The National Football League (NFL) has awarded extension of broadcast rights of the American Football Conference (AFC) for two years to CBS. The agreement will run till 2013-14 season and CBS will start broadcasting Super Bowl XLVII.
CBS is the property of CBS Television Network which owns more than 200 owned and affiliated stations had broadcast rights to the National Football Conference package from 1970 through 1993. CBS owned 14 stations are in NFL markets that include New York, San Francisco/Oakland, Boston, Miami, Denver, Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation said “This agreement significantly strengthens what is already a great partnership between CBS and the NFL, and continues to add to CBS Sports’ reputation as the undisputed industry leader in sports television with top franchises in all of television, I would like to thank all the great people at CBS Sports and at the NFL for making this important deal happen.”
Broadcast Schedule of 2009 NFL Sunday Ticket Schedule
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