according to Wiki, only 3 cable companies have NFL network - Comcast, Cox, and Insight. So some major cable companies like Time Warner and Charter don't have it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Network
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Background
As of December 2007, the NFL Network is embroiled in a dispute with several cable companies. Perhaps the most public controversy is over its removal on some systems owned by Time Warner Cable, the second-largest system in the United States, which occurred in September 2006.
NFL Network has insisted that it be placed on basic service and wish to charge the cable companies a monthly rate of $0.61 per subscriber, while Time Warner and other major cable companies wishes to place it on a sports tier. Cable companies feel that a channel with such marginal interest and few live games with filler programming would be tough to sell during non-football season months. [17] NFL Network's position is that demands are unreasonable and many other providers place NFL Network on a basic tier without subscriber backlashes[18].
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2007 Patriots v. Giants Controversy
In December 2007, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking for the league to settle their differences in time for the New England Patriots-New York Giants game on December 29 that would be broadcast on Saturday Night Football. The game may possibly be the Patriots' record-sealing win that would make them the first undefeated team through the regular season in 35 years. Kerry urged for a solution to be decided upon in time so that Americans can witness "a historic event."[23] An agreement was worked out between the NFL and two of the League's TV partners, NBC and CBS, to allow the game to be simulcast on Network TV, resulting in the first NFL simulcast since Super Bowl I.[24]
According to an article in USA Today, CBS and NBC were contacted by the league and expressed interest in the simulcast. It is not clear if the game was offered to FOX, the league's other broadcast network partner. If it was, FOX obviously declined. In addition, WWOR, the MyNetworkTV affiliate in the New York City area that is scheduled to carry the game in a prior agreement with NFLN, has objected to the new arrangement. (WWOR is also owned by Newscorp.) However, there is no indication that the game will be taken off WWOR, or from ABC affiliates WCVB and WHDH in New England.[25]
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ha ha, John Kerry. Should this be posted in the politics forum?