NFL Network (from time to time abbreviated on-air as NFLN) is an American sports-orientated pay tv community owned via way of means of the National Football League (NFL) and is a part of NFL Media, which additionally consists of NFL.com, NFL Films, NFL Mobile, NFL Now and NFL RedZone. Dedicated to American football, the community functions sport telecasts from the NFL, in addition to NFL-associated content material which include evaluation programs, specials and documentaries. The community is centered withinside the NFL Los Angeles constructing placed subsequent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and proclaims its international feed from Encompass Digital Media (officially Crawford Communications) in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] The community has secondary East Coast centers withinside the NFL Films constructing in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.
As of February 2015, NFL Network is to be had to about 71,867,000 pay tv families withinside the United States (totaling 61.7% of U.S. families with at the least one tv set).
As of February 2015, NFL Network is available to approximately 71,867,000 pay television households in the United States (totaling 61.7% of U.S. households with at least one television set).
NFL Network was launched on November 4, 2003, only eight months after the owners of the league's 32 teams voted unanimously to approve its formation. Originally located in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City, California, the league invested $100 million to fund the network's operations. NFL Films, which produces commercials, television programs, and feature films for the NFL, is a key supplier of NFL Network's programming, with more than 4,000 hours of footage available in its library. As a result, much of the network's highlights and recaps feature NFL Films' trademark style of slow-motion game action, sounds of the game, and sideline conversations between players and/or team staff. Both the network's site/app, was launched in 2004 (on NFL.com) and 2009.
Beginning with the 2006 season, the network began to broadcast eight regular-season NFL games during Thursday prime time, branded as Thursday Night Football. In addition to live games, the network has provided coverage of the NFL Draft since 2006; its coverage competes with that provided by ESPN and ESPN2. It was simulcast in a co-production with Fox Sports for the 2018 edition, though this was only a one-year agreement as exclusive over-the-air broadcast rights moved to ABC for the 2019 edition, which saw ESPN produce a different broadcast for 'casual' fans. In 2020, the network simulcast ESPN’s coverage of that year’s draft which was produced remotely from the basement of commissioner Roger Goodell’s home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On September 8, 2021, the network moved with the rest of NFL Media to a 200,000 square foot space on the campus of Hollywood Park, a development that also features SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. In addition to office and studio space, the facility also features NFL Media's first outdoor studio and space to host studio audiences.
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