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.
Amazon gets global rights to Black Friday NFL game
The game between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles will stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Nielsen: Football dominates TV during second week of October
The top 10 TV programs on broadcast and cable channels involved professional or college-level football.
RATINGS
Nielsen: Football lifts broadcast TV viewership in September
Broadcast and cable networks — and some streaming platforms — were boosted by the start of regular-season NFL games.
THE GAUGE
iSpot: Football helps lift TV advertising rates during Q3
Football once again proved to be the backbone of television advertising in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, according to new data from iSpot.
DATA
Fox’s Mark Sanchez arrested after bar fight, stabbing in Indianapolis
Police in Indianapolis have arrested Fox Sports commentator Mark Sanchez following a bar fight in that city early Saturday morning.
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.
RATINGS
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.