Those games previously were televised by CBS and NBC, two of the league\u2019s other network partners.<\/b>
\nBloomington, Minn. \u2014 Fox and the NFL have agreed to a five-year deal for Thursday night football games.
Those games previously were televised by CBS and NBC, two of the league\u2019s other network partners. But Fox announced Wednesday that it will televise 11 games between Weeks 4 and 15, with simulcasts on NFL Network and Fox Deportes.
Fox, which has the Sunday afternoon NFC package, will produce all of the games.
\u201cThis is a single partner deal, we are not splitting the package,\u201d NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. \u201cWe had tremendous amount of interest from all the broadcast partners, all of whom wanted it exclusively. We felt this was the best opportunity for the NFL to grow the Thursday night package.\u201d
Goodell added the league is exploring partnerships with digital outlets, also in conjunction with Fox.
The NFL has broadcast deals \u201cfive years out\u201d with its other partners \u2014 ESPN has the Monday night package \u2014 so five years on this agreement made sense.
\u201cFundamentally, Fox was built on football,\u201d said Peter Rice, the president of 21st Century Fox, nothing that 25 years ago, the NFC package \u201chelped launch a fledgling network into what it is today.\u201d
\u201cThese opportunities come along very, very infrequently,\u201d he added. \u201cYou either have the rights to the most-watched content in media or you don\u2019t. If you don\u2019t take the opportunity, this won\u2019t come up again for five years. We believe in buying the very best rights, and the best rights are the NFL.\u201d
CBS and NBC each paid $450 million for the previous two-year package.<\/p>\n

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