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Since the 1960s, all regular season and playoff games broadcast in the United States have been aired by national television networks. Until the broadcast contract ended in 2013, the terrestrial television networks CBS, NBC, and Fox, as well as cable television's ESPN, paid a combined total of US$20.4 billion [11] to broadcast NFL games.
Under the terms of the contract, which ran from 1995 through 1997, the Bowl Alliance games would be scheduled for New Year's Eve, New Year's Night, and January 2 with the last of the three serving as the national championship game. CBS would thus be guaranteed two national championship game matchups, with the Sugar Bowl airing on ABC.
For the 1952 season, the NCAA relented somewhat, but limited telecasts to one nationally broadcast game each week. [10] The NCAA sold the exclusive rights to broadcast the weekly game to NBC for $1,144,000. The first game shown under this contract was Texas Christian University against the University of Kansas, on September 20, 1952.
This one was easy: Ohio State finishes No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-134 after beating Notre Dame 34-23 in Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game ...
ABC paid nearly $25 million per year for the broadcast rights to the Fiesta, Sugar and Orange bowls during that time. [1] [2] Overall, the contract was worth $550 million over the eight years for all the bowl games. [3] Starting with the 2006 season, coverage would be split between ABC and Fox. Fox paid for each bowl game US$20 million. [4]
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Editor's note: Follow Ohio State vs. Notre Dame live updates, scores and highlights from the national championship game. Monday's College Football Playoff national championship game between No. 7 ...
College Football on NBC Sports is the de facto title used for broadcasts of NCAA college football games produced by NBC Sports. Via its experimental station W2XBS, NBC presented the first television broadcast of American football at any level on September 30, 1939, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets. NBC held rights to ...