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NFL.com Live: Thursday and Saturday Night Football presented by Sprint will also be in play for NFL Network's remaining six primetime games this season. The package is also available to fans on the go via NFL Mobile on Sprint, which will stream NFL.com's video coverage.
The online audible comes as NFL Network, which counts some 35 million subscribers via deals with DirecTV, Dish Network, Verizon's FiOS TV, Cox Communications and some 240 other cable providers, remains locked at the scrimmage line with such operators as Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cablevision Systems Corp. and Suddenlink. These distributors contend that the service doesn't warrant a monthly fee of around 70 cents per subscriber and digital-basic positioning. Comcast, meanwhile, migrated NFL Network to a sports tier from digital basic, following a favorable court ruling in May, costing the service about 8 million subscribers with the nation's largest cable operator.
On the interactive side of the field the site will provide real-time statistical updates; present live blogging components from NFL.com and NFL Network experts at the game; proffer a predictive "call the play" feature; and give users a chance to submit questions.
Verizon for the second season, is the only Internet service provider delivering the NFL Network's eight-game slate on broadband to its customers that subscribe to either its FiOS Internet or digital subscriber line service, as well as either FiOS TV or DirecTV through Verizon.
Palansky said that other carriers could also streams the games on broadband if they met certain TV distribution benchmarks.



NFL Network Goes Wide...On The Web