NFL Network
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The NFL Network is an American specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League. It started broadcasting in 2003.
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Ownership
NFL Network is fully owned and operated by the National Football League. The NFL is made up of 32 individual team owners.
NFL Network was launched Nov. 4, 2003, only eight months after the owners voted 32-0 to approve its formation. The league invested $100 million to fund the network's operations.
NFL Films, which was created by the NFL more than 40 years ago, is a key supplier of NFL Network's programming. With more than 100 million feet of film equaling more than 4,000 hours in their library, NFL Films is the backbone of NFL Network.
Senior executives
- Steve Bornstein, President & CEO & NFL's Exec. VP, Media (Bornstein is the former Chairman of ESPN and also served as the President of ABC)
- Steve Sabol, President, NFL Films (Sabol, is the most honored filmmaker in sports, having garnered 87 Emmy Awards)
- Howard Katz, Chief Operating Officer, NFL Films (Veteran TV sports executive. Prior President, ABC Sports and former ESPN Sr. VP)
- Judy Fearing, Senior VP, Consumer Marketing (Former ESPN and Pepsi Marketing Executive)
Original programming
- NFL Total Access: Covering all 32 teams, NFL Total Access is the most comprehensive and informative show dedicated to the NFL on television. It airs every Monday through Saturday at 7:00 PM ET and is the only year-round show dedicated to the NFL on television. NFL Network tapped former ESPN anchor Rich Eisen to be the face and voice of its signature show. He is joined by former Super Bowl and League MVP Terrell Davis, 11-time Pro Bowler Rod Woodson and former Pro Bowl tackle Lincoln Kennedy. NFLTA has the unique ability to go live to any NFL team headquarters at any time because of the "Team Cam" system, where a tapeless, internet-based video system has been set up between NFLTA's Los Angeles studio and each team location.
- In Their Own Words: The series uses rare interviews, archival action footage and exclusive sound captured on the field, on the sidelines and in the locker room on each subject, to tell a story in his own words, without the use of a host or narration.
- Game of the Week: More than just a three-minute recap, this series takes fans inside an NFL game highlighting outstanding performances and crucial plays. This 60-minute show reviews current and classic games quarter by quarter, showing fans how the game was won and lost.
- Coachspeak: Is a live whip-around show featuring Monday press conferences from head coaches around the NFL. Jim Mora Sr. is the lead analyst on Coachspeak providing the insight of a former NFL head coach who is well versed in the language of "coach speak." The show is hosted by Derrin Horton.
- NFL Replay: A series that re-broadcasts two-hour versions of network television's coverage of memorable regular season games - complete with the original network footage, graphics and play-by-play commentary.
- Playbook: Provides an in-depth look at the key match ups of upcoming games by analyzing pro football through the exclusive use of team-supplied footage -- the same video that coaches and players use each week to prepare game plans. Hosted by Paul Burmeister with analysts Sterling Sharpe, Glenn Parker and Solomon Wilcots.
- NFL Films Presents: Interviews with NFL legends and contemporary stars, visual essays, historical features and clever deconstructions of the game's current trends and nuances are the core elements of NFL Films Presents, hosted by Steve Sabol.
- College Football Sunday: A 60-minute show featuring highlights of the top 25 games and in-depth analysis of each game's pro prospects.
- Point After: This show captures all the sights and sounds from post-game press conferences around the league.
- Live Games: A total of 76 NFL preseason and NFL Europe games air on NFL Network from April through August.
- Football America: This entire show is dedicated to all levels of football in the U.S. from Pop Warner to the pros. Football America takes fans deeper inside the sport of football and into places such as: high school huddles; onto the sidelines of women's flag football championship games; or to a semi-pro football game featuring the NYPD taking on the FDNY.
- Film Session: Each week, Film Session explores the depths of the massive NFL Films archive to showcase many of its classic, modern and historical specials and documentaries chronicling the history of the NFL and the game of football. Programs include Team Huddles, Lost Treasures and NFL's Greatest.
Launch
Nov. 4, 2003, in 11.5 million homes, making it the most-widely distributed sports network in the history of cable and satellite television.
Service
Ad-Supported Cable & Satellite television network offering a linear Standard Definition Channel; a High Definition Simulcast Feed; and Video-on-Demand product including extended game highlights and Emmy-Award winning programs from the NFL Films library.
Reach
- Currently available to more than 50 million homes in the U.S.
Current outlets include:
- Comcast, the nation's largest cable provider (reaching 21.5 million homes), offers the channel on their digital platform.
- DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite service provider, offers the network to all 14 million of their customers on Channel 212.
- Charter Communications, the nation's third-largest cable company, offers the channel on their digital platform.
- Adelphia, the nation's fifth-largest cable company, offers the channel on their digital platform.
- Insight Communications, the nation's ninth-largest cable company, offers the channel on their digital platform.
- More than 50 cable companies also offer the service, primarily on a digital basic or expanded basic level.
External link
NFL Network homepage (http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/home)