Fox Is Trying to Win the Rights to Thursday NFL Games
- Disney is also said to bid with games possible on ABC
- CBS, NBC are said to aim to pay less than they did last year
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21st Century Fox Inc. is seriously pursuing the rights to “Thursday Night Football,” a controversial TV property that could lift viewership of its struggling broadcast network and signal Fox’s path forward after a planned sale of assets to Walt Disney Co.
Fox has submitted a bid with multiple scenarios involving its namesake broadcast network and cable channel Fox Sports 1, according to people familiar with the matter. Those are two of the outlets it plans to keep after selling other assets to Disney for $52.4 billion. Fox has requested the game remain on Thursday, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private negotiations.