When NBC Sports acquired the “Sunday Night Football” rights in 2006, it also landed highlight rights for its “Football Night in America” pregame show.

There’s still a chance the satellite giant could hold on to the “commercial” account encompassing over 300,000 bars and restaurants either directly with the NFL or via sub-license with Google.Ī change in media rights holders often leads to painful consequences for networks, on-air talent, and viewers.

Sources said that no decisions had been made on who will host future Red Zone channels or other production decisions.īut DirecTV might not be completely done with Sunday Ticket, said sources. That would leave NFL Network’s NFL RedZone as the sole whip-around channel for Sunday football highlights next season.ĭirecTV launched the original Red Zone in 2005. With Google poised to acquire the rights to the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket” package of games for YouTube TV, DirecTV’s long-running Sunday Ticket Red Zone could be eliminated, sources said. PREVIOUS: The long-running battle of the competing NFL Red Zone channels could be coming to a bitter end. Meanwhile, the NFL will continue to “evaluate” potential strategic investors/partners for NFL Media, added Prasad. But given that Hanson has hosted the league’s version for 13 years, he should be considered the favorite. The NFL has not made any final decisions on talent.

Hosted by Scott Hanson, it too has become a must-watch for many football fans, particularly sports bettors and fantasy players.īoth Hanson and Siciliano work for NFL Network. “And that’s what will be available on YouTube.”ĭebuting in 2005, DirecTV’s Red Zone channel hosted by Andrew Siciliano was the original must-watch whip-around Sunday show for NFL scoring highlights.įour years later, the NFL Network launched its own version dubbed RedZone. “On RedZone, we’re going to focus on the Red Zone produced by NFL Media,” said Dhruv Prasad, the NFL senior vice president, media strategy & strategic investments, on Thursday. Both channels will continue to operate for the rest of the 2022 season. UPDATE: It looks like DirecTV’s version of the Red Zone channel will come to an end in 2023.Īs a result of Google/YouTube’s $14 billion, 7-year deal for “Sunday Ticket” rights, the NFL will only offer the “NFL RedZone” channel produced by the NFL Network next season.

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