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Since the 1960s, all regular season and playoff games broadcast in the United States have been aired by national television networks. Until the broadcast contract ended in 2013, the terrestrial television networks CBS, NBC, and Fox, as well as cable television's ESPN, paid a combined total of US$20.4 billion [11] to broadcast NFL games.
The contract is again only for one year, while CBS's Sunday contract is 12 years long. The contract was renewed for another two years for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, with the network load reduced to five games each year. CBS also partnered with Yahoo! Sports during the 2015 season, with Yahoo live streaming a CBS-produced game around the globe.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... List of sports television broadcast contracts.
All EFL broadcast rights moved to CBS Sports in 2024. [190] [191] [192] EFL League One: ESPN3 ESPN+ 2017–2024: Matches broadcast on ESPN3, before moving to ESPN+. All EFL broadcast rights moved to CBS Sports in 2024. [190] [191] [192] EFL League Two: ESPN3 ESPN+ 2017–2024: Matches broadcast on ESPN3, before moving to ESPN+.
As of 2023, Major League Baseball is currently the only "Big Four" league with regional broadcast rights whose entire postseason is exclusive to national television; the National Basketball Association playoffs and National Hockey League playoffs continue to air their first round games on both national and local television.
With games airing on CBS, NBC, Fox, and ESPN/ABC, the NFL thus holds broadcast contracts with four companies (Paramount Global, NBCUniversal, Fox Corporation, and The Walt Disney Company (majority ownership, with Hearst Communications owning the remaining ownership of ESPN Inc.) that control a combined vast majority of the country's television ...
The Sportsnet broadcasting booth covering the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.Sportsnet became the primary Canadian national rightsholder in 2014. On April 19, 2011, after ESPN, Turner Sports, and Fox Sports placed bids, NBC Sports announced it had reached a ten-year extension to its U.S. television contract with the NHL (through the 2020–21 season) worth nearly $2 billion over the tenure of the contract.
After the 2017 season, NBC insisted on a reduced rights fee in order to continue carrying Thursday Night Football, which the NFL rejected; Fox was then awarded the rights to Thursday Night Football for the remainder of the time left on the league's broadcast contracts. [59] NBC continued to carry the kickoff and Thanksgiving night games on ...