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NFL to Stream DirecTV Sunday Ticket Service on the Web

by Chad Mumm on March 24, 2009 at 06:15 PM



Don't have DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket because you can't get satellite service? You're in luck, because we've gotten word from the Wall Street Journal and Business Insider that DirecTV's new contract with the NFL includes a provision for bringing exclusive out-of-market games to you online, on your phone, or via your cable service.

In addition, America's most profitable league can now pursue deals with cable companies, Internet providers, and wireless carriers to offer broadcasts of DirecTV's Red Zone Channel, which shows up-to-the-minute highlights of all NFL games in real time. As a nice little bonus to you dead-zone dwellers out there, it also appears that cable subscribers who live where satellite service is unavailable will be able to buy the full NFL Sunday Ticket package via broadband Internet.

This is a great move for the NFL, since we know plenty of displaced die-hard fans -- traumatized by fourth-quarter cutouts on bootleg sites like Mogulus and Justin.tv -- would surely pay for consistent service. [From: WSJ, Via: Business Insider]

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