Cable operators balking at NFL Network
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On Thanksgiving, the NFL will air the first of eight live pro football games on its own network. But it won't be available to many viewers across the country because the league hasn't reached carriage agreements with several major cable operators.
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It was a TV viewer's dilemma Sunday night when the Red Sox and Yankees faced off on ESPN, while the Patriots played the Chargers on NBC. Oh yes, and for the non-sports fan, there were the Emmy Awards on Fox.
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Since just before the start of the NFL&#39;s regular season two months ago, television viewers in the Bay Area have been seeing commercials for a product that for years has sold itself.
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By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News  Dec. 12--Time Warner Cable is aiming a new local ad blitz at the NFL  after facing weeks of public pressure from the league for not carrying its  fledgling cable network.
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Federal regulators took issue Friday with consumer groups that contend that allowing cable television subscribers to pay only for channels they want would lower consumers&#39; cable bills.
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The NFL's ability to negotiate exclusive sports packages is under fire from the outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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The NFL Network has offered Time Warner and Cablevision a chance for their New York-New Jersey subscribers to see Rutgers play in the Texas Bowl if they accept the networkâs weeklong free preview.
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Efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to regulate indecency on broadcast TV have drawn sharp criticism from network entertainment chiefs.
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The N.F.L. is learning how much easier it is to sell TV rights to networks than it is to operate its own cable network.
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Leading U.S. cable company's results impacted by cost to lure subscribers.
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Viewers in the Washington area will be shut out of the Ravens' game against the Bengals in Cincinnati because of a stalemate between the NFL and cable companies over the NFL Network.
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Comcast Corp. on Monday said it plans to launch the National Football League Network this month as part of a plan to bolster the operator's video-on-demand offerings.
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Assistant coach is accused of violating rules by taping opponent's hand signals. League is also investigating the way Pats used radio frequencies.
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Time Warner Cable announced in Buffalo, N.Y., that the NFL Network will no longer be available for 1.3 million subscribers in the area starting Friday.
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The National Football League plans to broadcast Thursday and Saturday games live over the Internet to some customers of Verizon Communications Inc. and DirecTV Group Inc, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday.
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Tired of steadily increasing sports programming charges, cable has booted the NFL Network.
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It is nearly impossible in Jacksonville, Fla., to ignore the NFL Network, the league's 24-hour network all about itself.