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NFL Network

January 18, 2023

NFL Network (occasionally abbreviated on-air as NFLN) is an American sports-oriented pay television network owned by the National Football League (NFL) and is part of NFL Media, which also includes NFL.com, NFL Films, NFL Mobile, NFL Now and NFL RedZone. Dedicated to American football, the network features game telecasts from the NFL, as well as NFL-related content including analysis programs, specials and documentaries. The network is headquartered in the NFL Los Angeles building located next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and broadcasts its worldwide feed from Encompass Digital Media (formally Crawford Communications) in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] The network has secondary East Coast facilities in the NFL Films building in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

NFL Network
NFL Network studio at Super Bowl XLVIII (2014)
CountryUnited States
Broadcast area
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Mexico
HeadquartersInglewood, California, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerNational Football League
Sister channelsNFL RedZone
History
LaunchedNovember 4, 2003; 19 years ago (2003-11-04)
Links
Websitewww.nfl.com/network

As of February 2015, NFL Network is available to approximately 71,867,000 pay television households in the United States (totaling 61.7% of U.S. households with at least one television set).[2]

History

NFL Network was launched on November 4, 2003, only eight months after the owners of the league's 32 teams voted unanimously to approve its formation. Originally located in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City, California, the league invested $100 million to fund the network's operations. NFL Films, which produces commercials, television programs, and feature films for the NFL, is a key supplier of NFL Network's programming, with more than 4,000 hours of footage available in its library. As a result, much of the network's highlights and recaps feature NFL Films' trademark style of slow-motion game action, sounds of the game, and sideline conversations between players and/or team staff. Both the network's site and app, were launched in 2004 (on NFL.com) and 2009, respectively.

Beginning with the 2006 season, the network began to broadcast eight regular-season NFL games during Thursday prime time, branded as Thursday Night Football. In addition to live games, the network has provided coverage of the NFL Draft since 2006; its coverage competes with that provided by ESPN and ESPN2. It was simulcast in a co-production with Fox Sports for the 2018 edition, though this was only a one-year agreement as exclusive over-the-air broadcast rights moved to ABC for the 2019 edition, which saw ESPN produce a different broadcast for 'casual' fans. In 2020, the network simulcast ESPN's coverage of that year's draft which was produced remotely from the basement of commissioner Roger Goodell’s home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On September 8, 2021, the network moved with the rest of NFL Media to a 200,000 square foot space on the campus of Hollywood Park, a development that also features SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. In addition to office and studio space, the facility also features NFL Media's first outdoor studio and space to host studio audiences.[3][4]

Branding

At the 2008 NFL Draft, NFL Network unveiled a revised logo that was updated to match the revised NFL logo introduced around the same time. Unlike the updated logo for the league, the NFL Network's logo included subtle changes such as using a darker shade of blue and changing the "NFL" lettering to match that of the new league logo. During the 2012 NFL Draft, the network debuted an overhauled logo resembling that used by sister network NFL Red Zone; the network also began to play down the "HD" branding used on-air, as the vast majority of cable providers currently carrying NFL Network transmit the channel's standard definition feed as a downscaled letterboxed version of the high definition feed. The logo, as with those of all NFL properties, was tinted gold during the 2015 NFL season in commemoration of Super Bowl 50.

The network unveiled an updated ticker at the start of the 2017 season, replacing the one used since the 2012 rebranding.

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by NFL Network

NFL game telecasts

Main article: NFL Network Exclusive Game Series

NFL Network introduced original game broadcasts in the 2006 season via the Run to the Playoffs—a late-season package of Thursday- and Saturday-night games, branded as Thursday Night Football and Saturday Night Football respectively. After most Saturday games were dropped from the package beginning in the 2008 season, all of the games were branded as Thursday Night Football regardless of night beginning in 2009. Starting with the 2012 season, the Thursday Night Football expanded to include a weekly game from Weeks 2 through 15 (excluding the Kickoff Game and Thanksgiving Day, which is held by NBC), as well as one live Saturday night game during Week 16. As a result of the addition of these extra games, every NFL team now appears in at least one timeslot-exclusive nationally televised game

As with the games broadcast by ESPN's Monday Night Football, the NFL Network telecasts are also aired on a designated broadcast television station in the primary markets of the participating teams, although prior to the suspension of blackout rules in 2015 stations in the home team's market only carried it if the televised game sold out all remaining available tickets 72 hours prior to the game's start time.

When Thursday Night Football premiered, veteran television announcer Bryant Gumbel served as play-by-play announcer, with former Fox and current NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth serving as color commentator for the broadcasts.[5] Collinsworth won the Sports Emmy for best game analyst for his work on the NFL Network telecasts. Dick Vermeil replaced Collinsworth for two games in 2006; Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders replaced Collinsworth when needed in 2007.

In the 2014 NFL season, the NFL established a sub-licensing agreement with CBS increase the prominence of the Thursday Night Football package, under which a portion of the package would air in simulcast on broadcast television, and CBS Sports would produce all games. Specific games would still be exclusive to NFL Network to comply with carriage agreements guaranteeing a minimum number of exclusive NFL broadcasts per-season.[6][7] In 2016, NBC Sports also gained a portion of the package under a similar arrangement.[8][9] Fox Sports took over the package from 2018 to 2022.[10][11] With Amazon Prime Video taking over exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football beginning in the 2022 season, NFL Network switched to a package consisting primarily of Sunday morning NFL International Series games, and late-season Saturday games.[12]

Preseason coverage

NFL Network televises all 65 preseason games each August. Some of the games air live on the network; however, a majority of these contests air on a tape-delayed basis and use the local broadcast of one of the teams involved. Live preseason game broadcasts on NFL Network are blacked out in the home markets of both participating teams, where the game is broadcast on a local station; in those affected areas, an alternate feed of NFL Network is shown instead with a different preseason game, documentary programming, or a previously aired game.

Prior to 2014, NFL Network occasionally broadcast selected preseason games as special editions of Thursday Night Football, such as the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints in 2007 (NBC had opted out to carry the proposed China Bowl preseason game in Beijing, which was eventually cancelled).

Studio shows

On weekdays, Good Morning Football airs live from 7-10 am ET, followed by a repeat from 10 am-1 pm ET.

On Sundays, the NFL GameDay Morning pre-game show airs from 9 am-1 pm ET, NFL GameDay Live from 1-7:30 pm ET, NFL GameDay Highlights from 7:30-8:30 ET, and NFL GameDay Prime from 11:30 pm–12:30 am ET.

Other football

Arena Football League

NFL Network held the broadcast rights to the revived Arena Football League from 2010 to 2012. Starting with the 2010 season, the network broadcast a weekly Friday Night Football game each week during the regular season and playoff games at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time from March to August, in addition to rights to playoff games and the ArenaBowl. The NFL stated that unlike when the NFL last showed interest in arena football, there would be no attempts to buy into the league.[13] Broadcasters for the games included Kurt Warner, Tom Waddle, Paul Burmeister, Fran Charles, Charles Davis and Ari Wolfe.

NFL Network ceased airing Arena Football League games partway through the 2012 season as a result of ongoing labor problems within the league. The season's remaining games were carried on a tape delay before the network terminated the league broadcast contract outright at the end of the season; the rights were then obtained by CBS Sports Network.

College football

In 2006, NFL Network began a foray into televising college football bowl games, acquiring rights to the newly established Texas Bowl in Houston (whose management rights were held by the Houston Texans at the time), the Insight Bowl, as well as two all-star events—the Senior Bowl (which features prospects that had completed their college eligibility) and the Las Vegas All-American Classic (which, however, was cancelled at the last minute due to financial and sponsorship issues). These games were intended to help make NFL Network more attractive to television providers.[14][15][16][17] The 2006 Insight Bowl, played between Minnesota and Texas Tech, would also achieve notoriety for featuring the largest comeback victory in Division I FBS bowl game history, with Texas Tech coming back from a 38–7 third-quarter deficit to win 44–41 in overtime.[18][19]

On April 14, 2007, the network televised the Nebraska Cornhuskers' spring football game. The network again aired the Insight, Texas and Senior bowls in late 2007 and early 2008. In addition, it carried two games between historically black colleges and universities during the 2007 season, including the Circle City Classic at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. Rights to the Insight and Texas Bowls were later acquired by ESPN (with the former later moving to Fox Sports).

In May 2019, NFL Network announced a four-year deal with Conference USA to air a weekly regular-season game on Saturday afternoons beginning in the 2019 season.[20] NFL Network opted out of the agreement after one season.[21]

Since 2019, NFL Network has annually carried the Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic, a college football kickoff game that features a matchup of two historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) on the Sunday before Labor Day.[22] The HBCU Legacy Bowl, a postseason all-star game involving draft-eligible HBCU players, also has broadcast rights held by NFL Network.[23]

In the 2022 season, NFL Network returned to carrying regular college football games through a weekly sub-license agreement with ESPN.[21][24][25]

High school football

NFL Network aired two high school all-star games in June 2007: the Bayou Bowl between players from Texas and Louisiana on June 9 (via a live feed from regional sports network FSN Southwest), and the Big 33 Football Classic between players from Pennsylvania and Ohio on June 16 (sharing its feed with CN8 (now the Comcast Network) and cable outlets in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Ohio).

Canadian Football League

On July 1, 2010, NFL Network began airing live Canadian Football League games simulcast from Canadian sports network TSN. NFL Network aired the league's Thursday games, three Saturday games during the month of July, and then Friday night games beginning in September (after ArenaBowl XXIII). NFL Network did not air CFL games during August as it carried a heavy amount of NFL preseason game broadcasts.[26][27] In addition, NFL Network did not carry any playoff games, including the Grey Cup championship, as those games are all played on Sundays opposite NFL regular season games. Those games were instead broadcast on the ESPN3 online service (ESPN owns a 20% interest in TSN, in a joint venture with majority parent Bell Media). On May 25, 2012, NFL Network announced it would not renew its contract with the CFL.[28] The package was subsequently acquired by the NBC Sports Network, then by the ESPN networks.

NFL Network expressed interest in picking up CFL games again beginning in the 2019 season after its previous deal with ESPN expired. To accommodate this, the NFL insisted that the CFL move its schedule over a month earlier than it currently runs, so that the network can use the league to fill air time between the NFL Draft and training camp.[29] As such a change would require a rework of the league's collective bargaining agreement, it was unable to fulfill that request[30] and instead renewed its agreement with ESPN.[31]

Alliance of American Football

On January 31, 2019, NFL Network signed a multi-year deal to air Alliance of American Football games, broadcasting two games per week, most of them on Saturday and Sunday nights.[32] As with all other AAF games, the broadcasts were produced in conjunction with CBS Sports.[33] The league ultimately folded in the middle of its inaugural season.[34]

High definition

NFL Network HD is a 1080i high definition simulcast feed of NFL Network that launched in August 2004. It is available nationally on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network, and regionally on Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse and most Comcast and Cogeco Cable systems.

In mid-October 2008, in-studio programs began to air in "enhanced HD", featuring contained additional scores and statistics on a dedicated wing on the right side of the screen that was only visible on the HD feed. Content that is presented in 4:3 standard definition is shown with stylized pillarboxes, or for some footage, blurred pillarbox wings. On May 1, 2009, NFL Total Access began airing in full HD without pillarboxing or enhanced graphics; this was followed by the upgrade of NFL GameDay to HD the following September.

Most providers began to exclusively carry the HD feed of the network during 2011, transmitting a downscaled and letterboxed version of the HD feed to provide the channel in 4:3 standard definition for analog viewers without any deviation, including the "NFL HD" logo. The standard definition feed was discontinued entirely in July 2012, concurrent with the introduction of the network's current logo.

NFL RedZone channel

Main article: NFL RedZone

The NFL RedZone channel is a special game-day only channel that broadcasts on Sundays during the regular season from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time). RedZone provides "whip around" coverage of all Sunday afternoon games airing in-progress on CBS and Fox. Whenever a team enters the red zone, the coverage will switch full-screen over to the live feed of that game's television broadcast, and attempt to cover a potential scoring result (touchdown or field goal). The coverage is hosted by Scott Hanson. This is not to be confused with the completely separate and different Red Zone channel available only on NFL Sunday Ticket.

Starting in 2016 NFL Network during the offseason replayed one week of NFL RedZone every Sunday from the previous season.

International distribution

Canada

NFL Network was approved for distribution on Canadian television providers by the CRTC in 2004;[35] Live Thursday Night Football games are blacked out on the feed distributed in Canada to protect local rightsholders TSN and CTV 2.

NFL Network is also offered as part of DAZN's NFL Game Pass service as of 2017.[36]

United Kingdom

It was reported that the network would be made available in the United Kingdom in 2008.[37]

The agreement marks the 25th anniversary of live NFL coverage on Sky Sports and will see ‘Sky Sports NFL’ launching from September 3 ahead of the 2020 season, which kicks off on September 10.

Germany

Since the 2017 season, NFL Network is a part of the IPTV subscription service DAZN, which also offers NFL RedZone to German viewers.

Brazil

NFL Network is available on NFL GamePass Free Tier. NFL RedZone is available on the Pro Tier.

Carriage and distribution complications

The launch of the Thursday Night Football package led NFL Network to increasingly insist on carriage on lower subscription tiers of television providers; in particular, demanding carriage on a basic package and a carriage fee of $0.61 per subscriber. Time Warner Cable and other major cable providers wished to place it on a sports tier. Cable companies felt that a channel with such marginal interest, few live games, and filler programming, would be tough to sell outside of the football season.[38] In February 2008, The Wall Street Journal reported that the NFL had been in discussion with Disney executives over the possibility of partnering with ESPN to bolster NFL Network; one analyst suggested the possibility of NFL Network being combined into its lesser-viewed, but better-carried ESPN Classic channel.[39]

2006 free preview

NFL Network offered a free preview from December 24 to 30, 2006 to Suddenlink Communications systems in West Texas, and to Time Warner Cable and Cablevision systems in the New York City area. The package included the Texas Bowl and Insight Bowl, but excluded that week's NFL game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins (which was already scheduled to air on a local broadcast station under existing NFL policy). However, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision were only interested in showing the Texas Bowl, which featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, who developed strong local appeal in 2006 and barely missed a berth in the Bowl Championship Series. The NFL denied that request and would only offer the free preview if Cablevision and/or Time Warner Cable made the entire preview week available to customers.[40]

TWC then offered to carry the free preview on a digital tier. Cablevision, however, continued to refuse to carry any NFL Network programming other than the Texas Bowl. It even announced that Cablevision would put it on channel 14 (normally occupied by a television listings channel that was used as an overflow feed for MSG Network and FSN New York) at 6:00 p.m. until the end of the network's postgame coverage. The NFL, however, stated that it would not accept that request.[41]

On December 21, however, after New Jersey legislators threatened legal action, Cablevision changed its mind and indeed showed not only the game between Rutgers and Kansas State, but also the entire free preview schedule. Time Warner had made a similar announcement only hours earlier.[42] Suddenlink agreed on December 22 to carry the entire free preview for their customers in West Texas.[43] The free preview did not lead to long-term carriage deals, and the standoff continued between all three cable companies and the NFL Network.

2007 Packers vs. Cowboys controversy

2007 saw fresh controversy about the NFL Network. That year, the network happened to hold the rights to some match-ups with major implications. The first came in late November when the one-loss Dallas Cowboys hosted the one-loss Green Bay Packers. Green Bay's Brett Favre was also having one of the best seasons of his career and would eventually lead the resurgent Packers to the NFC Championship Game. Most fans could not see the game because of carriage restrictions, more noticeable because it involved nationally respected teams in a highly anticipated match-up. This controversy would pale in comparison to the final game the NFL Network would broadcast that season.

2007 Patriots vs. Giants controversy

Main article: 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game

In December 2007, U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking for the league to settle their differences in time for the New England Patriots-New York Giants game on December 29 that would be broadcast on Saturday Night Football. The game was the Patriots' record-sealing win that made them the first undefeated team through the regular season in 35 years. Kerry urged for a solution to be decided upon in time so that Americans could witness "a historic event".[44] An agreement was worked out between the NFL and two of the league's television partners, NBC and CBS, to allow the NFL Network broadcast of the game to be simulcast on those networks, resulting in the first NFL simulcast since Super Bowl I and the first three-network simulcast in the history of the league.[45]

In addition, New York City area MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WWOR-TV (channel 9), and Hearst Television-owned ABC affiliates WCVB-TV (channel 5) in Boston and WMUR-TV (channel 9) in Manchester, New Hampshire, expressed dissatisfaction over the CBS/NBC simulcast, stating it violated their agreements with the network. The stations had already been scheduled to air the game, as per NFL rules. Greg Aiello, an NFL spokesperson, stated that NBC and CBS would not have agreed to present the simulcast without clearing the game nationally, including the aforementioned markets. WWOR came to an agreement with the network and showed the game along with WNBC and WCBS-TV (channel 2) in the New York City market. WCVB also would still televise the game and stated that it was still working toward resolving issues with the NFL Network over additional coverage rights.[46] The result of these arrangements was that viewers in the New York, Boston and New Hampshire areas could see the game on up to four networks. Also in addition, satellite provider Dish Network and radio companies Sirius XM Radio and Entercom, expressed dissatisfaction over the NBC/CBS simulcast.

RCN Corporation, the 12th-largest cable provider in the U.S., stated that the league's deal with CBS and NBC "devalues its contract with the league’s in-house service." Greg Aiello, an NFL spokesperson, said he was unaware of dissatisfaction among NFL Network affiliates over the simulcast and if any were seeking a rebate or other form of compensation because the game was being more widely distributed. If that were the case, he said, those discussions would “take place privately with our TV partners.”[47]

Comcast

On November 10, 2006, Comcast announced it would add NFL Network on its digital tier in time for the debut of Thursday Night Football.[48] On August 6, 2007, Comcast moved NFL Network from the digital tiers to the Sports Entertainment Package. This led to a court battle between NFL Network and Comcast, with the ruling in favor of Comcast; the NFL Network later appealed the ruling.[49] Comcast sent NFL Network a cease-and-desist letter to stop encouraging subscribers to drop their Comcast service.[50] Comcast's carriage agreement with the NFL Network ended in mid-2009.[51] On February 26, 2008, a New York appellate court reversed course on a May 2007 judgment that allowed Comcast to move the network from its second-most distributed tier to the company's sports tier. At that time, a court date had not been set. Four judges at the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, ruled the language "concerning additional programming package was ambiguous and that neither party has established that its interpretation of the relevant contracts is a matter of law."[52] Comcast's deal with the NFL Network was set to expire on April 30, 2009.[53] According to messages sent out to Comcast, Midco, and some Cable Systems customers with or without set-top boxes, NFL Network might be removed from some customers' channel lineups. The message said: "In spite of our efforts to continue carrying NFL Network/NFL Network HD, the NFL may terminate our rights. As a result these networks may be removed from lineups as soon as 5/1." On April 10, 2009, it was confirmed that Comcast would remove the channel on that date due to failing to reach a carriage agreement. However, on April 30, 2009, NFL Network announced that it would continue to be carried on Comcast in the interim while both sides tried to reach an agreemenet on a new contract.[54] On July 30, 2009, NFL Network was made available to lower-tiered Comcast digital cable subscribers.

NFL Network later filed a discrimination case against Comcast with the Federal Communications Commission, claiming that since Comcast does not charge an extra fee for the sports channels it owns, Versus and Golf Channel, it considered Comcast's move to charge extra for NFL Network unfair. On October 10, 2008, the FCC ruled as follows:

In the Second Report and Order, the Commission emphasized that the statute “does not explicitly prohibit multichannel distributors from acquiring a financial interest or exclusive rights that are otherwise permissible,” and thus, that “multichannel distributors [may] negotiate for, but not insist upon such benefits in exchange for carriage on their systems.” The Commission stated, however, that “ultimatums, intimidation, conduct that amounts to exertion of pressure beyond good faith negotiations, or behavior that is tantamount to an unreasonable refusal to deal with a vendor who refuses to grant financial interests or exclusivity rights for carriage, should be considered examples of behavior that violates the prohibitions set forth in Section 616.” We find that the NFL has presented sufficient evidence to make a prima facie showing that Comcast indirectly and improperly demanded a financial interest in the NFL’s programming in exchange for carriage. We further find that the pleadings and documentation present several factual disputes as to whether Comcast’s retiering of the NFL Network is the result of Comcast’s failure to obtain a financial interest in the NFL’s programming. Accordingly, we direct an Administrative Law Judge to hold a hearing, issue a recommended decision on the facts underlying the financial interest claim and a recommended remedy, if necessary, and then return the matter to the Commission within 60 days.[55][56]

Comcast trial

The trial before an administrative law judge (as ordered above) began on April 14, 2009.[57] On April 17, 2009, Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts testified that the provider was willing to move the channel from the Sports Entertainment Package to a lower-priced base package if the subscriber fee was reduced to 25¢ per month (at that time, NFL Network was charging 75¢ per month). He claimed that overall, Comcast saved $50 million a year in license fees by leaving the channel on its Sports Package, which in turn led to savings for its customers.[58]

On April 30, 2009, NFL Network Total Access correspondent Lindsey Soto reported Comcast would continue to carry the network after its contract expired at midnight as negotiations proceeded. On May 19, 2009, the NFL and Comcast reached a ten-year agreement to place NFL Network on Comcast's Digital Classic package by August 1, 2009, for a monthly price between 45 and 50¢, instead of the 70¢ fee that the NFL originally requested.[59] This deal led to speculation that other cable operators would end their holdouts and try to reach deals that would bring the network to a wider audience.[citation needed]

As of 3 January 2011, the NFL Network was available only on the Digital Preferred or Sports package on Comcast's Xfinity system in Atlanta, Georgia, and not on a Digital Classic package (which does not exist). This is contrary to the above-mentioned agreement between Comcast and the NFL.

Time Warner Cable

On December 20, 2007, the NFL Network proposed to Time Warner Cable to enter into binding arbitration, which would have a neutral third party determine the price and tier for NFL Network on the provider's systems, based on fair market value of the service. The NFL Network noted that the process could take some time and offered to make the December 29, 2007 game between the then unbeaten New England Patriots and New York Giants immediately available to Time Warner Cable subscribers, upon “written agreement to participate in the arbitration process and to be bound by its result.” The network was willing to make the binding arbitration available to cable providers not carrying the NFL Network and for an extension of Comcast's current contract.[60]

Time Warner Cable denied the binding arbitration proposal, saying "the operator has successfully reached agreements with hundreds of programming networks without the use of arbitration. We continue to believe that the best way to achieve results is to privately seek a resolution and not attempt to negotiate through the press or elected officials.” TWC stated that it would be willing to make the network available on its sports tier, as a premium service, or make the game available to its subscribers on a per-game basis, at a retail price set by the NFL, with 100% of attendant revenue going to the league.[61] The network refused and stated:

In addition to more cable providers, NFL asked TWC to put NFL Network. The network said that it will file a lawsuit with Comcast instead. But Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable will carry the NFL Network instead.

On September 21, 2012, the Associated Press reported that Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks had reached an agreement to carry NFL Network.[62] Within hours, both NFL Network and NFL RedZone began to be carried on many Time Warner Cable systems in time for that week's games, with full distribution across the company's systems planned to be completed by September 27, in time for the next Thursday Night Football game.[63]

Cogeco

On November 10, 2006, Canadian cable provider Cogeco Cable announced that it had reached a carriage agreement with the NFL Network to carry the network on its "Sports & Information Tier". NFL Network had previously insisted that it would only allow cable providers to carry the network on basic tiers; Time Warner Cable stated it would only carry the network on a digital sports tier.[48] This makes Cogeco the only major cable provider to reach an agreement with the NFL Network by placing it directly on a digital sports tier without any repercussions from the network. When it was announced that NFL Network would carry Run to the Playoffs on Cogeco but not on a digital basic tier, it was stated that Cogeco's Sports & Information Tier "has about 30% penetration across all Cogeco subscribers and 60% penetration among Cogeco digital-cable homes."[64]

Insight Communications

In 2004, Insight Communications reached a carriage agreement with the NFL Network to carry the network on the provider's digital tier, in addition to carrying NFL Network On Demand and NFL Network HD.[65] At first, Insight did not carry the "Run to the Playoffs" games due to the extra surcharge providers pay to carry the games.[64] Insight did not show the first-ever game, between the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs on November 23, 2006, but the game that aired the following week and future games were available due to a long-term agreement that was later reached.[66] Following Insight's January 2012 acquisition by Time Warner Cable, TWC chose to let the carriage agreement for NFL Network and NFL RedZone expire on August 1, 2012, which resulted in the two channels being removed from Insight's systems in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, due to the long-running carriage impasse between the National Football League and Time Warner Cable.[67] They were restored immediately upon Time Warner reaching a carriage agreement with the network two months later.

Dish Network

On February 20, 2008, Dish Network moved the NFL Network from its "America's Top 100" package to the "America's Top 200" package. Dish Network notified customers that the NFL Network was "moving out of Free Preview into America's Top 200 package" on February 20, 2008. The move cost NFL Network four million subscribers.[68] On February 27, 2008, the NFL Network announced it would file suit against Dish Network for moving the network to "America's Top 200". The move stemmed from the NFL Network's decision to simulcast the 2007 New England Patriots-New York Giants game on CBS and NBC, in addition to the game being shown on the NFL Network.[69] As of 3 March 2008, the NFL no longer encouraged customers to switch to Dish Network on the IWantMyNFL.com website; instead, the network only encouraged customers to switch to DirecTV, Verizon FiOS or AT&T U-verse if their provider does not carry the network or has placed the network on a higher-priced tier.

On January 15, 2009, New York State Supreme Court Judge Rich Lowe ruled in favor of NFL Network, claiming their 2006 agreement for carriage on America's Top 100 package was still valid and Dish Network violated it by moving it to the America's Top 200 package, but he did not order Dish Network to move the channel to the lower package immediately.[70]

On April 10, 2009, it was announced that NFL Network and Dish Network had reached an out-of-court settlement to place the channel on the "Classic Silver 200" package.[71]

On June 16, 2016, Dish entered a new dispute with the NFL Network when the contract to carry the network expired at 7 PM ET, which resulted in the removal of the NFL Network and NFL Red Zone from the Dish Lineup, which marked the first time in the history of the NFL Network that a carriage agreement contract to carry the NFL Network expired and a new agreement was not reached before the deadline in which resulted in the temporary removal of the network from a cable/satellite provider.[72][73] As part of the new carriage agreement, Dish subsidiary Sling TV added both networks to its lineup on August 11, 2016, in time for the start of the 2016 NFL preseason schedule. NFL Network was available on Sling until June 19, 2020.[74]

Charter Communications

Charter Communications became one of the first multiple system operators to provide NFL Network, in 2004.[75] Initially the deal called for the network to be carried on Charter's digital-basic programming and included NFL HD and NFL On Demand.[76] However, in December 2005, the network had pulled itself from Charter and filed a breach of contract suit against the provider in the New York Supreme Court over contract language regarding distribution.[64] It was reported that NFL Network wanted a 125% rate increase in carriage fees and placement on Charter's expanded basic tiers.[77]

In August 2011, Charter Communications and NFL Network announced that the two parties had reached a new, long-term agreement to carry the NFL Network and RedZone in time for the 2011 season.[78]

Suddenlink

On August 20, 2010, the National Cable Television Cooperative reached an agreement, of which Suddenlink Communications is a member, to carry the NFL Network on the organization's participating providers. As a result, Suddenlink announced it would offer NFL Network and NFL RedZone and immediately began carrying the channels. Suddenlink expected that the network's rollout to all of its service areas would be completed by or before September 12, the first Sunday of the NFL's 2010 regular season.[79]

AT&T U-verse

On April 15, 2019, AT&T U-verse removed the channel from the lineup along with NFL RedZone.

Carriage disputes

Cablevision

The network refused to be carried on Cablevision in 2004, but that this dispute ended in 2006, when the network was added to Cablevision.

DirecTV

DirecTV refused to carry the network in 2005, but that this dispute ended in 2007, when DirecTV added the network.

See also

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network, occasionally, abbreviated, nfln, american, sports, oriented, television, network, owned, national, football, league, part, media, which, also, includes, films, mobile, redzone, dedicated, american, football, network, features, game, telecasts, from, w. NFL Network occasionally abbreviated on air as NFLN is an American sports oriented pay television network owned by the National Football League NFL and is part of NFL Media which also includes NFL com NFL Films NFL Mobile NFL Now and NFL RedZone Dedicated to American football the network features game telecasts from the NFL as well as NFL related content including analysis programs specials and documentaries The network is headquartered in the NFL Los Angeles building located next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood California and broadcasts its worldwide feed from Encompass Digital Media formally Crawford Communications in Atlanta Georgia 1 The network has secondary East Coast facilities in the NFL Films building in Mount Laurel New Jersey NFL NetworkNFL Network studio at Super Bowl XLVIII 2014 CountryUnited StatesBroadcast areaUnited StatesCanadaMexicoHeadquartersInglewood California U S ProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed OwnershipOwnerNational Football LeagueSister channelsNFL RedZoneHistoryLaunchedNovember 4 2003 19 years ago 2003 11 04 LinksWebsitewww wbr nfl wbr com wbr networkAs of February 2015 NFL Network is available to approximately 71 867 000 pay television households in the United States totaling 61 7 of U S households with at least one television set 2 Contents 1 History 2 Branding 3 Programming 3 1 NFL game telecasts 3 1 1 Preseason coverage 3 2 Studio shows 3 3 Other football 3 3 1 Arena Football League 3 3 2 College football 3 3 3 High school football 3 3 4 Canadian Football League 3 3 5 Alliance of American Football 4 High definition 5 NFL RedZone channel 6 International distribution 6 1 Canada 6 2 United Kingdom 6 3 Germany 6 4 Brazil 7 Carriage and distribution complications 7 1 2006 free preview 7 2 2007 Packers vs Cowboys controversy 7 3 2007 Patriots vs Giants controversy 7 4 Comcast 7 4 1 Comcast trial 7 5 Time Warner Cable 7 6 Cogeco 7 7 Insight Communications 7 8 Dish Network 7 9 Charter Communications 7 10 Suddenlink 7 11 AT amp T U verse 8 Carriage disputes 8 1 Cablevision 8 2 DirecTV 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditNFL Network was launched on November 4 2003 only eight months after the owners of the league s 32 teams voted unanimously to approve its formation Originally located in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City California the league invested 100 million to fund the network s operations NFL Films which produces commercials television programs and feature films for the NFL is a key supplier of NFL Network s programming with more than 4 000 hours of footage available in its library As a result much of the network s highlights and recaps feature NFL Films trademark style of slow motion game action sounds of the game and sideline conversations between players and or team staff Both the network s site and app were launched in 2004 on NFL com and 2009 respectively Beginning with the 2006 season the network began to broadcast eight regular season NFL games during Thursday prime time branded as Thursday Night Football In addition to live games the network has provided coverage of the NFL Draft since 2006 its coverage competes with that provided by ESPN and ESPN2 It was simulcast in a co production with Fox Sports for the 2018 edition though this was only a one year agreement as exclusive over the air broadcast rights moved to ABC for the 2019 edition which saw ESPN produce a different broadcast for casual fans In 2020 the network simulcast ESPN s coverage of that year s draft which was produced remotely from the basement of commissioner Roger Goodell s home due to the COVID 19 pandemic On September 8 2021 the network moved with the rest of NFL Media to a 200 000 square foot space on the campus of Hollywood Park a development that also features SoFi Stadium in Inglewood California In addition to office and studio space the facility also features NFL Media s first outdoor studio and space to host studio audiences 3 4 Branding EditAt the 2008 NFL Draft NFL Network unveiled a revised logo that was updated to match the revised NFL logo introduced around the same time Unlike the updated logo for the league the NFL Network s logo included subtle changes such as using a darker shade of blue and changing the NFL lettering to match that of the new league logo During the 2012 NFL Draft the network debuted an overhauled logo resembling that used by sister network NFL Red Zone the network also began to play down the HD branding used on air as the vast majority of cable providers currently carrying NFL Network transmit the channel s standard definition feed as a downscaled letterboxed version of the high definition feed The logo as with those of all NFL properties was tinted gold during the 2015 NFL season in commemoration of Super Bowl 50 The network unveiled an updated ticker at the start of the 2017 season replacing the one used since the 2012 rebranding Programming EditMain article List of programs broadcast by NFL Network NFL game telecasts Edit Main article NFL Network Exclusive Game Series NFL Network introduced original game broadcasts in the 2006 season via the Run to the Playoffs a late season package of Thursday and Saturday night games branded as Thursday Night Football and Saturday Night Football respectively After most Saturday games were dropped from the package beginning in the 2008 season all of the games were branded as Thursday Night Football regardless of night beginning in 2009 Starting with the 2012 season the Thursday Night Football expanded to include a weekly game from Weeks 2 through 15 excluding the Kickoff Game and Thanksgiving Day which is held by NBC as well as one live Saturday night game during Week 16 As a result of the addition of these extra games every NFL team now appears in at least one timeslot exclusive nationally televised gameAs with the games broadcast by ESPN s Monday Night Football the NFL Network telecasts are also aired on a designated broadcast television station in the primary markets of the participating teams although prior to the suspension of blackout rules in 2015 stations in the home team s market only carried it if the televised game sold out all remaining available tickets 72 hours prior to the game s start time When Thursday Night Football premiered veteran television announcer Bryant Gumbel served as play by play announcer with former Fox and current NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth serving as color commentator for the broadcasts 5 Collinsworth won the Sports Emmy for best game analyst for his work on the NFL Network telecasts Dick Vermeil replaced Collinsworth for two games in 2006 Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders replaced Collinsworth when needed in 2007 In the 2014 NFL season the NFL established a sub licensing agreement with CBS increase the prominence of the Thursday Night Football package under which a portion of the package would air in simulcast on broadcast television and CBS Sports would produce all games Specific games would still be exclusive to NFL Network to comply with carriage agreements guaranteeing a minimum number of exclusive NFL broadcasts per season 6 7 In 2016 NBC Sports also gained a portion of the package under a similar arrangement 8 9 Fox Sports took over the package from 2018 to 2022 10 11 With Amazon Prime Video taking over exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football beginning in the 2022 season NFL Network switched to a package consisting primarily of Sunday morning NFL International Series games and late season Saturday games 12 Preseason coverage Edit NFL Network televises all 65 preseason games each August Some of the games air live on the network however a majority of these contests air on a tape delayed basis and use the local broadcast of one of the teams involved Live preseason game broadcasts on NFL Network are blacked out in the home markets of both participating teams where the game is broadcast on a local station in those affected areas an alternate feed of NFL Network is shown instead with a different preseason game documentary programming or a previously aired game Prior to 2014 NFL Network occasionally broadcast selected preseason games as special editions of Thursday Night Football such as the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints in 2007 NBC had opted out to carry the proposed China Bowl preseason game in Beijing which was eventually cancelled Studio shows Edit On weekdays Good Morning Football airs live from 7 10 am ET followed by a repeat from 10 am 1 pm ET On Sundays the NFL GameDay Morning pre game show airs from 9 am 1 pm ET NFL GameDay Live from 1 7 30 pm ET NFL GameDay Highlights from 7 30 8 30 ET and NFL GameDay Prime from 11 30 pm 12 30 am ET Other football Edit Arena Football League Edit NFL Network held the broadcast rights to the revived Arena Football League from 2010 to 2012 Starting with the 2010 season the network broadcast a weekly Friday Night Football game each week during the regular season and playoff games at 8 00 p m Eastern Time from March to August in addition to rights to playoff games and the ArenaBowl The NFL stated that unlike when the NFL last showed interest in arena football there would be no attempts to buy into the league 13 Broadcasters for the games included Kurt Warner Tom Waddle Paul Burmeister Fran Charles Charles Davis and Ari Wolfe NFL Network ceased airing Arena Football League games partway through the 2012 season as a result of ongoing labor problems within the league The season s remaining games were carried on a tape delay before the network terminated the league broadcast contract outright at the end of the season the rights were then obtained by CBS Sports Network College football Edit In 2006 NFL Network began a foray into televising college football bowl games acquiring rights to the newly established Texas Bowl in Houston whose management rights were held by the Houston Texans at the time the Insight Bowl as well as two all star events the Senior Bowl which features prospects that had completed their college eligibility and the Las Vegas All American Classic which however was cancelled at the last minute due to financial and sponsorship issues These games were intended to help make NFL Network more attractive to television providers 14 15 16 17 The 2006 Insight Bowl played between Minnesota and Texas Tech would also achieve notoriety for featuring the largest comeback victory in Division I FBS bowl game history with Texas Tech coming back from a 38 7 third quarter deficit to win 44 41 in overtime 18 19 On April 14 2007 the network televised the Nebraska Cornhuskers spring football game The network again aired the Insight Texas and Senior bowls in late 2007 and early 2008 In addition it carried two games between historically black colleges and universities during the 2007 season including the Circle City Classic at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis Indiana Rights to the Insight and Texas Bowls were later acquired by ESPN with the former later moving to Fox Sports In May 2019 NFL Network announced a four year deal with Conference USA to air a weekly regular season game on Saturday afternoons beginning in the 2019 season 20 NFL Network opted out of the agreement after one season 21 Since 2019 NFL Network has annually carried the Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic a college football kickoff game that features a matchup of two historically black colleges and universities HBCUs on the Sunday before Labor Day 22 The HBCU Legacy Bowl a postseason all star game involving draft eligible HBCU players also has broadcast rights held by NFL Network 23 In the 2022 season NFL Network returned to carrying regular college football games through a weekly sub license agreement with ESPN 21 24 25 High school football Edit NFL Network aired two high school all star games in June 2007 the Bayou Bowl between players from Texas and Louisiana on June 9 via a live feed from regional sports network FSN Southwest and the Big 33 Football Classic between players from Pennsylvania and Ohio on June 16 sharing its feed with CN8 now the Comcast Network and cable outlets in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Ohio Canadian Football League Edit On July 1 2010 NFL Network began airing live Canadian Football League games simulcast from Canadian sports network TSN NFL Network aired the league s Thursday games three Saturday games during the month of July and then Friday night games beginning in September after ArenaBowl XXIII NFL Network did not air CFL games during August as it carried a heavy amount of NFL preseason game broadcasts 26 27 In addition NFL Network did not carry any playoff games including the Grey Cup championship as those games are all played on Sundays opposite NFL regular season games Those games were instead broadcast on the ESPN3 online service ESPN owns a 20 interest in TSN in a joint venture with majority parent Bell Media On May 25 2012 NFL Network announced it would not renew its contract with the CFL 28 The package was subsequently acquired by the NBC Sports Network then by the ESPN networks NFL Network expressed interest in picking up CFL games again beginning in the 2019 season after its previous deal with ESPN expired To accommodate this the NFL insisted that the CFL move its schedule over a month earlier than it currently runs so that the network can use the league to fill air time between the NFL Draft and training camp 29 As such a change would require a rework of the league s collective bargaining agreement it was unable to fulfill that request 30 and instead renewed its agreement with ESPN 31 Alliance of American Football Edit On January 31 2019 NFL Network signed a multi year deal to air Alliance of American Football games broadcasting two games per week most of them on Saturday and Sunday nights 32 As with all other AAF games the broadcasts were produced in conjunction with CBS Sports 33 The league ultimately folded in the middle of its inaugural season 34 High definition EditNFL Network HD is a 1080i high definition simulcast feed of NFL Network that launched in August 2004 It is available nationally on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network and regionally on Verizon FiOS AT amp T U verse and most Comcast and Cogeco Cable systems In mid October 2008 in studio programs began to air in enhanced HD featuring contained additional scores and statistics on a dedicated wing on the right side of the screen that was only visible on the HD feed Content that is presented in 4 3 standard definition is shown with stylized pillarboxes or for some footage blurred pillarbox wings On May 1 2009 NFL Total Access began airing in full HD without pillarboxing or enhanced graphics this was followed by the upgrade of NFL GameDay to HD the following September Most providers began to exclusively carry the HD feed of the network during 2011 transmitting a downscaled and letterboxed version of the HD feed to provide the channel in 4 3 standard definition for analog viewers without any deviation including the NFL HD logo The standard definition feed was discontinued entirely in July 2012 concurrent with the introduction of the network s current logo NFL RedZone channel EditMain article NFL RedZone The NFL RedZone channel is a special game day only channel that broadcasts on Sundays during the regular season from 1 00 to 8 00 p m Eastern Time 10 00 a m to 5 00 p m Pacific Time RedZone provides whip around coverage of all Sunday afternoon games airing in progress on CBS and Fox Whenever a team enters the red zone the coverage will switch full screen over to the live feed of that game s television broadcast and attempt to cover a potential scoring result touchdown or field goal The coverage is hosted by Scott Hanson This is not to be confused with the completely separate and different Red Zone channel available only on NFL Sunday Ticket Starting in 2016 NFL Network during the offseason replayed one week of NFL RedZone every Sunday from the previous season International distribution EditCanada Edit NFL Network was approved for distribution on Canadian television providers by the CRTC in 2004 35 Live Thursday Night Football games are blacked out on the feed distributed in Canada to protect local rightsholders TSN and CTV 2 NFL Network is also offered as part of DAZN s NFL Game Pass service as of 2017 36 United Kingdom Edit It was reported that the network would be made available in the United Kingdom in 2008 37 The agreement marks the 25th anniversary of live NFL coverage on Sky Sports and will see Sky Sports NFL launching from September 3 ahead of the 2020 season which kicks off on September 10 Germany Edit Since the 2017 season NFL Network is a part of the IPTV subscription service DAZN which also offers NFL RedZone to German viewers Brazil Edit NFL Network is available on NFL GamePass Free Tier NFL RedZone is available on the Pro Tier Carriage and distribution complications EditThe launch of the Thursday Night Football package led NFL Network to increasingly insist on carriage on lower subscription tiers of television providers in particular demanding carriage on a basic package and a carriage fee of 0 61 per subscriber Time Warner Cable and other major cable providers wished to place it on a sports tier Cable companies felt that a channel with such marginal interest few live games and filler programming would be tough to sell outside of the football season 38 In February 2008 The Wall Street Journal reported that the NFL had been in discussion with Disney executives over the possibility of partnering with ESPN to bolster NFL Network one analyst suggested the possibility of NFL Network being combined into its lesser viewed but better carried ESPN Classic channel 39 2006 free preview Edit NFL Network offered a free preview from December 24 to 30 2006 to Suddenlink Communications systems in West Texas and to Time Warner Cable and Cablevision systems in the New York City area The package included the Texas Bowl and Insight Bowl but excluded that week s NFL game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins which was already scheduled to air on a local broadcast station under existing NFL policy However Time Warner Cable and Cablevision were only interested in showing the Texas Bowl which featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights who developed strong local appeal in 2006 and barely missed a berth in the Bowl Championship Series The NFL denied that request and would only offer the free preview if Cablevision and or Time Warner Cable made the entire preview week available to customers 40 TWC then offered to carry the free preview on a digital tier Cablevision however continued to refuse to carry any NFL Network programming other than the Texas Bowl It even announced that Cablevision would put it on channel 14 normally occupied by a television listings channel that was used as an overflow feed for MSG Network and FSN New York at 6 00 p m until the end of the network s postgame coverage The NFL however stated that it would not accept that request 41 On December 21 however after New Jersey legislators threatened legal action Cablevision changed its mind and indeed showed not only the game between Rutgers and Kansas State but also the entire free preview schedule Time Warner had made a similar announcement only hours earlier 42 Suddenlink agreed on December 22 to carry the entire free preview for their customers in West Texas 43 The free preview did not lead to long term carriage deals and the standoff continued between all three cable companies and the NFL Network 2007 Packers vs Cowboys controversy Edit 2007 saw fresh controversy about the NFL Network That year the network happened to hold the rights to some match ups with major implications The first came in late November when the one loss Dallas Cowboys hosted the one loss Green Bay Packers Green Bay s Brett Favre was also having one of the best seasons of his career and would eventually lead the resurgent Packers to the NFC Championship Game Most fans could not see the game because of carriage restrictions more noticeable because it involved nationally respected teams in a highly anticipated match up This controversy would pale in comparison to the final game the NFL Network would broadcast that season 2007 Patriots vs Giants controversy Edit Main article 2007 New England Patriots New York Giants game In December 2007 U S Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking for the league to settle their differences in time for the New England Patriots New York Giants game on December 29 that would be broadcast on Saturday Night Football The game was the Patriots record sealing win that made them the first undefeated team through the regular season in 35 years Kerry urged for a solution to be decided upon in time so that Americans could witness a historic event 44 An agreement was worked out between the NFL and two of the league s television partners NBC and CBS to allow the NFL Network broadcast of the game to be simulcast on those networks resulting in the first NFL simulcast since Super Bowl I and the first three network simulcast in the history of the league 45 In addition New York City area MyNetworkTV owned and operated station WWOR TV channel 9 and Hearst Television owned ABC affiliates WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston and WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester New Hampshire expressed dissatisfaction over the CBS NBC simulcast stating it violated their agreements with the network The stations had already been scheduled to air the game as per NFL rules Greg Aiello an NFL spokesperson stated that NBC and CBS would not have agreed to present the simulcast without clearing the game nationally including the aforementioned markets WWOR came to an agreement with the network and showed the game along with WNBC and WCBS TV channel 2 in the New York City market WCVB also would still televise the game and stated that it was still working toward resolving issues with the NFL Network over additional coverage rights 46 The result of these arrangements was that viewers in the New York Boston and New Hampshire areas could see the game on up to four networks Also in addition satellite provider Dish Network and radio companies Sirius XM Radio and Entercom expressed dissatisfaction over the NBC CBS simulcast RCN Corporation the 12th largest cable provider in the U S stated that the league s deal with CBS and NBC devalues its contract with the league s in house service Greg Aiello an NFL spokesperson said he was unaware of dissatisfaction among NFL Network affiliates over the simulcast and if any were seeking a rebate or other form of compensation because the game was being more widely distributed If that were the case he said those discussions would take place privately with our TV partners 47 Comcast Edit On November 10 2006 Comcast announced it would add NFL Network on its digital tier in time for the debut of Thursday Night Football 48 On August 6 2007 Comcast moved NFL Network from the digital tiers to the Sports Entertainment Package This led to a court battle between NFL Network and Comcast with the ruling in favor of Comcast the NFL Network later appealed the ruling 49 Comcast sent NFL Network a cease and desist letter to stop encouraging subscribers to drop their Comcast service 50 Comcast s carriage agreement with the NFL Network ended in mid 2009 51 On February 26 2008 a New York appellate court reversed course on a May 2007 judgment that allowed Comcast to move the network from its second most distributed tier to the company s sports tier At that time a court date had not been set Four judges at the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division First Department ruled the language concerning additional programming package was ambiguous and that neither party has established that its interpretation of the relevant contracts is a matter of law 52 Comcast s deal with the NFL Network was set to expire on April 30 2009 53 According to messages sent out to Comcast Midco and some Cable Systems customers with or without set top boxes NFL Network might be removed from some customers channel lineups The message said In spite of our efforts to continue carrying NFL Network NFL Network HD the NFL may terminate our rights As a result these networks may be removed from lineups as soon as 5 1 On April 10 2009 it was confirmed that Comcast would remove the channel on that date due to failing to reach a carriage agreement However on April 30 2009 NFL Network announced that it would continue to be carried on Comcast in the interim while both sides tried to reach an agreemenet on a new contract 54 On July 30 2009 NFL Network was made available to lower tiered Comcast digital cable subscribers NFL Network later filed a discrimination case against Comcast with the Federal Communications Commission claiming that since Comcast does not charge an extra fee for the sports channels it owns Versus and Golf Channel it considered Comcast s move to charge extra for NFL Network unfair On October 10 2008 the FCC ruled as follows In the Second Report and Order the Commission emphasized that the statute does not explicitly prohibit multichannel distributors from acquiring a financial interest or exclusive rights that are otherwise permissible and thus that multichannel distributors may negotiate for but not insist upon such benefits in exchange for carriage on their systems The Commission stated however that ultimatums intimidation conduct that amounts to exertion of pressure beyond good faith negotiations or behavior that is tantamount to an unreasonable refusal to deal with a vendor who refuses to grant financial interests or exclusivity rights for carriage should be considered examples of behavior that violates the prohibitions set forth in Section 616 We find that the NFL has presented sufficient evidence to make a prima facie showing that Comcast indirectly and improperly demanded a financial interest in the NFL s programming in exchange for carriage We further find that the pleadings and documentation present several factual disputes as to whether Comcast s retiering of the NFL Network is the result of Comcast s failure to obtain a financial interest in the NFL s programming Accordingly we direct an Administrative Law Judge to hold a hearing issue a recommended decision on the facts underlying the financial interest claim and a recommended remedy if necessary and then return the matter to the Commission within 60 days 55 56 Comcast trial Edit The trial before an administrative law judge as ordered above began on April 14 2009 57 On April 17 2009 Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts testified that the provider was willing to move the channel from the Sports Entertainment Package to a lower priced base package if the subscriber fee was reduced to 25 per month at that time NFL Network was charging 75 per month He claimed that overall Comcast saved 50 million a year in license fees by leaving the channel on its Sports Package which in turn led to savings for its customers 58 On April 30 2009 NFL Network Total Access correspondent Lindsey Soto reported Comcast would continue to carry the network after its contract expired at midnight as negotiations proceeded On May 19 2009 the NFL and Comcast reached a ten year agreement to place NFL Network on Comcast s Digital Classic package by August 1 2009 for a monthly price between 45 and 50 instead of the 70 fee that the NFL originally requested 59 This deal led to speculation that other cable operators would end their holdouts and try to reach deals that would bring the network to a wider audience citation needed As of 3 January 2011 update the NFL Network was available only on the Digital Preferred or Sports package on Comcast s Xfinity system in Atlanta Georgia and not on a Digital Classic package which does not exist This is contrary to the above mentioned agreement between Comcast and the NFL Time Warner Cable Edit On December 20 2007 the NFL Network proposed to Time Warner Cable to enter into binding arbitration which would have a neutral third party determine the price and tier for NFL Network on the provider s systems based on fair market value of the service The NFL Network noted that the process could take some time and offered to make the December 29 2007 game between the then unbeaten New England Patriots and New York Giants immediately available to Time Warner Cable subscribers upon written agreement to participate in the arbitration process and to be bound by its result The network was willing to make the binding arbitration available to cable providers not carrying the NFL Network and for an extension of Comcast s current contract 60 Time Warner Cable denied the binding arbitration proposal saying the operator has successfully reached agreements with hundreds of programming networks without the use of arbitration We continue to believe that the best way to achieve results is to privately seek a resolution and not attempt to negotiate through the press or elected officials TWC stated that it would be willing to make the network available on its sports tier as a premium service or make the game available to its subscribers on a per game basis at a retail price set by the NFL with 100 of attendant revenue going to the league 61 The network refused and stated In addition to more cable providers NFL asked TWC to put NFL Network The network said that it will file a lawsuit with Comcast instead But Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable will carry the NFL Network instead On September 21 2012 the Associated Press reported that Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks had reached an agreement to carry NFL Network 62 Within hours both NFL Network and NFL RedZone began to be carried on many Time Warner Cable systems in time for that week s games with full distribution across the company s systems planned to be completed by September 27 in time for the next Thursday Night Football game 63 Cogeco Edit On November 10 2006 Canadian cable provider Cogeco Cable announced that it had reached a carriage agreement with the NFL Network to carry the network on its Sports amp Information Tier NFL Network had previously insisted that it would only allow cable providers to carry the network on basic tiers Time Warner Cable stated it would only carry the network on a digital sports tier 48 This makes Cogeco the only major cable provider to reach an agreement with the NFL Network by placing it directly on a digital sports tier without any repercussions from the network When it was announced that NFL Network would carry Run to the Playoffs on Cogeco but not on a digital basic tier it was stated that Cogeco s Sports amp Information Tier has about 30 penetration across all Cogeco subscribers and 60 penetration among Cogeco digital cable homes 64 Insight Communications Edit In 2004 Insight Communications reached a carriage agreement with the NFL Network to carry the network on the provider s digital tier in addition to carrying NFL Network On Demand and NFL Network HD 65 At first Insight did not carry the Run to the Playoffs games due to the extra surcharge providers pay to carry the games 64 Insight did not show the first ever game between the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs on November 23 2006 but the game that aired the following week and future games were available due to a long term agreement that was later reached 66 Following Insight s January 2012 acquisition by Time Warner Cable TWC chose to let the carriage agreement for NFL Network and NFL RedZone expire on August 1 2012 which resulted in the two channels being removed from Insight s systems in Ohio Kentucky and Indiana due to the long running carriage impasse between the National Football League and Time Warner Cable 67 They were restored immediately upon Time Warner reaching a carriage agreement with the network two months later Dish Network Edit On February 20 2008 Dish Network moved the NFL Network from its America s Top 100 package to the America s Top 200 package Dish Network notified customers that the NFL Network was moving out of Free Preview into America s Top 200 package on February 20 2008 The move cost NFL Network four million subscribers 68 On February 27 2008 the NFL Network announced it would file suit against Dish Network for moving the network to America s Top 200 The move stemmed from the NFL Network s decision to simulcast the 2007 New England Patriots New York Giants game on CBS and NBC in addition to the game being shown on the NFL Network 69 As of 3 March 2008 update the NFL no longer encouraged customers to switch to Dish Network on the IWantMyNFL com website instead the network only encouraged customers to switch to DirecTV Verizon FiOS or AT amp T U verse if their provider does not carry the network or has placed the network on a higher priced tier On January 15 2009 New York State Supreme Court Judge Rich Lowe ruled in favor of NFL Network claiming their 2006 agreement for carriage on America s Top 100 package was still valid and Dish Network violated it by moving it to the America s Top 200 package but he did not order Dish Network to move the channel to the lower package immediately 70 On April 10 2009 it was announced that NFL Network and Dish Network had reached an out of court settlement to place the channel on the Classic Silver 200 package 71 On June 16 2016 Dish entered a new dispute with the NFL Network when the contract to carry the network expired at 7 PM ET which resulted in the removal of the NFL Network and NFL Red Zone from the Dish Lineup which marked the first time in the history of the NFL Network that a carriage agreement contract to carry the NFL Network expired and a new agreement was not reached before the deadline in which resulted in the temporary removal of the network from a cable satellite provider 72 73 As part of the new carriage agreement Dish subsidiary Sling TV added both networks to its lineup on August 11 2016 in time for the start of the 2016 NFL preseason schedule NFL Network was available on Sling until June 19 2020 74 Charter Communications Edit Charter Communications became one of the first multiple system operators to provide NFL Network in 2004 75 Initially the deal called for the network to be carried on Charter s digital basic programming and included NFL HD and NFL On Demand 76 However in December 2005 the network had pulled itself from Charter and filed a breach of contract suit against the provider in the New York Supreme Court over contract language regarding distribution 64 It was reported that NFL Network wanted a 125 rate increase in carriage fees and placement on Charter s expanded basic tiers 77 In August 2011 Charter Communications and NFL Network announced that the two parties had reached a new long term agreement to carry the NFL Network and RedZone in time for the 2011 season 78 Suddenlink Edit On August 20 2010 the National Cable Television Cooperative reached an agreement of which Suddenlink Communications is a member to carry the NFL Network on the organization s participating providers As a result Suddenlink announced it would offer NFL Network and NFL RedZone and immediately began carrying the channels Suddenlink expected that the network s rollout to all of its service areas would be completed by or before September 12 the first Sunday of the NFL s 2010 regular season 79 AT amp T U verse Edit On April 15 2019 AT amp T U verse removed the channel from the lineup along with NFL RedZone Carriage disputes EditCablevision Edit The network refused to be carried on Cablevision in 2004 but that this dispute ended in 2006 when the network was added to Cablevision DirecTV Edit DirecTV refused to carry the network in 2005 but that this dispute ended in 2007 when DirecTV added the network See also EditList of personalities on NFL Network List of NFL Draft broadcasters NFL Sunday TicketReferences Edit Crawford distributes NFL Network via satellite services Broadcast Engineering November 28 2008 Seidman Robert February 22 2015 List of how many homes each cable network is in as of February 2015 TV by the Numbers Zap2it Archived from the original on February 23 2015 Retrieved March 14 2015 NFL Media Set to Move to New LA Rams Chargers Stadium in 2021 TheWrap March 26 2018 Retrieved March 27 2018 NFL Los Angeles Officially Opens nflcommunications com Retrieved September 8 2021 Bryant Gumbel Cris Collinsworth to announce NFL Network games Archived April 30 2006 at the Wayback Machine NFL Network CBS to broadcast eight Thursday night football games in 2014 CBS Sports Archived from the original on February 5 2014 Retrieved February 5 2014 CBS NFL marriage extended to Thursday nights in 2014 USA Today Retrieved February 5 2014 CBS amp NBC To Share Thursday Night Football With NFL Network League Eyes Tri Cast With Digital Partner Deadline com Retrieved February 1 2016 NFL reaches deal with CBS NBC to split Thursday Night Football The Washington Post Retrieved February 1 2016 Fox to broadcast Thursday Night Football for next five seasons ESPN com Retrieved January 31 2018 Bonesteel Matt January 31 2018 Thursday Night Football will move to Fox next season The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved January 31 2018 NFL completes long term media distribution agreements through 2033 season NFL March 18 2021 Retrieved October 23 2021 Lombardo John and John Ourand February 8 2010 NFL Network to broadcast new arena league s games Sports Business Journal Las Vegas All American Classic canceled at last minute ESPN com January 8 2007 Retrieved May 23 2019 NFL Network gets bowl game in Houston NFL com July 20 2006 Archived from the original on August 23 2006 Grossman Ben NFL Net Adds Fourth Game Broadcasting amp Cable Retrieved May 23 2019 Shuck Barry Senior Bowl More Than Just an All Star Game Bleacher Report Retrieved May 21 2019 Zarett E Jay 10 of the greatest comebacks in college football history Sporting News Retrieved May 23 2019 How TCU pulled off the impossible in Alamo Bowl comeback ESPN com January 3 2016 Retrieved May 23 2019 NFL Network signs a four year deal with Conference USA Awful Announcing May 20 2019 Retrieved May 21 2019 a b Jimenez James H August 22 2022 Pair of Sun Belt vs MAC games to air nationally on NFL Network Hustle Belt Retrieved September 11 2022 2021 Black College Hall of Fame Classic Airs September 5 on NFL Network NFL Football Operations Black College Football Hall of Fame establishes HBCU Legacy Bowl Two MAC Football Matchups Selected for NFL Network getsomemaction com Retrieved August 29 2022 EMU Louisiana Football Game to Air Nationally on NFL Network emueagles com Retrieved August 29 2022 NFL Network Going Canadian CFL games begin airing on network July 1 Broadcasting amp Cable July 1 2010 CFL to air on NFL Network Archived March 4 2014 at the Wayback Machine CFL Official Site June 30 2010 McMillan Ken May 25 2012 No CFL on NFLN eh HudsonValley com Retrieved June 14 2012 Baines Tim November 24 2017 Grey Cup in October NFL Network TV deal could follow for CFL Sun Media Retrieved May 24 2018 CFL players search for unified voice as CBA talks loom cbc ca March 23 2018 Retrieved September 12 2018 CFL TO BE ON ESPN AND ESPN NETWORKS IN MULTI YEAR AGREEMENT Retrieved January 14 2019 Ourand John January 31 2019 Alliance Of American Football Signs Deals With Turner NFL Net SportsBusiness Daily Retrieved January 31 2019 Dachman Jason February 8 2019 At Dawn of AAF Era Technological Innovation Drives Live Productions Sports Video Group Retrieved February 21 2019 Orr Conor May 1 2019 League on Fire The Curious Rise and Spectacular Crash of the Alliance of American Football Sports Illustrated Retrieved May 5 2019 Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2004 88 CRTC September 20 2007 Retrieved July 20 2019 DAZN the NFL s new streaming TV partner leaving some Canadian fans frazzled National Post September 8 2017 Retrieved July 20 2019 NFLUK com Features Display Features Retrieved July 22 2017 Outlook Dim for NFL Network MSOs 11 22 2006 3 56 00 PM Multichannel News Archived from the original on September 7 2008 Retrieved July 22 2017 Barrett Larry June 20 2008 ESPN NFL Network To Partner Report Multichannel News Archived from the original on June 24 2008 Retrieved January 13 2016 Columbia SC Breaking News Sports Weather amp More TheState com amp The State www thestate com Retrieved July 22 2017 permanent dead link Cablevision NFL in new Rutgers war of wordsThe Hollywood Reporter Cablevision to broadcast Texas Bowl ESPN NFL Network and Suddenlink Cable Reach Agreement Texas Tech website Reiss Mike Kerry presses on NFL Network The Boston Globe December 6 2007 Donohue Steve December 26 2007 NFL to Simulcast Patriots Giants Game on CBS NBC Multichannel News Archived from the original on December 29 2007 Retrieved December 26 2007 Reynolds Mike December 28 2007 NFL Working Toward Local Accords Over Patriots Game Multichannel News Archived from the original on January 1 2008 Retrieved December 29 2007 Reynolds Mike December 28 2007 RCN Calls For Penalty On NFL Network Simulcast Multichannel News Archived from the original on January 8 2008 Retrieved December 29 2007 a b Cox Adds NFL Network Game Package Multichannel NFL Network to Appeal Court Ruling for Comcast Media Buyer Planner Comcast sends NFL Network cease and desist note Media Buyer Planner Jones Comcast s NFL Network Deal Expires In 18 Months Multichannel Reynolds Mike February 26 2008 Court Reverses Field On Comcast s NFL Network Tier Play Multichannel News Retrieved February 27 2008 Finn Chad April 10 2009 Comcast to Sack NFL Network The Boston Globe Retrieved April 10 2009 Comcast to Sack NFL Network The Boston Globe April 10 2009 FCC Programmers make case for discrimination Retrieved July 22 2017 FCC Order DA 08 2269 NFL Network s FCC Program Access Complaint Against Comcast Kicks Off Tuesday ALJ Will Hear Network s Case Against Operator Other Huddles To Follow MultiChannel News April 13 2009 Updated Comcast Would Move NFL Network Off Tier If Service Drops Price Roberts Monthly License Fee Of 25 Cents Could Trigger Broader Distribution Multichannel News April 17 2009 NFL Comcast reach long term carriage agreement for NFL Network NFL com May 19 2009 Reynolds Mike December 20 2007 NFL Network Play Call Time Warner Cable Arbitration Multichannel News Archived from the original on December 25 2007 Retrieved December 20 2007 Reynolds Mike December 20 2007 Britt Balks At NFL Network s Arbitration Play Multichannel News Archived from the original on December 24 2007 Retrieved December 20 2007 Cohen Rachel September 21 2012 AP Source Time Warner Cable to add NFL Network Associated Press Retrieved September 21 2012 Kiesewetter John September 21 2012 NFL Network on Time Warner Ch 1346 Cincinnati Enquirer Retrieved September 22 2012 a b c NFL Network Is Still 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Multichannel News April 10 2009 NFL Network and NFL RedZone Dropped by Dish nflcommunications com Retrieved July 22 2017 Hipes Patrick August 3 2016 Dish Reaches Deal To Carry NFL Network amp NFL RedZone Update Retrieved July 22 2017 NFL Network and NFL RedZone Launch on Sling TV Retrieved July 22 2017 Charter Hands the Ball to NFL Network Archived December 27 2007 at the Wayback Machine Multichannel First MSO Touchdown for NFL Network Archived December 27 2007 at the Wayback Machine Multichannel NFL Network Seeks Charter Rate Hike Madison Charter Communications Lands NFL Network RedZone Archived August 9 2011 at the Wayback Machine TV Newser August 1 2011 Suddenlink Kicks Off NFL Network Launch Archived August 29 2010 at the Wayback Machine Multichannel News August 23 2010External links Edit Media related to NFL Network at Wikimedia Commons Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NFL Network amp oldid 1134012836, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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