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NFL Says NBC, CBS to Share Thursday Night Football Broadcast

(Reuters) - The National Football League said CBS Corp would share the broadcast of its primetime "Thursday Night Football" games with NBC.

NBC, owned by Comcast Corp, and CBS will broadcast five games each in 2016 and 2017, the NFL said on Monday. (http://bit.ly/1PMOjD8)

"Both CBS and NBC will produce Thursday Night Football with their lead broadcasters and production teams, and both will contribute to the production of Thursday Night Football exclusively on NFL Network," it said.

The NFL also said it was in "active" talks with potential partners for streaming Thursday Night Football games.