ESPN poised to buy NFL Network, RedZone

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Welp, there goes me watching RedZone each week. And you know commercials are coming to it. I do laugh at anyone who "cut the cord" trying to beat the system thinking the system wouldn't strike back. 

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

I guess we need Stephen A Smith yelling on another show? I used to watch ESPM from morning to bedtime and for the ladt 15ish years, do not watch ANYTHING except an occasional live game. They made sports unbearable due to their focus on polarization only

[Jackie Lee]

I'll stick to the bootlegs at home, pain in the ass to try and play anything aside from local games at bars though. Even then they have the bullshit Netflix Christmas games, and the random peacock playoff game, which both glitch out over roku or whatever so then all the customers are pissed lol. Plus two different tv's streaming the same game will go out of sync within 10 minutes even if you try to pause/ff one to catch up with the other where a couple cable boxes are always in sync. 

[PanthersATL]

14 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

I'll stick to the bootlegs at home, pain in the ass to try and play anything aside from local games at bars though. Even then they have the bullshit Netflix Christmas games, and the random peacock playoff game, which both glitch out over roku or whatever so then all the customers are pissed lol. Plus two different tv's streaming the same game will go out of sync within 10 minutes even if you try to pause/ff one to catch up with the other where a couple cable boxes are always in sync. 

Sunday Ticket is still available for retail establishments
And good sports bars should be using a master control video panel to feed a single input out to various TVs rather than having individual tuners/streaming boxes 

[JPPT1974]

Really if ESPN ruined Monday Night Football, it will ruin NFL Network for sure!

[tukafan21]

This is ridiculous, Redzone I wouldn't have cared much about, because that's just the games on Sundays.

But NFL Network makes no sense, the best thing about it is that it's different than ESPN, which I haven't watched a single thing on it besides live sports for close to 10 years now, even the NFL draft I stick to the NFL Network coverage.

[Mr. Scot]

Expect it likely means the draft coverage will be tak n over by ESPN personalities...

...which sucks because I much prefer the existing NFL Network coverage.

 

[PanthersATL]

Deal expected to be announced on Wednesday

ESPN is expected to have access to RedZone, NFL Network, seven more regular-season games, the NFL’s fantasy football business, as well as the potential to integrate special features (including betting) and potentially more assets. The agreement coincides with ESPN’s forthcoming direct-to-consumer service that will formally launch in the next few weeks."

The NFL may receive up to 10 percent of ESPN equity, sources confirmed

In the ESPN family of networks, NFL Network could be looked upon similarly to the SEC Network. The SEC offers programming 24/7 about the league, while ESPN, the main channel, dedicates significant airtime to it as well. The same sort of setup, with on-air personalities being used across brands, is very possible.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6530655/2025/08/01/nfl-espn-media-deal-tv-broadcast/

[MechaZain]

[PNW_PantherMan]

6 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

The less than legit streams usually suck though.  At least in my experience.  I'll pay to have solid quality HD streaming to my big ass TV.  But I have my limits.

At this point, I'd honestly quit watching before I hooked up my laptop to the TV and watched it in 480p or whatever.