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To: Robert Utne who wrote (3971)	1/13/1998 10:05:00 AM
From: Robert Utne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6570

NFL Football on HDTV? Imagine every NFL game being broadcasted in HDTV quality and available to be seen at your local sports bar or in your home. This could be a reality as early as the fall since CBS (first to broadcast in HDTV) has picked up the NFL broadcasting rights presently held by NBC and DirecTV has already announced HDTV broadcasts for the fall. From Sky Report: NBC Loses NFL Rights To $4 Billion CBS Deal NBC lost future NFL weekend coverage to CBS, which forfeited its package to FOX after the 1993 season when the News Corp.-backed network placed a record billion-dollar deal with the league. CBS reportedly will pay $4 billion for an eight-year deal to televise the Sunday AFC package formerly held by NBC. Earlier Monday, Fox and the NFL settled on a $4.4 billion, eight-year contract that allows the network to continue showing NFC games on Sunday. The NFL holds the option to reopen the Fox and CBS contracts after five years, prior to the 2003 season. The Sunday afternoon games are televised on NFL Sunday Ticket, the satellite-based package available to C-Band and DirecTV subscribers. Still to be decided is the Monday Night Football package, which ABC has held since its inception. NBC, after losing the AFC Sunday afternoon rights it had held for several seasons, has put in a bid challenging ABC for Monday night coverage.