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This is a list of active NFL broadcasters, including those for each individual team as well as those that have national rights. Unlike the other three major professional sports leagues in the U.S. (Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NHL), all regular-season and post-season games are shown on American television on one of the national networks. Most preseason games are still televised by regional/local broadcasters, with selected preseason games simulcast on national networks.
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All regular-season and postseason games are shown in the United States on one of following national networks: the broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, Fox, or NBC; the cable channels ESPN or NFL Network; or streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, ESPN+, Netflix, or Peacock. The league does not, in general, have an anti-siphoning rule for regular season games, and such games can be (and are) carried on both the cable outlet and the local affiliate. For those regular season games aired exclusively on cable networks ESPN or NFL Network, or exclusively on one of the aforementioned over-the-top streaming services, they are also simulcast on a local broadcast station in each of the home markets of the two participating teams (determined by a bidding process). ESPN may also simulcast selected games on their sister national broadcast network ABC. Likewise, As part of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, the U.S. government granted the NFL permission to sell the rights to all regular season and postseason games to the national networks, as an exemption to antitrust laws.[1]
Most preseason games, except a few contests such as the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, are not televised by the national networks, and the league leaves television rights for those contests up to the individual teams. Most teams produce the games, either themselves or with help from the networks, and set up small syndication networks to carry games throughout the league-designated primary and secondary markets each team serves. The stations that win bidding to locally broadcast cable games are not necessarily the same as the ones who broadcast preseason contests, as the bidding processes are separate; this list is of the preseason broadcasters. In the event that a preseason game does not sell out, the local rightsholder must delay the broadcast a minimum of 24 hours (this rule, along with the rest of the league's blackout policies, was suspended for the 2015 season). NFL Network sometimes simulcasts select preseason games using the feeds of the local broadcast crews. In these cases, the NFL does impose an anti-siphoning rule and does not carry a live game in a particular market if a local station is broadcasting the same game.
On radio, all 32 teams have regional/local syndication networks that carry all preseason, regular season and most postseason games; these are listed here. Radio syndication networks are mostly unrestricted and can be carried anywhere in North America, and several supplemental networks (Compass Media Networks, Sports USA Radio Network) also carry additional Sunday afternoon games outside the home teams' markets. The league's night games are carried both by local networks and by the NFL on Westwood One, a partnership that goes back several decades; the Super Bowl is exclusive to Westwood One, and local broadcasts of that game can only be carried on one flagship station in each team's market. Spanish language national radio is held by Entravision, which sublicenses the game broadcasts to TUDN and Latino Media Network stations.[2]
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Regional broadcasters
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The following is a list of local radio and preseason television broadcasters for each individual team. Four teams, the Arizona Cardinals, the Baltimore Ravens, the Minnesota Vikings, and the New England Patriots do preseason television/radio simulcasts. Some teams, like the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers, have their regular radio announcers call their preseason telecasts, and then a different announcing team call their preseason radio broadcasts. For the preseason telecasts of many other teams, they may employ announcers who work for the national networks (either NFL or college football games) during the regular season.
Several teams also offer Spanish language broadcasts to serve their Hispanic fan bases.
Preseason TV broadcasters
Preseason TV/radio simulcasts
AFC
NFC
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National broadcasters
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All regular-season and playoff games, as well as some preseason games, are shown in the U.S. on one of the following national networks. If a regular season game is nationally exclusive on either the cable networks ESPN or NFL Network, or exclusively on a streaming service like Amazon Prime Video, it is also simulcast on a local broadcast station in each of the home markets of the two participating teams.
Lead national broadcasters
Note: In the event of a scheduling conflict, NFL Network can also use other NFL personalities.
Other national broadcasters
Spanish national broadcasters
All regular-season and playoff games, as well as some preseason games, are available in Spanish.
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International broadcasters
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Worldwide
Americas
Argentina: ESPN and Fox Sports
Canada: CTV, TSN (English) and RDS (French)
Mexico: ESPN, Fox Sports, TV Azteca Deportes, TelevisaUnivision (Spanish)- Latin America (except México and Argentina): ESPN
- Caribbean: ESPN and Rush Sports (English)[56]
Europe
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Africa
Asia
Oceania
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Notes
- Using Spanish-language NFL Network International commentary in Andorra and Spain.
- Using Italian-language NFL Network International commentary in Italy.
- Using NFL Network International commentary in the United Kingdom except Sky Sports with the simulcast from the U.S. broadcasters.
- The channel itself is currently unavailable through free over-the-air television, only available on cable and IPTV in Shanghai.
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