After months of waiting it looks like we will be finally getting nfl programming in August as well as 6 preseaon games. Also looking forward to seeing the America's game series
From a post by one of the moderators on the NFLUK webiste
Re:Alistair Kirkwood Q&A
« Reply #133 on: Today at 03:38:57pm »
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As promised, I have a reply of sorts for you all regarding your Q&A questions for Alistair Kirkwood, although we do not yet have all the information in place to answer these individual questions. Nothing is absolutely definitive, as the final legal talks are going on this week, but conscious that you want to know something I can give you the following details, although please note that it is not all set in stone.
Assuming that the latest Sky agreement is signed after the legal meetings this week, I can confirm the following:
Firstly, that NFL Network programming will begin on Sky at the start of August. This will include NFL Total Access every day in and out of season between Tuesday and Sunday shown the day after its US broadcast (it goes out live in the US at midnight) with at least one showing between 9pm and midnight each night. The other NFL Network coverage - which will continue during the off-season - will include shows like America's Game, Who Is?, Top 10 and Playbook.
Secondly, there will be six preseason games shown live on Sky during August. Details and fixtures to be confirmed.
Thirdly, there will be the same number of interactive games every Sunday night during the season on Sky as there were in 2006.
Terrestrial negotiations should be completed in the next fortnight. If everything continues as it appears to be going, you should expect - at minimum - the same type of service you received in 2006. Also, I can confirm that through a mixture of Pay TV and terrestrial coverage all Sunday Night and Monday night football games will be available in the UK.
This has been by far the most difficult TV rights negotiations by the NFL in this market. We have had several curve balls thrown at us during the time we have been in negotiations, but we are confident that the details above will be released as confirmed information in the next two to three weeks. We are also working on one surprise which could be very popular with forum posters!
I am aware that this still leaves some of your specific questions sent in during the Q&A unanswered. I think what we will probably do is set up another TV specific Q&A once the announcements have been made in which you can send us any questions which remain outstanding after that point. I apologise to those of you who sent your questions in previously, but I hope that at least some of your questions on TV coverage have been answered above
