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5’s bet on the NFL looks like great business

Back in August, the NFL reported on 5’s agreement with Paramount for multi-year coverage of American football in the UK. The deal, which the NFL called “ground-breaking” for a free-to-air broadcaster to get such a package, meant that 5 received two Sunday night NFL games, some special picks, such as those fixtures played in London […]

January 22, 2026

NBCU reports highest grossing NFL season to date

Ahead of its 20th season of Sunday Night Football, NBCUniversal has revealed the upcoming NFL season marks the highest grossing season to date for the media company, with overall revenue increasing across all platforms. The company also announced it has sold out of all ad inventory for Super Bowl LX, which will be presented on NBC, Peacock and […]

September 4, 2025

5 scores FTA NFL deal in UK

5 and Paramount UK have announced a new multi-year partnership with the NFL and CBS Sports to bring live coverage of the NFL season free-to-air to viewers across the UK. Every week through the NFL season, two Sunday evening games will be broadcast; the first at 6pm on 5 and the second at 9pm on […]

August 28, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Livewire, NFL to launch NFL Race to the End Zone docuseries

Livewire, a player in gaming marketing, has announced a strategic multi-year partnership with the NFL. As part of the collaboration, the two will launch NFL Race to the End Zone—a first-of-its-kind sports docuseries blending NFL fandom with creator-led gaming culture set to debut during the 2025 NFL season. Designed to deepen engagement with existing NFL […]

July 15, 2025

LTN, Lumen power RTL Deutschland’s NFL coverage

LTN and Lumen Technologies have announcd a partnership delivering a combination of live event production and transmission services for world-leading media companies. With over 50 years of shared experience, Lumen Vyvx Broadcast Solutions’ extensive reach and low-latency connectivity combined with LTN’s advanced content enrichment and master control services offers an end to end, fully managed […]

March 24, 2025

Nielsen: Feb 9th second most-watched TV day in Gauge history

Super Bowl Sunday ranks as one of the most heavily viewed days of television each year throughout the US, and this year’s Super Bowl Sunday, (on February 9th), tracked with historic trends as TV viewing across the day exceeded 110 billion viewing minutes according to Nielsen’s The Gauge report for February. This total day viewership […]

March 18, 2025

Data: Super Bowl lag on all US streaming platforms

All major US streaming platforms had significant delays during Super Bowl LIX on February 9th according to data from Phenix – particularly Fubo (again), which was 78 seconds behind the action as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22. On top of delays – data from Phenix, a provider of real-time streaming video […]

February 10, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Data: Lay’s, NFL, WeatherTech top Super Bowl ads

System1, the creative effectiveness platform, has revealed consumers’ favourite ads from the 2025 Super Bowl: Lay’s, the NFL, and WeatherTech took the top three spots, with appearances from Pfizer, Stella Artois and Doritos. In a Super Bowl whose ads were often weirder, wackier and more celebrity-driven than ever, Lay’s simple story of a young potato […]

February 10, 2025

AI ads all over Super Bowl

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is to debut its first TV commercial during the 2025 Super Bowl, according to the WSJ. This would mark OpenAI’s first venture into commercial advertising. In 2024, Google promoted its AI capabilities during the Super Bowl. Google plans to go again but is said to be re-editing after it showed […]

February 6, 2025

Research: 65% of US plans to watch Super Bowl LIX

Attest, a New York-based consumer research platform, has published research on how Americans plan to tune-in to Super Bowl LIX on February 9th. Looking back, last year’s Super Bowl gained widespread attention for more than just football, especially with pop star Taylor Swift’s attendance and potential impact on viewership, while online conversations swirled about the […]

February 5, 2025