Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox Corporation is currently the only NFL media partner to carry two different football franchises.
Depending on the future costs of those games, Fox may be content to carry just one.The chief financial officer of the company said Tuesday that if forced to make a decision about whether to carry just Sunday-afternoon football games or “Thursday Night Football,” Fox would opt for the Sunday package.
The NFL and its media partners — Fox, ViacomCBS, NBCUniversal and Walt Disney — have been in ongoing talks in recent months about renewing football rights packages.
The league’s current rights deal with Disney’s ESPN lapses after the 2021 season, while its contracts with the remaining three last through 2022.
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