RDS extends NFL coverage through 2016

The Bell Media channel will air Sunday games and Monday Night Football, as well as the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl.

Bell Media’s RDS has announced the extension of its broadcasting contract with the NFL through 2016.

The French language channel will continue broadcasting all NFL Sunday games, beginning at 1 p.m. as well as Monday Night Football. It will also air the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl through 2016.

TVA is airing pre-season NFL games and will begin broadcasting Thursday night football matches beginning in the fall of 2014.

The 2013 NFL season kicks off on Thursday Sept. 5 and Super Bowl XLVIII will be broadcast from MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Feb. 2, 2014.