A Fox Sports camera during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 18, 2022 at tIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Fl.
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Fox won’t negotiate a new NFL media rights deal before 2030, when its current contract with the league expires via an opt-out clause, Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch said during a Thursday earnings conference call.
The NFL has held preliminary discussions with both Fox and CBS-parent Paramount Skydance about reworking the deals to eliminate the league’s opt-out clause and raise the cost of the live rights, CNBC previously reported. Fox and CBS own the NFL’s Sunday afternoon packages of live game rights.
Without the opt out, Fox and Paramount’s deals with the league extend until the end of the 2033-34 season.
Murdoch said Thursday that those preliminary discussions led Fox to decide it won’t strike a new deal.
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