BBC Wins Live TV Rights To Super Bowl
BBC Sport will broadcast live coverage of the Super Bowl over the next two
years, having signed an exclusive free-to-air TV rights deal with the NFL.
The two-year deal will also include exclusive free-to-air highlights of the
NFL London game on 28th October between the Miami Dolphins and the New York
Giants at Wembley Stadium, plus any other NFL London games that may be scheduled
for next year.
Super Bowl XLII will be broadcast live from Arizona on Sunday, 3th February
2008 and Super Bowl XLIII will be broadcast live from Tampa, Florida in 2009.
On the deal, Philip Bernie, head of BBC TV Sport Editorial, said: ‘The Super
Bowl is one of the world’s great sporting events and we are delighted that after
many years of covering it on Five Live, we are now also going to be showing it
on BBC Television.
‘The Super Bowl always attracts great interest and we are really looking
forward to providing a new showcase for this huge occasion.’
Details of the BBC’s presenting and commentary teams for its NFL coverage
will be announced at a later date.
Live coverage of the Super Bowl in the UK has previously been shared between
Five and Sky Sports.
