BBS Sport to broadcast Super Bowl

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BBC Sport signed an exclusive free-to-air deal with the NFL to broadcast the Super Bowl live over the next two years.

The two-year deal will also include exclusive free-to-air highlights of the NFL London game on October 28 between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium, plus any other NFL London games that may be scheduled for next year.

Super Bowl XLII will be broadcast live from Arizona on Sunday, February 3, 2008 and Super Bowl XLIII will be broadcast live from Tampa, Florida in 2009.

Philip Bernie, Head of BBC TV Sport Editorial, said: "The Super Bowl is one of the world's great sporting events and we are delighted that after many years of covering it on Five Live, we are now also going to be showing it on BBC Television.

Alistair Kirkwood, Managing Director of NFL UK commented: “We are thrilled to be announcing a partnership with the BBC. This represents a major landmark in the growth of our sport in the UK and will help us to establish the NFL as a significant part of the sporting landscape here.

“The BBC’s reputation in the presentation of televised sport is unrivalled and we are very excited about working closely with them.”

Source: World Media