Synopsis

Home to the world’s best American Football players and watched by millions of passionate fans across the globe, the NFL offers hard hitting sport and all action entertainment. 32 teams, including the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys compete in the NFL’s 21 week season, in some of the world’s biggest stadiums. Star players such as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Reggie Bush, Matt Cassell and Drew Brees battle it out on the field in one of sport’s most physical contests.

The League is divided into two conferences, the American Football Conference and National Football Conference. Both conferences have four regional divisions, each with four teams. A playoff system concludes the season, with the winners of the Conference Championships meeting in the season finale, the Super Bowl, the world’s biggest annual sporting event. The Super Bowl XLV will be held at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium. More than 100,000 fans will witness all the action in the world’s largest domed stadium.

The 2011 NFL Season kicks off on Thursday 8 September at the home of the Super Bowl XLV champions, the Green Bay Packers, as they host the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field.

All teams will be in action over the opening weekend, with 8 games on Sunday 11 September, and New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos on Monday 12 September.

The NFL’s International Series of regular-season games will return to the UK in 2011 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosting the Chicago Bears. The game will be played on Sunday 23 October at Wembley Stadium in London at 6pm GMT. For the Bears it will be a nostalgic return to Wembley on the 25th anniversary of playing in the first official NFL game staged in the UK. The Buccaneers also feature prominently in the NFL’s history at the stadium, having played a home game there against the New England Patriots in 2009.

Date:2011- 2012

Duration:6 games LIVE per weekend. Additional programming and NFL Network available
All available in HD

Rights:Free and Pay TV (see promotional material for restrictions)

Territories:NFL Games available for broadcast via terrestrial or pay TV in Europe (ex Channel Islands, Denmark, Finland, Isle of Man, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and UK) and via terrestrial TV in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean (ex Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bahamas and Puerto Rico), Latin America (ex Mexico), the Middle East and New Zealand.

High Definition:Yes

Associated Websites:www.nfl.com