FIC Scores NFL Rights for Parts of Europe

MADRID: FOX International Channels (FIC) has secured a two-year agreement with NFL International to broadcast one NFL game per window in English across parts of Europe, starting with the 2013 season.

The games will air across FOX Sports channels, FOX Sports branded blocks and FOX Sports services. The lineup includes Sunday games, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and all three U.S. Thanksgiving Day Games. FIC will also run the NFL postseason games, including the Super Bowl.

Jesus Perezagua, the president of FIC Europe and Africa, commented: “21st Century Fox has a longstanding relationship with the NFL in the U.S., and it has been a fundamental part of the FOX Network and FOX Sports brand there. As we roll out our FOX Sports brand across Europe, we are excited to make the NFL one of our key content partners, and we are committed to deliver on our promise of bringing the most passionate sports in the world to some of the most passionate sports fans in the world.”

Julie Moeller, NFL's VP of international media business development, said, “We have partnered with FOX in many areas of the world and are pleased to extend this to Europe to enhance the content offering to our fans in that region.”