Fox Nabs Rights To Two More NFL Video games; Says No Pressure With League

CEO Lachlan Murdoch mentioned Fox has acquired proper to 2 extra common season NFL video games.

The first is probably going a world recreation from Munich in week 10, giving the broadcaster a triple header that Sunday. The second will likely be a Saturday recreation in Week 15, Murdoch introduced on a convention name with analysts after quarterly earnings.

“I think the important note to take here is that here is no tension, really, with the NFL. We have been partners for 30 years. We’re looking forward to being partners for the next 30 years,” he mentioned.

Fox has 4 years left on its present deal. “We’ve read the speculation that the NFL would like to renegotiate and extend the current deals that are in the marketplace, but we’ve had no substantive discussions with the NFL about that. So, it’s hard, apart from what we’ve read in the press, around speculation, around that [and] I wouldn’t want to add it to that speculation,” he added when pressed by analysts concerning the relationship.

“We’d like to broaden and deepen our relationship with the NFL, but we’ll only do so in a disciplined way [that] creates long term shareholder value.”

According to a WSJ story final Friday, Rupert Murdoch had dinner with U.S. President Donald Trump lately and mentioned if soccer continues emigrate to streaming it might kill broadcast TV.

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