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NFL Network

NFL Network (NFLN) is an American television channel specializing owned and operated by the National Football League (NFL). Was launched November 4, 2003, eight months after the owners of the league of 32 teams voted unanimously to approve its formation. The league has invested $ 100 million to finance the operations of the network.

NFL Films produces commercials, television shows and movies for the NFL. This is a key supplier of NFL Network programming, with over 4,000 hours of footage available in the library. So a large part of the main attractions of the network synthesis of style and feature brand NFL Films' slow motion game action, the sounds of the game, and talk on the side.

Beginning of the 2006 season, the channel began broadcasting eight hours of prime time regular season in the NFL that are currently under the banner of Thursday Night Football. In addition to live games, the network has covered the NFL Draft since 2006, its coverage is competing with ESPN and ESPN2.

NFL Network logo changed to match the new logo of the NFL, which officially began in the 2008 NFL Draft. Unlike updates for the logo of the league the new logo of the NFL Network has more subtle changes, such as using a darker shade of blue and change the "NFL" letters to match the new NFL logo.


NFL Network operates studios in Culver City, California, near Los Angeles, and send their global supply Crawford Communications in Atlanta, GA.

Since the 2010 season, the channel began airing the Arena Football League. Every Friday, the chain has an NFL game of the week, through the playoffs and culminating in the ArenaBowl. Also in 2010, the channel began to broadcast 14 games of the CFL regular season. It will also air the Grey Cup.

Live NFL Games



TV NFL Network eight live games during the regular season season. They work on Thursday or Saturday night from November. [2] Five games usually air on Thursday night and three on Saturday night. As with football matches broadcast on ESPN Monday night, which also broadcast on television in the main markets of the media of the participating teams, although the market for local team broadcasts the game if sold in 72 hours before the game.

Veteran television host Bryant Gumbel was the play-by-play announcer and former and current Fox analyst Cris Collinsworth was an NBC color commentator for six games. In 2006, Collinsworth was two games Saturday on NBC because of his commitments. Dick Vermeil was in place in this case. Collinsworth won a Sports Emmy Award for best game analyst for NFL Network television work. Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders, if necessary, replaced by Collinsworth in 2007.

These games are also broadcast on Westwood One Radio in the United States and Canada, Sky Sports in the UK, and generally by Rogers Sportsnet in Canada (except for games involving the Buffalo Bills, should be performed on CITY-TV. )

In August 2007, the television network Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints because of NBC, which wants to cover later canceled exhibition game in China.

The 2007 calendar was launched on the night of Thanksgiving, November 22, with a game between the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons, Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Gumbel and Collinsworth as the announcers back up.

11. April 2008, Gumbel resigned from the Play-by-play. Four days later, the plan was released to the season, the Playoffs Run schedule changed. And 'now begins on the first Thursday of November rather than praise, and will not play Week 17

Bob Papa, who is also the voice of New York radio station WFAN Giants, has announced the 2008 games. By 2008, season, Cris Collinsworth also announced online. It has since been hired to replace John Madden games on NBC, who retired at 16 April 2009. Matt Millen, former director of the Detroit Lions, has been appointed replacement wheels Collinsworth immediately. Former Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann Washington Millen joined the Pope and in Booth 2010-11 season. In May 2011 he announced that Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock would host a new gaming network.