NFL: Fox Sports acquires TV rights for Thursday night games for €2.4bn over 5 years (2018-2022)

The pay-TV group Fox Sports has acquired the audiovisual rights, in the United States, for five seasons (2018-2022) to the "Thursday Night Football" package, eleven NFL regular season games per season played on Thursday nights, on 31/01/2018.

Fox Sports will pay $3bn (€2.4bn) over five years, or $600m (€482m) per year and $54.5m (€43.8m) per game, according to Reuters. The amount represents an increase per game of 21% compared to the previous contracts signed by CBS and NBC.

The two American free television channels had acquired the broadcast rights to 10 "Thursday Night Football" games (five each) for the 2016 and 2017 regular seasons, for an estimated $450m per year (€412.8m at the time of the deal) on 01/02/2016.

The digital rights to "Thursday Night Football" for the 2018 regular season have not yet been awarded. Amazon acquired these rights for the 2017 regular season for an estimated $50m (€46.8m at the time of the deal), on 05/04/2017.

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