Peter Kafka: ‘CBS and Fox’s primary reason to exist is to distribute football’
Cord-cutting has fundamentally changed how Americans consume television, making live sports — especially the NFL — more valuable…
Travis Kelce wedding guest list may hint at where Chiefs star starts TV career
We here at Awful Announcing didn’t expect the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to be replete…
Mike Florio wonders if Rupert Murdoch’s political pressure leads NFL to dump Fox
Fox has been an NFL broadcasting partner since 1994, but Mike Florio could see that longstanding relationship coming…
The NFL is slowly killing the Sunday afternoon window
An analysis of the NFL TV schedule since 2016 shows that the NFL has steadily shifted inventory away…
Winners and losers of the NFL schedule release
This originally appeared in the Friday edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest…
FOX, NBC, get two of ex-ESPN games at center of NFL media rights talks
The NFL is indeed set for additional broadcast television inventory this coming season, with FOX and NBC receiving…
Will NFL punish Fox with weak schedule after Murdoch pressure campaign?
The NFL will formally reveal its broadcast schedule for next season on Thursday, and as always, there will…
Could Fox Sports actually lose NFL rights?
The highest-stakes poker game in the history of televised sports is playing out right before our eyes among…
Goodell praises streamers, suggests Netflix “bigger” than some nets
Far from being cowed by federal scrutiny over its deals with streamers, the NFL appears to be moving…
Kenny Albert’s four-sport grind results in historic broadcast record
Kenny Albert stands alone as the greatest play-by-play announcer of all time, at least when it comes to…
Could Fox’s hardball tactics land it the NFL’s new five-game package?
Fox wants in on the NFL’s five-game standalone package for the 2026 season. According to Pro Football Talk’s…
Lachlan Murdoch says Fox will ‘rebalance’ sports portfolio if NFL rights increase in price
NFL games are by far the most valuable programming left on television, and broadcasters will go to great…