This is a list of active NFL broadcasters, including those for each individual team as well as those that have national rights. Unlike the other three major professional sports leagues in the U.S. (Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NHL), all regular-season and post-season games are shown on American television on one of the national networks. Most preseason games are still televised by regional/local broadcasters, with selected preseason games simulcast on national networks.
All regular-season and postseason games are shown in the U.S. on one of following national networks: the broadcast networks of CBS, Fox, ABC or NBC; or the cable channels ESPN or NFL Network. The league does not, in general, have an anti-siphoning rule for regular season games, and such games can be (and are) carried on both the cable outlet and the local affiliate. Since 2018, selected regular season games airing on NFL Network are also simulcast on Fox. For those regular season games aired exclusively on NFL Network or ESPN, they are also simulcast on a local broadcast station in each of the home markets of the two participating teams (determined by a bidding process). ESPN also airs one postseason game that is also simulcast on their sister national broadcast network ABC; all other postseason games air televised on either CBS, Fox, or NBC. As part of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, the U.S government granted the NFL permission to sell the rights to all regular season and postseason games to the national networks, as an exemption to antitrust laws. [1]
Most preseason games, except a few contests such as the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, are not televised by the national networks, and the league leaves television rights for those contests up to the individual teams. Most teams produce the games, either themselves or with help from the networks, and set up small syndication networks to carry games throughout the league-designated primary and secondary markets each team serves. The stations that win bidding to locally broadcast cable games are not necessarily the same as the ones who broadcast preseason contests, as the bidding processes are separate; this list is of the preseason broadcasters. In the event that a preseason game does not sell out, the local rightsholder must delay the broadcast a minimum of 24 hours (this rule, along with the rest of the league's blackout policies, was suspended for the 2015 season). NFL Network sometimes simulcasts select preseason games using the feeds of the local broadcast crews. In these cases, the NFL does impose an anti-siphoning rule and does not carry a live game in a particular market if a local station is broadcasting the same game.
On radio, all 32 teams have regional/local syndication networks that carry all preseason, regular season and most postseason games; these are listed here. Radio syndication networks are mostly unrestricted and can be carried anywhere in North America, and several supplemental networks (Compass Media Networks, Sports USA Radio Network) also carry additional Sunday afternoon games outside the home teams' markets. The league's night games are carried both by local networks and by the NFL on Westwood One , a partnership that goes back several decades; the Super Bowl is exclusive to Westwood One, and local broadcasts of that game can only be carried on one flagship station in each team's market.
The following is a list of local radio and preseason TV broadcasters for each individual team. Four teams, the Arizona Cardinals, the Baltimore Ravens, the Minnesota Vikings, and the New England Patriots do preseason television/radio simulcasts. Some teams like the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers have their regular radio announcers instead call their preseason telecasts, and then have a different announcing team call their preseason radio broadcasts. For the preseason telecasts of many other teams, they may employ announcers who work for the national networks (either NFL or college football games) during the regular season.
Several teams also offer Spanish language broadcasts to serve their Hispanic fan bases.
All regular-season and playoff games, as well as some preseason games, are shown in the U.S. on one of the following six national networks. If a regular season game is nationally exclusive on either NFL Network or ESPN games, it is also simulcast on a local broadcast station in each of the home markets of the two participating teams.
Note - In the event of a scheduling conflict, NFL Network can also use other NFL personalities.
All regular-season and playoff games, as well as some preseason games, are available in Spanish.
Network | Lead Play-by-play | Lead Analyst | Lead Sideline Reporter | Notes |
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NFL on CBS using SAP function. | Armando Quintero, Benny Ricardo, Nelson Fernández, Halim Zadat, José Antonio Melian, Jerry Olaya, Roberto Abramowitz. | - | - | National Sunday afternoon and evening games |
Fox NFL on Fox Deportes or SAP function. | Francisco X. Rivera, Jessi Losada, Adrian Garcia Marquez, Luis Rodríguez, Eduardo Blancas, Pepe Mantilla, Fernando González. | - | - | |
Jorge Pérez-Navarro | Marco Martos | - | Selected Sunday afternoon and all playoff games | |
NBC Sunday Night Football on Telemundo or Universo | Miguel Gurwitz | Rolando Cantú | Ariana Figuera (selected games only) | National Sunday night games |
NBC Sunday Night Football using SAP function | René Giraldo | Édgar López | ||
Monday Night Football on ESPN Deportes or using SAP on ABC | Rebeca Landa | Sergio Dipp | Katia Castorena John Sutcliffe (contributor) | National Monday night games |
Thursday Night Football using SAP on Prime Video | Miguel Gurwitz or Adrian Garcia Marquez | Rolando Cantú | Mayra Gomez | National Thursday night games |
This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: NFL Game Pass International has recently relocated to DAZN, already shared the broadcasting rights in parts of Europe, Canada and Japan; also, coverage availability on current season is needed.(September 2023) |
Network | Lead Play-by-play | Lead Analyst | Notes |
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NFL Network International | Ian Eagle | Charles Davis | Super Bowl English language coverage only |
ESPN International | Chris Fowler | Louis Riddick and Dan Orlovsky | Super Bowl English language coverage only (Australasia only) |
Network | Notes |
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NFL Game Pass International on DAZN | Super Bowl Original US feed globally, except US & China |
Network | Play-by-play | Analyst | Sideline Reporter | Notes |
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ESPN Brasil | Renan do Couto, Ari Aguiar, Fernando Nardini, Rogério Vaughan, Matheus Suman, Matheus Pinheiro. | Paulo Antunes, Antony Curti, Eduardo Zolin, Weinny Eirado. | André Kfouri (Super Bowl only). | Sunday afternoon, Sunday, Monday and Thursday night regular season games, all playoff games including the Super Bowl with the Portuguese-language NFL Network International commentary (Pay TV). Also available in English on SAP. |
RedeTV! [52] | Marcelo do Ó | Gabriel Golim | Replays of games, Super Bowl live (FTA) |
Network | Play-by-play | Analyst | Sideline Reporter | Notes |
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Fox Sports Mexico | José Pablo Coello, Ernesto del Valle, Alejandro Correa, Fernando Von Rossum de la Vega, Juan Carlos Vázquez. | Ricardo García, Carlos Rosado, Emilio León Baz. | Ricardo García | Selected Sunday afternoon games, national Thursday and Saturday night games. Selected Playoffs games + Pro Bowl + Super Bowl. English-language commentaries available using SAP. |
ESPN Latin America | Eduardo Varela (Monday night), Ciro Procuna (Sunday night), Sergio Dipp (NFL RedZone early window), Javier Trejo Garay (NFL RedZone late window) | Pablo Viruega (Sunday night and Monday night), Eitán Benezra (NFL RedZone early window), Ramiro Pruneda (NFL RedZone late window) | John Sutcliffe (Sunday night and Monday night) | National Sunday and Monday night games + selected Playoffs games + Pro Bowl + Super Bowl. NFL RedZone is broadcast on ESPN+. Games available in English using SAP or sometimes on ESPN3 as an independent feed. |
Azteca | Enrique Garay | Joaquín Castillo, Eduardo Ruiz, Pablo de Rubbens. | Inés Sainz | Enhanced version of NFL RedZone with commercial breaks. Full AFC playoffs games + Super Bowl. |
Televisa | Antonio de Valdés, Enrique Burak | José Segarra, Gustavo Torrero, Guillermo Schutz, Agustín Castillo. | Luis Alberto Martínez | Selected Sunday afternoon games. Coverage of Monday Night Football (only Mexico City Game), NFC playoffs games + Super Bowl. |
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Country | Broadcasters |
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Andorra and Spain | Movistar+ (pay) [54]
Play-by-play announcers: Moises Molina, Miguel Angel Calleja and Javier Lopez TNF uses US commentary for live coverage |
Balkans | TV Arena Sport (pay) |
Belgium, Luxembourg, and Portugal | Eleven Sports (pay) [55] |
Bulgaria | Max Sport [56] [57] |
Czech Republic and Slovakia | Premier Sport (pay) |
Denmark | TV 2 Sport |
Iceland | Stöð 2 Sport |
Italy | DAZN (Over-the-top): two Sunday afternoon games, SNF, MNF, TNF, most playoff games and the Super Bowl [note 2] + NFL RedZone via NFL Network |
France | L'Équipe (FTA, live coverage for Sunday games, playoffs and the Super Bowl [note 3] ) [58] beIN Sports (Pay) [59] |
Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland | DAZN (kickoff game, TNF, SNF, MNF, NFL Redzone, 2 exclusive Sunday Games, Thanksgiving Football, Playoffs and Super Bowl) (Pay) Rights until 2025/2026 |
Greece | Cosmote Sport |
Hungary | Arena4 (pay) |
Netherlands | ESPN |
Norway | VG+ |
Turkey | S Sport |
UK and Ireland | ITV (FTA, UK only): weekly regular season and playoff highlights, London International Series games and the Super Bowl [note 4] . Also airs on STV and Virgin Media. Channel 5: Live coverage of Monday Night Football, plus highlights on Sunday Sky Sports (pay): Selected regular season games, all NFL playoffs games and the Super Bowl (simulcast with the U.S. broadcasters). Also includes NFL Redzone on Sky Sports Mix. Now (over-the-top): Selected regular season games, all NFL playoffs games and the Super Bowl (simulcast with the U.S. broadcasters) BBC Radio 5 Live (radio): Live Super Bowl coverage in the United Kingdom only. RTÉ Radio 1 (radio): Live Super Bowl coverage in the Republic of Ireland only. Talksport (radio) |
Finland and Sweden | TV4 Media [61] |
Poland | DAZN – full season, [62] Polsat Sport – games of the week, Thanksgiving Day week game, Pro Bowl, postseason games and SuperBowl. [63] [64] |
Country | Broadcasters |
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Sub-Saharan Africa | ESPN: Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Two Sunday afternoon games and Monday Night Football. All play-off games. |
Country | Broadcasters |
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China | Tencent (over-the-top on PC, mobile and television): [65] Seven live games per week, including Thursday Night Football, Sunday afternoon games (four), Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football, as well as NFL RedZone, all playoff games and the Super Bowl. BesTV (cable TV, IPTV and over-the-top for television, via selective providers) SMG Great Sports channel (regional over-the-air television rights in Shanghai [note 5] ) GDTV Sports channel (regional over-the-air television rights in Guangdong Province) |
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Timor Leste | Mola (over-the-top): Live broadcasts of regular season with five games a week as well as the NFL playoffs (simulcast live with the U.S. broadcasters) and the Super Bowl (using English-language NFL Network International commentary). [66] |
Hong Kong | now Sports |
Indian subcontinent | Star Sports [67] |
Japan | Nippon TV Gtasu (satellite and cable): Live broadcasts of regular season up to three games per week, as well as all playoff games and the Super Bowl. DAZN via NFL GamePass: Live broadcasts of regular season games as well as NFL playoffs, Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl (using NFL Network International feed in Japanese commentary) at 3-10 am JST. |
Korea | Coupang Play (pay): [68] Live broadcasts of regular season games as well as NFL playoffs, Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl (using NFL Network International feed in Korean commentary) at 3-10 am KST. |
Philippines | Premier Sports (pay): Live broadcasts of Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football games, all playoff games including the Super Bowl with the English-language NFL Network International commentary (using US commentary) at 8 am PST. |
Taiwan | ELTA Sports (Chunghwa Telecom MOD and over-the-top via ELTA.tv & Hami Video) [69] |
Thailand | TrueVisions broadcast seven games a week. Thursday night, Sunday night, and Monday night games as well as all playoff games and the Super Bowl. [70] |
Vietnam | K+ (Super Bowl only, from 2024) [71] |
MENA | Shahid |
Country | Broadcasters |
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Australia | ESPN (pay): [72] Up to five live games per week including Thursday, Sunday and Monday Night Football, [72] [73] and all playoffs. Seven Network: [74] Three live games per week includes Sunday Night Football and all playoffs and Super Bowl (using US domestic broadcast commentary). SEN (radio): Coverage of Sunday early window games, and live Super Bowl coverage in Australia only. |
New Zealand | TVNZ: Two Sunday games live (Monday in NZ), one Sunday game delayed, and all playoffs and Super Bowl. [75] ESPN (pay): Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Two Sunday afternoon games and Monday Night Football. All play-off games. |
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