NFL Network
American sports-oriented pay television network
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| 2024 | NFL Network provided live coverage of OT7's five-week regular season. |
| March 2024 | NFL announced plans to broadcast 30 regular season games from the AFL revival on NFL Network, but ultimately did not carry any games, leading to accusations of malfeasance from team owners like Zack Bugg of the West Texas Desert Hawks. |
| 2023 | NFL Network broadcast delayed games from the 7-on-7 Overtime's football league (OT7) during the off-season. |
| 2023 | NFL Network changed its on-screen ticker again at the start of the season. |
| 2022 | Returned to carrying regular college football games through a weekly sub-license agreement with ESPN. |
| 2022 | DirecTV's exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket channel ended, concluding its long-running NFL game coverage partnership. |
| 2022 | NFL Network returned to carrying regular college football games through a weekly sub-license agreement with ESPN. |
| 2022 | Amazon Prime Video took over exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football, causing NFL Network to switch to a package primarily consisting of NFL International Series and late-season Saturday games. |
| September 8 2021 | NFL Network and NFL Media relocated to a new space on the Hollywood Park campus in Inglewood, California, featuring an outdoor studio and audience space. |
| 2020 | Sky Sports begins operating NFL Sports channel, broadcasting NFL Network programming including Good Morning Football and NFL Total Access throughout the NFL season. |
| 2020 | NFL Network simulcast ESPN's draft coverage, which was uniquely produced from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's basement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| June 19 2020 | NFL Network was removed from Sling TV after being available since 2016. |
| 2019 | The Alliance of American Football league folded midway through its inaugural season after NFL Network began broadcasting its games. |
| 2019 | NFL Network expressed interest in resuming CFL game broadcasts, but was unable to reach an agreement due to scheduling complications. |
| 2019 | NFL Network began annually carrying the Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic, a college football kickoff game featuring two historically black colleges and universities. |
| May 2019 | NFL Network announced a four-year deal with Conference USA to air weekly regular-season games on Saturday afternoons, but opted out after one season. |
| April 15 2019 | AT&T U-verse removed the NFL Network and NFL RedZone channels from its lineup, causing distribution complications for the sports network. |
| January 31 2019 | NFL Network signed a multi-year deal to broadcast Alliance of American Football games, agreeing to air two games per week, primarily on Saturday and Sunday nights, in partnership with CBS Sports. |
| 2018 | Fox Sports took over the Thursday Night Football package. |
| 2018 | NFL Network simulcast the NFL draft in a co-production with Fox Sports for one year. |
| 2017 | NFL Network begins distribution through DAZN's IPTV subscription service in Germany, making the network and NFL RedZone available to German viewers. |
| 2017 | Network unveiled an updated on-screen ticker, replacing the one used since the 2012 rebranding. |
| 2016 | NFL Network began rebroadcasting weekly NFL RedZone segments from the previous season during the offseason, providing fans with additional football content during the non-playing months. |
| 2016 | NBC Sports gained a portion of the Thursday Night Football package under an arrangement similar to CBS. |
| August 11 2016 | Dish subsidiary Sling TV added NFL Network and NFL Red Zone to its lineup for the 2016 NFL preseason schedule. |
| June 16 2016 | Dish Network's contract with NFL Network expired, resulting in the first-ever removal of NFL Network and NFL Red Zone from the Dish lineup. |
| 2015 | Blackout rules were suspended, allowing broadcast stations to air NFL Network telecasts without ticket sale restrictions. |
| 2015 | NFL Network's logo was tinted gold during the NFL season to commemorate Super Bowl 50. |
| 2014 | NFL Network established a sub-licensing agreement with CBS to increase the prominence of the Thursday Night Football package, with some games simulcast on broadcast television. |
| 2012 | NFL Network ceased airing Arena Football League games partway through the season due to ongoing labor problems, ultimately terminating the broadcast contract by the end of the year. |
| 2012 | Thursday Night Football expanded to include weekly games from Weeks 2 through 15, ensuring every NFL team appears in at least one nationally televised game per season. |
| 2012 | NFL Network debuted an overhauled logo at the NFL draft, resembling the NFL Red Zone network's logo, and began to phase out 'HD' branding. |
| October 2012 | Time Warner Cable reached a new carriage agreement with NFL Network, restoring the channels to Insight's systems. |
| September 21 2012 | Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks reached an agreement to carry NFL Network, with the network and NFL RedZone immediately beginning distribution on many Time Warner Cable systems, and full distribution planned to be completed by September 27. |
| August 1 2012 | Time Warner Cable allowed the carriage agreement for NFL Network and NFL RedZone to expire, removing these channels from Insight's systems in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. |
| July 2012 | Standard definition feed discontinued entirely, coinciding with the introduction of the network's current logo. |
| May 25 2012 | NFL Network announced it would not renew its contract with the Canadian Football League, ending its CFL game broadcasts. |
| January 2012 | Insight Communications was acquired by Time Warner Cable. |
| 2011 | Most providers began exclusively carrying the HD feed, transmitting a downscaled version for analog viewers. |
| August 2011 | Charter Communications and NFL Network reached a new, long-term agreement to carry the NFL Network and RedZone in time for the 2011 season. |
| September 2010 | NFL Network started broadcasting CFL Friday night games after ArenaBowl XXIII. |
| September 12 2010 | Suddenlink planned to complete the rollout of NFL Network across all its service areas by this date, which was the first Sunday of the NFL's 2010 regular season. |
| August 20 2010 | The National Cable Television Cooperative reached an agreement with Suddenlink Communications to carry the NFL Network, enabling Suddenlink to offer NFL Network and NFL RedZone channels. |
| July 1 2010 | NFL Network began airing live Canadian Football League (CFL) games, simulcast from TSN, including Thursday games and three Saturday games in July. |
| March 2010 | NFL Network began broadcasting Arena Football League games, airing weekly Friday Night Football games at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time from March to August, including regular season and playoff games. |
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