ArenaBowl XXVI was the 26th edition of the championship in the Arena Football League . The National Conference champion Arizona Rattlers , defeated the American Conference champion Philadelphia Soul , 48–39. The game was played on August 17, 2013 at Amway Center in Orlando , Florida , home of the Orlando Predators .
69-784: The two teams met one year earlier in ArenaBowl XXV , in which the Rattlers took home the league championship by a score of 72–54. This was the first time that two teams met in consecutive ArenaBowls. ArenaBowl XXVI's week was produced by Ryan Johnston of InterPhase Entertainment, LLC who was brought on to produce the Gala, the KISS concert at the Amway Center in Orlando the night before the game, and production of ArenaBowl XXVI itself that
138-505: A downscaled and letterboxed version of the HD feed to provide the channel in 4:3 standard definition for analog viewers without any deviation, including the "NFL HD" logo. The standard definition feed was discontinued entirely in July 2012, concurrent with the introduction of the network's current logo. The NFL RedZone channel is a special game-day only channel that broadcasts on Sundays during
207-589: A 12–6 record. In the conference semifinals, they defeated the Orlando Predators in a back-and-forth affair by a 59–55 score. In the conference championship, they faced the Jacksonville Sharks as they had in the previous season. Philadelphia won the game on the road 75–59 to earn their third ArenaBowl berth in franchise history. The Rattlers came into the game as defending champions, having defeated Philadelphia in ArenaBowl XXV . In 2013 ,
276-477: A basic package and a carriage fee of $ 0.61 per subscriber. Time Warner Cable and other major cable providers wished to place it on a sports tier. Cable companies felt that a channel with such marginal interest, few live games, and filler programming, would be tough to sell outside of the football season. In February 2008, The Wall Street Journal reported that the NFL had been in discussion with Disney executives over
345-591: A berth in the Bowl Championship Series . The NFL denied that request and would only offer the free preview if Cablevision and/or Time Warner Cable made the entire preview week available to customers. TWC then offered to carry the free preview on a digital tier. Cablevision, however, continued to refuse to carry any NFL Network programming other than the Texas Bowl. It even announced that Cablevision would put it on channel 14 (normally occupied by
414-574: A highly anticipated match-up. This controversy would pale in comparison to the final game the NFL Network would broadcast that season. In December 2007, U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking for the league to settle their differences in time for the New England Patriots - New York Giants game on December 29 that would be broadcast on Saturday Night Football . The game
483-467: A multi-year deal to air Alliance of American Football games, broadcasting two games per week, most of them on Saturday and Sunday nights. As with all other AAF games, the broadcasts were produced in conjunction with CBS Sports. The league ultimately folded in the middle of its inaugural season . NFL Network HD is a 1080i high definition simulcast feed of NFL Network that launched in August 2004. It
552-641: A neutral site ( ArenaBowl XXI and ArenaBowl XXII ) were also played in New Orleans in 2007 and 2008. ArenaBowl XXV was televised on NFL Network after the AFL and NFL Network agreed on a third straight contract to carry games. The game was pushed back to a kickoff at 10:30 pm ET. NFL Network bumped the ArenaBowl back and instead broadcast Tim Tebow 's preseason debut with the New York Jets , who faced
621-529: A new contract. On July 30, 2009, NFL Network was made available to lower-tiered Comcast digital cable subscribers. NFL Network later filed a discrimination case against Comcast with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), claiming that since Comcast does not charge an extra fee for the sports channels it owns, Versus and Golf Channel , it considered Comcast's move to charge extra for NFL Network unfair. On October 10, 2008,
690-520: A portion of the package would air in simulcast on broadcast television, and CBS Sports would produce all games. Specific games would still be exclusive to NFL Network to comply with carriage agreements guaranteeing a minimum number of exclusive NFL broadcasts per-season. In 2016, NBC Sports also gained a portion of the package under a similar arrangement. Fox Sports took over the package from 2018 to 2022. With Amazon Prime Video taking over exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football beginning in
759-487: A result, much of the network's highlights and recaps feature NFL Films' trademark style of slow-motion game action, sounds of the game, and sideline conversations between players and/or team staff. Both the network's site and app, were launched in 2004 (on NFL.com) and 2009, respectively. Beginning with the 2006 season , the network began to broadcast eight regular-season NFL games during Thursday prime time , branded as Thursday Night Football . In addition to live games,
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#1732798722958828-425: A television listings channel that was used as an overflow feed for MSG Network and FSN New York ) at 6:00 p.m. until the end of the network's postgame coverage. The NFL, however, stated that it would not accept that request. On December 21, however, after New Jersey legislators threatened legal action, Cablevision changed its mind and indeed showed not only the game between Rutgers and Kansas State , but also
897-420: A two-year agreement between the league and the network to air weekly regular season games, as well as two postseason games, on CBS Sports Network . The Soul reached the ArenaBowl for the second consecutive season, having lost to the Rattlers in ArenaBowl XXV . They began the 2013 season with a 4–4 record, but proceeded to win eight of their ten remaining regular season games to clinch their division again with
966-473: A unanimous vote by all 14 teams in the league. It was the second consecutive ArenaBowl to be played at a neutral site, and the seventh in the history of the league. For the city of Orlando, it was the first ArenaBowl played there since ArenaBowl XIV in 2000 when the Orlando Predators defeated the Nashville Katz at the since-demolished Amway Arena . ArenaBowl XXVI was televised by CBS , as part of
1035-405: Is available nationally on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network , and regionally on Verizon FiOS , AT&T U-verse and most Comcast and Cogeco Cable systems. In mid-October 2008, in-studio programs began to air in "enhanced HD", featuring contained additional scores and statistics on a dedicated wing on the right side of the screen that was only visible on the HD feed. Content that
1104-505: Is hosted by Scott Hanson . This is not to be confused with the former DirecTV -exclusive channel which was a part of NFL Sunday Ticket until the end of the 2022 season. Starting in 2016, NFL Network during the offseason replayed one week of NFL RedZone every Sunday from the previous season. NFL Network was approved for distribution on Canadian television providers by the CRTC in 2004; Live Thursday Night Football games are blacked out on
1173-407: Is presented in 4:3 standard definition is shown with stylized pillarboxes , or for some footage, blurred pillarbox wings. On May 1, 2009, NFL Total Access began airing in full HD without pillarboxing or enhanced graphics; this was followed by the upgrade of NFL GameDay to HD the following September. Most providers began to exclusively carry the HD feed of the network during 2011, transmitting
1242-508: The 2012 season as a result of ongoing labor problems within the league. The season's remaining games were carried on a tape delay before the network terminated the league broadcast contract outright at the end of the season; the rights were then obtained by CBS Sports Network . In March, 2024 the NFL announced they would broadcast 30 regular season games from the 2024 revival of the AFL on NFL Network. The league never carried any games, with West Texas Desert Hawks owner Zack Bugg accusing
1311-621: The 2022 season , NFL Network returned to carrying regular college football games through a weekly sub-license agreement with ESPN . NFL Network aired two high school all-star games in June 2007: the Bayou Bowl between players from Texas and Louisiana on June 9 (via a live feed from regional sports network FSN Southwest ), and the Big 33 Football Classic between players from Pennsylvania and Ohio on June 16 (sharing its feed with CN8 (now
1380-542: The Comcast Network ) and cable outlets in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Ohio). For the 2023 off-season, the NFL Network broadcast delayed games from the 7-on-7 Overtime's football league (OT7). In 2024 the network had live coverage of OT7's five-week regular season. On July 1, 2010, NFL Network began airing live Canadian Football League games simulcast from Canadian sports network TSN . NFL Network aired
1449-722: The ESPN3 online service (ESPN owns a 20% interest in TSN, in a joint venture with majority parent Bell Media ). On May 25, 2012, NFL Network announced it would not renew its contract with the CFL. The package was subsequently acquired by the NBC Sports Network , then by the ESPN networks . NFL Network expressed interest in picking up CFL games again beginning in the 2019 season after its previous deal with ESPN expired. To accommodate this,
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#17327987229581518-783: The Houston Texans at the time), the Insight Bowl , as well as two all-star events—the Senior Bowl (which features prospects that had completed their college eligibility) and the Las Vegas All-American Classic (which, however, was cancelled at the last minute due to financial and sponsorship issues). These games were intended to help make NFL Network more attractive to television providers. The 2006 Insight Bowl , played between Minnesota and Texas Tech , would also achieve notoriety for featuring
1587-632: The NFL Films building in Mount Laurel, New Jersey . As of February 2015 , NFL Network was available to approximately 71.10 million television households in the United States (totaling 61.9000% of U.S. households with at least one television set). As of June 2023 , the channel was available in 51.5 million homes as cord cutting continues to affect the industry. NFL Network was launched on November 4, 2003, only eight months after
1656-946: The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints in 2007 (NBC had opted out to carry the proposed China Bowl preseason game in Beijing, which was eventually cancelled). On weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays during the off-season, Good Morning Football /Good Morning Football Weekend airs live from 7-10 am ET, followed by a repeat from 10 am-1 pm ET. On Sundays during the NFL season, the NFL GameDay Morning pre-game show airs from 9 am-1 pm ET, NFL GameDay Live from 1-7:30 pm ET, NFL GameDay Highlights from 7:30-8:30 ET, NFL GameDay Prime from 8:30 pm–11:30 pm ET and NFL GamDay Final from 11:30 pm–12:30 am ET (though this schedule may change depending on if
1725-613: The Texas Bowl and Insight Bowl , but excluded that week's NFL game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins (which was already scheduled to air on a local broadcast station under existing NFL policy). However, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision were only interested in showing the Texas Bowl, which featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights , who developed strong local appeal in 2006 and barely missed
1794-647: The 2007 season, including the Circle City Classic at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana . Rights to the Insight and Texas Bowls were later acquired by ESPN (with the former later moving to Fox Sports ). In May 2019, NFL Network announced a four-year deal with Conference USA to air a weekly regular-season game on Saturday afternoons beginning in the 2019 season . NFL Network opted out of
1863-638: The 2010 season, the network broadcast a weekly Friday Night Football game each week during the regular season and playoff games at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time from March to August, in addition to rights to playoff games and the ArenaBowl . The NFL stated that unlike when the NFL last showed interest in arena football, there would be no attempts to buy into the league. Broadcasters for the games included Kurt Warner , Tom Waddle , Paul Burmeister , Fran Charles , Charles Davis and Ari Wolfe . NFL Network ceased airing Arena Football League games partway through
1932-452: The 2022 season, NFL Network switched to a package consisting primarily of Sunday morning NFL International Series games, and late-season Saturday games. NFL Network televises all 65 preseason games each August. Some of the games air live on the network; however, a majority of these contests air on a tape-delayed basis and use the local broadcast of one of the teams involved. Live preseason game broadcasts on NFL Network are blacked out in
2001-544: The American Conference championship 89–34, the most one-sided victory in AFL postseason history. For Philadelphia, it was their second ArenaBowl appearance in franchise history, and their second in three seasons of play. Their prior ArenaBowl appearance occurred in 2008 when they won ArenaBowl XXII against the San Jose SaberCats 59–56. Following that season, the league suspended operations, and
2070-558: The ArenaBowl for the seventh time in their franchise's history, looking for their first league championship since ArenaBowl XI in 1997 . After missing the playoffs in the prior season, the Soul compiled a league-best 15–3 record. They averaged 68.2 points per game, the most by one team in a single season. They beat the New Orleans VooDoo in the conference semifinals, then blew out the defending champion Jacksonville Sharks in
2139-546: The Cincinnati Bengals in the preseason. In the previous season, the Rattlers lost ArenaBowl XXIV to the Jacksonville Sharks on the final play of the game. In 2012, they won a tightly contested West division with a 13–5 record for their third consecutive division title. They defeated division rivals San Jose and Utah , respectively, to win the National Conference championship. They returned to
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2208-499: The NBC/CBS simulcast. RCN Corporation , the 12th-largest cable provider in the U.S., stated that the league's deal with CBS and NBC "devalues its contract with the league’s in-house service." Greg Aiello, an NFL spokesperson, said he was unaware of dissatisfaction among NFL Network affiliates over the simulcast and if any were seeking a rebate or other form of compensation because the game was being more widely distributed. If that were
2277-458: The NFL insisted that the CFL move its schedule over a month earlier than it currently runs, so that the network can use the league to fill air time between the NFL draft and training camp . As such a change would require a rework of the league's collective bargaining agreement, it was unable to fulfill that request and instead renewed its agreement with ESPN. On January 31, 2019, NFL Network signed
2346-400: The NFL may terminate our rights. As a result these networks may be removed from lineups as soon as 5/1." On April 10, 2009, it was confirmed that Comcast would remove the channel on that date due to failing to reach a carriage agreement. However, on April 30, 2009, NFL Network announced that it would continue to be carried on Comcast in the interim while both sides tried to reach an agreemenet on
2415-753: The NFL season since 2020, and NFL Red Zone airs in the UK in its entirety on Sky Sports Mix. Since the 2017 season, NFL Network is a part of the IPTV subscription service DAZN , which also offers NFL RedZone to German viewers. NFL Network is available on NFL GamePass Free Tier. NFL RedZone is available on the Pro Tier. The launch of the Thursday Night Football package led NFL Network to increasingly insist on carriage on lower subscription tiers of television providers; in particular, demanding carriage on
2484-477: The Rattlers finished the regular season with a 15–3 record, one win short of matching a franchise record. With home field advantage in the playoffs, they defeated the San Jose SaberCats in the conference semifinals 59–49, and then the Spokane Shock in the conference championship 65–57. Arizona made their eighth ArenaBowl appearance, and it was also the third consecutive season that the Rattlers made it to
2553-515: The Soul would not field a team again until 2011 . at New Orleans Arena , New Orleans, Louisiana NFL Network NFL Network (occasionally abbreviated on-air as NFLN ) is an American sports-oriented pay television network owned by the National Football League NTP and is part of NFL Media, which also includes NFL.com, NFL Films , NFL Mobile, NFL Now and NFL RedZone . Dedicated to American football ,
2622-559: The agreement after one season. Since 2019, NFL Network has annually carried the Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic , a college football kickoff game that features a matchup of two historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) on the Sunday before Labor Day . The HBCU Legacy Bowl , a postseason all-star game involving draft-eligible HBCU players, also has broadcast rights held by NFL Network. In
2691-482: The broadcasts. Collinsworth won the Sports Emmy for best game analyst for his work on the NFL Network telecasts. Dick Vermeil replaced Collinsworth for two games in 2006; Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders replaced Collinsworth when needed in 2007. In the 2014 NFL season , the NFL established a sub-licensing agreement with CBS to increase the prominence of the Thursday Night Football package, under which
2760-484: The case, he said, those discussions would “take place privately with our TV partners.” On November 10, 2006, Comcast announced it would add NFL Network on its digital tier in time for the debut of Thursday Night Football . On August 6, 2007, Comcast moved NFL Network from the digital tiers to the Sports Entertainment Package . This led to a court battle between NFL Network and Comcast, with
2829-783: The company's sports tier. At that time, a court date had not been set. Four judges at the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, ruled the language "concerning additional programming package was ambiguous and that neither party has established that its interpretation of the relevant contracts is a matter of law. " Comcast's deal with the NFL Network was set to expire on April 30, 2009. According to messages sent out to Comcast, Midco , and some Cable Systems customers with or without set-top boxes , NFL Network might be removed from some customers' channel lineups. The message said: "In spite of our efforts to continue carrying NFL Network/NFL Network HD,
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2898-463: The entire free preview schedule. Time Warner had made a similar announcement only hours earlier. Suddenlink agreed on December 22 to carry the entire free preview for their customers in West Texas. The free preview did not lead to long-term carriage deals, and the standoff continued between all three cable companies and the NFL Network. 2007 saw fresh controversy about the NFL Network. That year,
2967-414: The facility also features NFL Media's first outdoor studio and space to host studio audiences. At the 2008 NFL draft , NFL Network unveiled a revised logo that was updated to match the revised NFL logo introduced around the same time. Unlike the updated logo for the league, the NFL Network's logo included subtle changes such as using a darker shade of blue and changing the "NFL" lettering to match that of
3036-648: The feed distributed in Canada to protect local rightsholders TSN and CTV 2 . NFL Network is also offered as part of DAZN 's NFL Game Pass service as of 2017. It was reported that the network would be made available in the United Kingdom in 2008. However, this did not come to pass although significant elements of NFL Network programming is now seen in the UK on Sky Sports . Almost every edition of Good Morning Football and NFL Total Access are broadcast by Sky Sports NFL , which Sky has operated throughout
3105-613: The first NFL simulcast since Super Bowl I and the first three-network simulcast in the history of the league. In addition, New York City area MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WWOR-TV (channel 9), and Hearst Television -owned ABC affiliates WCVB-TV (channel 5) in Boston and WMUR-TV (channel 9) in Manchester, New Hampshire , expressed dissatisfaction over the CBS/NBC simulcast, stating it violated their agreements with
3174-458: The game and stated that it was still working toward resolving issues with the NFL Network over additional coverage rights. The result of these arrangements was that viewers in the New York, Boston and New Hampshire areas could see the game on up to four networks. Also in addition, satellite provider Dish Network and radio companies Sirius XM Radio and Entercom , expressed dissatisfaction over
3243-635: The games broadcast by ESPN's Monday Night Football , the NFL Network telecasts are also aired on a designated broadcast television station in the primary markets of the participating teams, although prior to the suspension of blackout rules in 2015 stations in the home team's market only carried it if the televised game sold out all remaining available tickets 72 hours prior to the game's start time . When Thursday Night Football premiered, veteran television announcer Bryant Gumbel served as play-by-play announcer, with former Fox and current NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth serving as color commentator for
3312-501: The home markets of both participating teams, where the game is broadcast on a local station; in those affected areas, an alternate feed of NFL Network is shown instead with a different preseason game, documentary programming, or a previously aired game. Prior to 2014, NFL Network occasionally broadcast selected preseason games as special editions of Thursday Night Football , such as the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between
3381-561: The largest comeback victory in Division I FBS bowl game history, with Texas Tech coming back from a 38–7 third-quarter deficit to win 44–41 in overtime. On April 14, 2007, the network televised the Nebraska Cornhuskers ' spring football game. The network again aired the Insight, Texas and Senior bowls in late 2007 and early 2008. In addition, it carried two games between historically black colleges and universities during
3450-539: The league championship. at Amway Center , Orlando, Florida ArenaBowl XXV ArenaBowl XXV was the 25th edition of the championship in the Arena Football League . The National Conference champion, Arizona Rattlers , defeated the American Conference champion, Philadelphia Soul , 72–54. The game was played on August 10, 2012. It was the first ArenaBowl at a neutral site since ArenaBowl XXII in 2008, also played in New Orleans. ArenaBowl XXV
3519-589: The league's Thursday games, three Saturday games during the month of July, and then Friday night games beginning in September (after ArenaBowl XXIII ). NFL Network did not air CFL games during August as it carried a heavy amount of NFL preseason game broadcasts. In addition, NFL Network did not carry any playoff games, including the Grey Cup championship, as those games are all played on Sundays opposite NFL regular season games. Those games were instead broadcast on
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#17327987229583588-498: The league's franchisees who was against the NFL Network deal, noting the predatory structure required the league to pay the network a brokerage fee but did not allow the league to sell advertising nor share in any advertising sales the network sold. In 2006, NFL Network began a foray into televising college football bowl games , acquiring rights to the newly established Texas Bowl in Houston (whose management rights were held by
3657-448: The network airs a 8:30 am ET International game). On Thursdays, Mondays and anytime NFL Network airs a game, NFL GameDay Kickoff begins two hours prior to the game, with NFL GameDay Live airing during the game (for Thursdays and Mondays), or Live Game coverage (if it's airing the game), with NFL GameDay Final airing after the game. NFL Network held the broadcast rights to the revived Arena Football League from 2010 to 2012. Starting with
3726-647: The network features game telecasts from the NFL, as well as NFL-related content including analysis programs, specials and documentaries . The network is headquartered in the NFL Los Angeles building located next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood , California , and broadcasts its worldwide feed from Encompass Digital Media (formerly Crawford Communications, and Broadcast Facilities Inc. ) in Atlanta , Georgia . The network has secondary East Coast facilities in
3795-555: The network happened to hold the rights to some match-ups with major implications. The first came in late November when the one-loss Dallas Cowboys hosted the one-loss Green Bay Packers . Green Bay's Brett Favre was also having one of the best seasons of his career and would eventually lead the resurgent Packers to the NFC Championship Game . Most fans could not see the game because of carriage restrictions, more noticeable because it involved nationally respected teams in
3864-401: The network has provided coverage of the NFL draft since 2006; its coverage competes with that provided by ESPN and ESPN2 . It was simulcast in a co-production with Fox Sports for the 2018 edition , though this was only a one-year agreement as exclusive over-the-air broadcast rights moved to ABC for the 2019 edition, which saw ESPN produce a different broadcast for 'casual' fans. In 2020,
3933-469: The network of malfeasance after he personally paid for one of his team's games to be televised only for the network never to carry it. Another league member, the Albany Firebirds , indicated that the network had refused to carry the games because the league had a number of small-market teams (including West Texas) that "scared (them) off." Oregon Blackbears president Patrick Johnson was among
4002-497: The network simulcast ESPN's coverage of that year's draft which was produced remotely from the basement of commissioner Roger Goodell ’s home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 8, 2021, the network moved with the rest of NFL Media to a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m ) space on the campus of Hollywood Park, a development that also features SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California . In addition to office and studio space,
4071-496: The network. The stations had already been scheduled to air the game, as per NFL rules. Greg Aiello, an NFL spokesperson, stated that NBC and CBS would not have agreed to present the simulcast without clearing the game nationally, including the aforementioned markets. WWOR came to an agreement with the network and showed the game along with WNBC and WCBS-TV (channel 2) in the New York City market. WCVB also would still televise
4140-447: The new league logo. During the 2012 NFL draft , the network debuted an overhauled logo resembling that used by sister network NFL Red Zone; the network also began to play down the "HD" branding used on-air, as the vast majority of cable providers currently carrying NFL Network transmit the channel's standard definition feed as a downscaled letterboxed version of the high definition feed. The logo, as with those of all NFL properties,
4209-495: The owners of the league's 32 teams voted unanimously to approve its formation. Originally located in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City , California , the league invested $ 100 million to fund the network's operations. NFL Films , which produces commercials, television programs, and feature films for the NFL, is a key supplier of NFL Network's programming, with more than 4,000 hours of footage available in its library. As
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#17327987229584278-564: The package beginning in the 2008 season, all of the games were branded as Thursday Night Football regardless of night beginning in 2009. Starting with the 2012 season , Thursday Night Football expanded to include a weekly game from Weeks 2 through 15 (excluding the Kickoff Game and Thanksgiving Day, which is held by NBC), as well as one Saturday night game during Week 16. As a result, every NFL team now appears in at least one timeslot-exclusive nationally televised game per-season. As with
4347-482: The possibility of partnering with ESPN to bolster NFL Network; one analyst suggested the possibility of NFL Network being combined into its lesser-viewed, but better-carried ESPN Classic channel. NFL Network offered a free preview from December 24 to 30, 2006 to Suddenlink Communications systems in West Texas , and to Time Warner Cable and Cablevision systems in the New York City area. The package included
4416-445: The regular season from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time ). RedZone provides "whip around" coverage of all Sunday afternoon games airing in-progress on CBS and Fox . Whenever a team enters the red zone , the coverage will switch full-screen over to the live feed of that game's television broadcast, and attempt to cover a potential scoring result (touchdown or field goal). The coverage
4485-430: The ruling in favor of Comcast; the NFL Network later appealed the ruling. Comcast sent NFL Network a cease-and-desist letter to stop encouraging subscribers to drop their Comcast service. Comcast's carriage agreement with the NFL Network ended in mid-2009. On February 26, 2008, a New York appellate court reversed course on a May 2007 judgment that allowed Comcast to move the network from its second-most distributed tier to
4554-611: Was played at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans , Louisiana , home of the New Orleans VooDoo . ArenaBowl XXV was played at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans , Louisiana. It was the first ArenaBowl at a neutral site since 2008. From 2005 to 2008, the ArenaBowl were hosted at neutral sites (Las Vegas and New Orleans). In 2010 and 2011, the games went to the highest seed in the game, which were Spokane, Washington and Phoenix, Arizona . The last two ArenaBowls at
4623-508: Was seen LIVE on CBS. InterPhase Entertainment, LLC produced the 800 person AFL Awards Gala where KISS gave a 30 minute acoustic performance in their suits, after their new team the LA KISS was announced at a press conference also overseen by InterPhase. KISS' acoustic performance was followed by LEOGUN and Mary Miranda. ArenaBowl XXVI was played at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida , after
4692-479: Was the Patriots' record-sealing win that made them the first undefeated team through the regular season in 35 years. Kerry urged for a solution to be decided upon in time so that Americans could witness "a historic event". An agreement was worked out between the NFL and two of the league's television partners, NBC and CBS, to allow the NFL Network broadcast of the game to be simulcast on those networks, resulting in
4761-554: Was tinted gold during the 2015 NFL season in commemoration of Super Bowl 50 . The network unveiled an updated ticker at the start of the 2017 season, replacing the one used since the 2012 rebranding. It would be changed again for the start of the 2023 season. NFL Network introduced original game broadcasts in the 2006 season via the Run to the Playoffs —a late-season package of Thursday- and Saturday-night games, branded as Thursday Night Football and Saturday Night Football respectively. After most Saturday games were dropped from
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