C have been dealt a fresh blow after losing the rights t
ITV
By David Coverdale For
The Daily Mail
The BBC have been
dealt a fresh blow after losing the rights to show the Super Bowl to rivals
ITV.
The Beeb had been the
NFL’s free-to-air home in the UK for the last seven years, with a peak audience
of 1.3million tuning in to watch LA Rams win the Super Bowl in February.
However, ITV will now
screen
find American football’s season-ending showpiece after striking a three-year
deal.
Laura Woods has been
hired to host their coverage, which will include hour-long weekly highlights
shows on a Friday and three live matches – the Super Bowl and two of the
season’s three London Games.
She will be joined on
ITV by pundits Ja
house son Bell and Osi Umenyiora, who previously worked on the BBC’s
NFL Show. Their launch programme will be on September 9.
‘I’ve been a fan of
the NFL for many years, so, with the new season just weeks away, I’m thrilled
to be part o
business f the team that will bring ITV viewers its best action and biggest
stories each week,’ said Woods.
The BBC have lost the
rights to air the NFL Super Bowl – ending a seven-year-run
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