NFL Network

The NFL Network is an American specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League. It started broadcasting in 2003.

Service

The channel is an ad-supported cable and 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.

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Reach

• The channel is currently available to more than 50 million homes in the U.S. It is also available on selected service providers in Canada.

Current outlets include:

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• Comcast, the nation's largest cable provider (reaching 21.5 million homes), offers the channel on its digital platform.
• DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite service provider, offers the network to all 14 million of its customers on Channel 212.
• Charter Communications, the nation's third-largest cable company, offers the channel on its digital platform.
• Adelphia, the nation's fifth-largest cable company, offers the channel on its digital platform. In some regions, including Buffalo, New York, it is offerend on the analog platform.
• Insight Communications, the nation's ninth-largest cable company, offers the channel on its digital platform.
• More than 50 smaller cable companies also offer the service, primarily on a digital basic or expanded basic level.