nielsen still have influence over the TV industry?
Anyone who has worked in television for more than a minute or so learns that there are three sets of numbers that you have to care about: Your paycheck, corporate earnings and ratings.
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Kirk Varner
YouTube adjusts NFL game viewer count, raising questions about accuracy
The Google-owned streaming service said it under-counted the viewership of its NFL game in Brazil.
CBS, Fox report strong ratings for week 1 of 2025 NFL season
CBS was the clear winner of the week, though Fox pulled in a strong TV audience of its own with a single game on its broadcast network.
DAZN to continue offering NFL games on TV in Canada
DAZN has renewed its multi-year partnership with the National Football League to remain the exclusive digital home of every NFL game in Canada.
Weather prevents NBC Sports from making NFL ratings history
A weather delay prevented NBC Sports from attracting the largest audience for an NFL Kickoff event in domestic TV history.
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YouTube grabs 17 million viewers to NFL Brazil game
Before the game was played, questions were raised about how Nielsen and YouTube would collect and report viewership figures.
Scott Hanson says NFL RedZone will have commercials
The 2025 season will be the first in years to feature absolutely no commercial-free football.
ESPN to reprise “Manningcast” for fifth football season
The ManningCast will surpass 50 total episodes this year and has averaged 1.3 million viewers per telecast since its 2021 debut.
NFL says Nielsen measurement tools inadequate, but improving
The NFL has experimented with alternative measurement solutions that compete with Nielsen.
Comcast’s Sky Sports secures landmark NFL rights deal
Sky Group has struck a new three-year deal with the National Football League (NFL) that expands the number of live American football games available on its pay TV platform.
Ampere: Sports rights fees climb to $30.5 billion in 2025
Spending on U.S. sports rights has soared 122 percent over the past decade, fueled by blockbuster rights deals with the NFL and NBA, according to Ampere Analysis.