Bowl Games Could Help  NFL Network
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With the NFL Network carrying two college bowl games, the three-year old network finds itself fighting on another tier with the cable companies that are refusing to carry the channel.
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For fans unmoved by the  prospect of a Tom Petty Super Bowl halftime show, the cable  industry has an answer. Many answers, in fact.
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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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The National Football League on Monday said it will extend broadcast rights for television networks CBS and FOX to air Sunday afternoon football games through 2011 in deals worth a combined $8 billion.
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The NFL Network suffers from growing pains as disputes continue between the league and three of the countryÃÂ¿s largest cable companies.
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The National Football League wants to  court women viewers as a major source of new growth, but is  still working out the best strategy to attract them to a  traditionally male-oriented competition, NFL Commissioner Roger  Goodell said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - The NFL Network said Monday it would accept Time Warner Cable's offer to carry the channel on a digital tier for a week beginning Christmas Eve.
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In its latest quest to overcome crowd noise, the N.F.L. may soon allow visiting teams the benefit of a helmet-to-helmet wireless communication system.
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The NFL could be diving deeper into the television business and playing a regular-season game outside the United States as early as next season.
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The National Football League wanted to package its tribute to Pat Tillman much the same way it&#39;s planning the next halftime show at the Super Bowl.
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Leave it to the NFL to reward NBC for buying into Sunday night by giving it an opener with a twist. Spend a few billion dollars and you, too, can make a family squirm.
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(300 sec.) Can the NFL Network continue its growth in the U.S. and beyond?
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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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The National Football League will let broadcast networks CBS and NBC air the New England Patriots' bid to finish a perfect regular season this weekend, reversing a plan to air the game nationally only on the sports league's own cable channel.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) - CBS and Fox gave the National Football League $8 billion reasons to keep games on free television. The NFL on Monday agreed to six-year contract extensions with CBS and Fox to continue
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ABC has pulled its contract offer to the Bowl Championship Series, a move that could result in three of college football's biggest games moving to another network.
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By Mark McGuire, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Dec. 17--CBS dominated, NBC rebounded. The NFL Network starting showing live games, even though cable subscribers in this and many other markets can't get it.