2009年8月20日星期四

NFL Extends Television Deal With NBC

ROSEMONT, Ill. Aug. 19 --The NFL has connected its television rights accord with NBC by two seasons, the alliance and arrangement appear Wednesday.

The NFL's authorization owners accustomed the extension, which runs through the 2013 season, during a one-day affair at an O'Hare airport hotel.

NBC will abide to televise the league's amalgamation of Sunday night amateur and will abide to accept a adjustable scheduling plan enabling it to accept the a lot of adorable matchups accessible for its broadcasts backward in the season, according to the announcement.

NBC aswell retains the anniversary Thursday night season-opening game, two Saturday first-round playoff amateur and prime-time preseason amateur in the two years covered by the extension.

The NFL's six-year arrangement with NBC was to expire afterwards the 2011 season. That accord pays the NFL about $600 actor per season.

The NFL has connected to conduct its TV business admitting the ambiguous economy.

In May, the alliance appear two-year extensions of its deals with Fox and CBS, aswell active through the 2013 season. Those extensions reportedly included rights fee increases of about 2 percent. The NFL ahead connected its arrangement with DirecTV through the 2014 season.

In May, the alliance aswell accomplished a adjustment with Comcast over the two sides' long-running altercation over appraisement and administration of the league-owned NFL Network.

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