Fox Gets TV Rights To NFL’s Thursday Night Football
Jan 31, 2018, 12:00 AM | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 11:23 am
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - JANUARY 08: A detail of the official National Football League NFL logo is seen painted on the turf as the New York Giants host the Atlanta Falcons during their NFC Wild Card Playoff game at MetLife Stadium on January 8, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
(Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
(Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
The NFL and Fox have agreed to a five-year deal to broadcast Thursday Night Football, per Bleacher Report.
The NFL announced their move on Wednesday and it was noted that Fox will pay the league an average of $1.75 billion each year for Thursday night and the NFC packages from now until the 2022 season.
Both parties agreed that Fox will broadcast 11 games each season from Week 4 to Week 15.
Sports Business Journal‘s John Ourand originally reported Fox will pay $550M annually throughout the five-years to carry 11 games per season.
In 2017 Amazon paid the NFL $50M to stream Thursday Night Football after Twitter earned the digital rights for $40M in 2016.
Fox had competition with NBC and CBS but after NFL ratings went down 9.7 percent this past season, they weren’t as enthusiastic to place a bid.
Fox has yet to announce which broadcasters will call the TNF games.
