[Golf Topic] US Open Broadcast Rights "From Fox Sports to NBC"

This is the Cloud Gallery watching the 119th US Open last year. Photo by USGA

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…American broadcaster NBC will broadcast this year's US Open.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced on the 30th (Korean time) that "the US Open broadcasting rights have been transferred from Fox Sports to NBC." The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has changed the owner of the broadcasting rights for the US golf tournament worth over 1 trillion won. Fox Sports purchased the US Open broadcasting rights for 1 billion dollars (1.1974 trillion won) for 12 years from 2015 to 2026. However, due to the COVID-19 situation, the US Open was postponed from June to September, leading Fox Sports to give up the broadcasting rights.

In September, the broadcasting schedules overlap with the National Football League (NFL), college football, and Major League Baseball (MLB), making it impossible to allocate time for the US Open. NBC has acquired all the broadcasting rights held by Fox Sports until 2026, not just for this year. NBC, which broadcasted the US Open from 1995 to 2014 but was pushed out by Fox Sports' financial offensive, regained the broadcasting rights thanks to COVID-19. A distinctive feature of the US Open broadcast is that the last hour of the final day has no commercial advertisements.

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