More billions for ever-lucrative NFL
20 August 2009 | By Adam Fraser
Contract summary
Length of contract: 2 yearsAnnualised value: US$612 million
Overall value: US$1.224 billion
NBC has signed a two-year extension worth well over US$1 billion for the rights to the NFL's Sunday night football package.
The deal sees the broadcaster's existing US$600 million per year contract increase by some two per cent. It includes 16 Sunday games, the Thursday night season opener, two wild card Saturday games and primetime pre-season games.
The league's teams agreed the extension at a meeting in Chicago.
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