NFL Extends TV Deals
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The NFL agreed to contract extensions with Fox and CBS to televise games for six more years.
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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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The NFL has offered one free week of its network programming to two cable TV operators who do not carry the channel in hopes of breaking a deadlock.
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NBC Sports said Thursday  that it has reached an extended deal to keep the Wimbledon  championships on its air for at least four more years.
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Time Warner Cable customers itching to watch football games on the National Football League's cable channel remain on hold as the two sides have been unable to reach a deal, Time Warner Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Parsons said on Tuesday.
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Chad Pennington agreed to a $64 million, seven-year contract extension with the New York Jets on Wednesday that includes $23 million in guaranteed money.
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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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SPORTS NETWORK - The National Football League agreed to six- year contract extensions worth $8 billion US with CBS and FOX to televise Sunday afternoon games.
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The NFL Players Association wants major additions to the revenue pool used to determine player salaries, making negotiations to extend the current contract more difficult than in the past.
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ESPN announced Tuesday that it has bought a minority stake in the Arena Football League and will televise at least 26 games a year for five seasons.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Football League agreed to six- year contract extensions with CBS and FOX to televise afternoon games on Sunday.
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The NFL has offered one free week of its network programming to two cable TV operators who don't carry the channel, and one will show the Texas Bowl between Rutgers and Kansas State.
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Fox Sports has signed a &#36;320 million deal to broadcast college football's Bowl Championship Series, adding another major sporting event to a lineup that already includes the Super Bowl and World Series.
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By BARRY WILNER  ESPN acquired national TV rights to the Arena Football League on Tuesday and also will have a minority stake in the 19-team indoor league.  The network will have a regular Monday-night slot in which it will televise 14 games from March through June.
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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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Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said yesterday that discussions were continuing in efforts to renew television deals with Walt Disney's ABC and ESPN, which televise Monday and Sunday night football.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK - The NFL has offered one free week of its network programming to two cable TV operators who do not carry the channel in hopes of breaking a deadlock.   Commissioner Roger Goodell told The Associated Press on Tuesday the week of Dec.