Just a mere three days after signing an agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative, NFL Network has signed a formal agreement with one of its members, Suddenlink, which leaves Cablevision Charter and Time Warner as three remaining holdouts.
Suddenlink will also pick up NFL RedZone. Here’s the announcement from NFL Network and Suddenlink.
Suddenlink to Carry NFL Network and NFL RedZone
ST. LOUIS (Aug. 23, 2010) – Suddenlink will offer NFL Network and NFL RedZone as part of the agreement that NFL Network reached with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), of which Suddenlink is a member.“We’re excited to be able to offer NFL Network and NFL RedZone to our customers who have been asking for them,” said Jerry Kent, Suddenlink’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.Suddenlink has already started to launch these channels in certain areas and expects substantially all of the launches to be completed by or well before the first Sunday of the NFL regular season (Sept. 12), featuring NFL Network’s NFL GameDay programming including NFL GameDay Morning, the first NFL pregame show on Sundays.Suddenlink will notify customers when the channels are available in their community and how to subscribe to them. As NFL Network and NFL RedZone are launched, the company will also update the local channel listings published on its Web site. (Suddenlink customers can view their local lineup at Suddenlink.com when they enter a valid street address, city, state, and zip code.)
Let’s see if we hear more agreements before the season starts.
