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| NFLI-12 8/29/02 |
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NFL
TV COVERAGE SPANS THE GLOBE:
RECORD 226 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES TO TELEVISE NFL ACTION
WITH 71,890 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING
As the popularity of
American football around the world continues to grow, a record 226
countries and territories in virtually every corner of the globe will
receive NFL programming – approximately 71,890 hours’ worth – during the
2002 season.
NFL programming will
stretch across 24 time zones and be broadcast in 32 languages. Coverage
begins with “NFL Kickoff Live from Times Square” on September 5, a football
and music festival featuring BON JOVI that will be beamed around the
world by the NFL’s 68 international media partners, including Japan’s NHK
and NTV as well as Mexico’s TELEVISA.
The NFL’s
international media partners will not only be airing games this season, but
they also will carry NFL Films-produced magazine programs and archive
footage, and NFL entertainment specials.
NTV will again produce
its popular magazine-style show, Club-T. NTV is the only broadcaster
in the world that produces 52 original programs per year entirely dedicated
to the NFL. More than 2,000,000 Japanese NFL fans tune in to Club-T
each week.
This season, the NFL will
have 16 partner-produced programs – more than ever before – including new
shows on SBS6 in the Netherlands and SBS in Australia, both
free channels.
“Our programming is
designed to educate and entertain fans outside the United States,” says
DOUG QUINN, NFL International Senior Vice President and Managing
Director. “Content will be available to satisfy the hard-core fans, as well
as those exposed to the game for the first time. Through our broadcast
partners worldwide, millions of fans will experience NFL football this
season.”
Members of the United
States military also will have a chance to follow their favorite teams.
More than 800,000 servicemen and -women in 165 countries, including
approximately 100,000 sailors and Marines onboard U.S. Navy ships, will
receive NFL programming.
"The American Armed Forces Radio and
Television Service (AFRTS) graciously thank the National Football League for
again providing us with game coverage from the 2002 season," says United
States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel ROBERTO GARZA, Commander of the
AFRTS Broadcast Center.
"It is particularly special to our deployed
men and women as they tackle the mission of defending our country against
terrorism, provide humanitarian support to those in need, and continue their
daily task of defending our way of life. The NFL on AFRTS is great for
maintaining the morale and well-being of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and
Marines stationed overseas in harm's way."
A numerical look at the
NFL’s 2002 international television coverage:
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Countries: |
226 |
Time Zones: |
24 |
|
Broadcasters: |
68 |
Hours
(Season): |
71,890 |
|
Languages: |
32 |
Hours (Week): |
4,229 |
NFL programming supplied
to international broadcasters for 2002 includes:
· The
30-minute magazine show NFL Blast takes fans behind the
scenes. Now in its fifth season, Blast presents the week’s best NFL
action, player profiles, instruction on the game, coverage of football
around the world, and music videos.
· On
Mondays, the NFL Satellite News Service offers scores
and highlights from every Sunday game to broadcast partners for use in their
sports and news programs, as well as on global news services. It also
features a popular “Plays of the Week” segment
NFL International is also providing
a second Satellite News feed, which will be available mid-
week, focusing on off-the-field features, press
conferences, local team stories and charitable
community activities in which NFL players are
regularly involved.
· For
fans eager to learn the basics of football, the Beginner’s Guide to
American Football offers an introduction to the rules, including
descriptions of player positions and responsibilities. Play Football
Vignettes focus on a particular aspect of the game and uses a
combination of NFL Films footage and video game footage from EA Sports to
document the action. From the dramatic to the hilarious, NFL Bloopers
takes a look at the lighter side of the game, with a compendium of the NFL’s
funniest goofs and gaffes.
· Super
Bowl Memories captures the
passion and pageantry of the NFL championship game. Individual vignettes
provide a synopsis of the most memorable and historic moments from the past
36 Super Bowls, detailing the drama and action of the NFL’s title game.
Then, one week before next January’s Super Bowl XXXVII, Road to the
Super Bowl will review the 2002 season, from training camp through
the conference championship games, preparing viewers for the big game on
Sunday, January 26.
· Fans
can relive the previous week’s action and prepare for upcoming games by
tuning in to NFL GameDay, a 30-minute highlight program from
NFL Films. The show recaps every game in classic NFL Films fashion and
includes a preview of the upcoming week’s action.
The 226 countries and
territories receiving NFL programming in the 2002 season and the
accompanying broadcast network:
Country or Territory
|
Broadcast Network(s)
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Afghanistan |
Canadian Forces Television |
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Albania |
AFRTS |
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Algeria |
Orbit ESPN; AFRTS |
|
American Samoa |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Andorra |
Canal + Spain |
|
Angola |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Anguilla |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
Antarctica |
|
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
|
|
Argentina |
|
|
Armenia |
AFRTS |
|
Aruba |
ESPN; Fox Sports Latin America; DirecTV Latin
America |
|
Ascension Island |
AFRTS |
|
Australia |
Fox Sports Australia; SBS (ESPN); AFRTS |
|
Austria |
DSF; SAT.1; Premiere; AFRTS |
|
Azerbaijan |
AFRTS |
|
Bahamas |
|
|
Bahrain |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East; AFRTS |
|
Bangladesh |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Barbados |
|
|
Belarus |
AFRTS |
|
Belgium |
Canal + Flemish/France; VT4; AFRTS |
|
Belize |
|
|
Benin |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Bermuda |
ESPN |
|
Bhutan |
ESPN Star Sports |
|
Bolivia |
|
|
Bonaire |
ESPN |
|
Bosnia |
NTV Banja Luka;
AFRTS; Canadian Forces Television |
|
Botswana |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Brazil |
ESPN; Fox Sports Latin America; AFRTS |
|
British Virgin Islands |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
Brunei |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Bulgaria |
AFRTS |
|
Burkina Faso |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Burundi |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Cambodia |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Cameroon |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Canada |
|
|
Cape Verde |
AFRTS |
|
Cayman Islands |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
Central African Republic |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Chad |
Orbit ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Chile |
|
|
China |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Colombia |
|
|
Comores |
ESPN |
|
Congo |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Costa Rica |
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Croatia |
AFRTS; Canadian Forces Television |
|
Cuba |
AFRTS |
|
Curacao |
ESPN |
|
Cyprus |
TBD;
AFRTS |
|
Czech Republic |
Fox - Eastern Europe; AFRTS |
|
Denmark |
TV2 & TV2 Zulu; AFRTS |
|
Diego Garcia |
AFRTS |
|
Djibouti |
Orbit ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Dominica |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America |
|
Dominican Republic |
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East Timor |
ESPN Star Sports |
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Ecuador |
|
|
Egypt |
|
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El Salvador |
ESPN; Fox Sports Latin America;
DirecTV Latin America; AFRTS
|
|
England |
|
|
Equitorial Guinea |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Eritrea |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Estonia |
AFRTS |
|
Ethiopia |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Falkland Islands |
ESPN |
|
Fiji |
AFRTS |
|
Finland |
TBD; AFRTS |
|
France |
Canal + France; AFRTS |
|
French Guiana |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America |
|
French Polynesia |
ESPN |
|
Futuna Islands |
ESPN |
|
Gabon |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Gambia |
AFRTS |
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Georgia |
AFRTS |
|
Germany |
|
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Ghana |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Greece |
TBD;
AFRTS |
|
Greenland |
AFRTS |
|
Grenada |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
Guadeloupe |
ESPN; Canal + France; DirecTV Latin America |
|
Guam |
AFRTS |
|
Guatemala |
|
|
Guinea |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
AFRTS |
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Guyana |
|
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Haiti |
|
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Honduras |
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Hong Kong |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Hungary |
Fox - Eastern Europe; AFRTS |
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Iceland |
SYN; AFRTS |
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India |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Indonesia |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Iran |
ESPN |
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Iraq |
ESPN |
|
Israel |
|
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Italy |
Tele+; AFRTS; Canadian
Forces Television |
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Jamaica |
|
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Japan |
NHK; GAORA; NTV; TV Asahi; Fuji TV; AFRTS |
|
Johnson Atoll |
AFRTS |
|
Jordan |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East; AFRTS |
|
Kazakstan |
AFRTS |
|
Kenya |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Kosovo |
AFRTS; Canadian Forces Television |
|
Kosrae |
AFRTS |
|
Kuwait |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East; AFRTS |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
AFRTS |
|
Laos |
ESPN Star Sports |
|
Latvia |
AFRTS |
|
Lebanon |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East; AFRTS |
|
Lesotho |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Liberia |
AFRTS |
|
Libya |
Orbit ESPN |
|
Liechtenstein |
DSF; SAT.1; Premiere |
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Lithuania |
AFRTS |
|
Luxembourg |
DSF; SAT.1; Premiere; AFRTS |
|
Macau |
ESPN Star Sports |
|
Macedonia |
AFRTS |
|
Madagascar |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Malawi |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Malaysia |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Maldives |
ESPN Star Sports |
|
Mali |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Malta |
AFRTS |
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Marshall Islands |
AFRTS |
|
Martinique |
|
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Mauritania |
Orbit ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Mauritius |
Canal+ France; AFRTS |
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Mayotte |
Canal+ France |
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Mexico |
|
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Micronesia |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Moldova |
AFRTS |
|
Monaco |
Canal + France |
|
Mongolia |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Montenegro |
TV Mantena |
|
Montserrat |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
Morocco |
Orbit ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Mozambique |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Myanmar |
ESPN Star Sports |
|
Namibia |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Nepal |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Netherlands |
NOS; SBS; AFRTS |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
New Caledonia |
ESPN Star Sports |
|
New Zealand |
ESPN; Sky New Zealand; AFRTS |
|
Nicaragua |
|
|
Niger |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Nigeria |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Northern Ireland |
|
|
Norway |
Viasat; AFRTS |
|
Oman |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East; AFRTS |
|
Pakistan |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Palau |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Palestine |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East |
|
Panama |
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Paraguay |
|
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Peru |
|
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Philippines |
ESPN Star Sports; Studio 23 (ESPN);
AFRTS |
|
Pohnpei |
ESPN |
|
Poland |
AFRTS |
|
Portugal |
Sport TV;
AFRTS |
|
Puerto Rico |
ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX, AFRTS |
|
Qatar |
|
|
Reunion |
ESPN; Canal + France |
|
Romania |
AFRTS |
|
Russia |
NTV Plus |
|
Rwanda |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Saipan |
AFRTS |
|
San Marino |
Tele + |
|
Sao Tome & Principe |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Saudi Arabia |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East; AFRTS |
|
Scotland |
|
|
Senegal |
AFRTS |
|
Serbia |
RTS;
AFRTS |
|
Seychelles |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Sierra Leone |
AFRTS |
|
Singapore |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Slovakia |
Fox - Eastern Europe; AFRTS |
|
Slovenia |
AFRTS |
|
Somalia |
Orbit ESPN |
|
South Africa |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
South Korea |
ESPN Star Sports; SBS; AFRTS |
|
Spain |
Canal + Spain; AFRTS |
|
Sri Lanka |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
St. Barthelemy |
Fox Sports Latin America |
|
St. Helena |
ESPN |
|
St. Kitts-Nevis |
ESPN; Fox Sports Latin America; DirecTV Latin
America |
|
St. Lucia |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
St. Maarten |
ESPN; Fox Sports Latin America |
|
St. Vincent & The Grenadines |
DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
Sudan |
Orbit ESPN |
|
Suriname |
|
|
Swaziland |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Sweden |
Viasat; TV3; AFRTS |
|
Switzerland |
SAT.1; DSF; Premiere; Canal + France; AFRTS |
|
Syria |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East;
AFRTS; Canadian Forces Television
|
|
Tahiti |
ESPN |
|
Taiwan |
ESPN Star Sports |
|
Tanzania |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Thailand |
TV3 (ESPN); UBC; ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Togo |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
ESPN; DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America; AFRTS |
|
Tunisia |
Orbit ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Turkey |
Fox Eastern Europe; AFRTS |
|
Turkmenistan |
AFRTS |
|
Turks & Caicos Islands |
DirecTV Latin America; Fox Sports Latin
America |
|
Uganda |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Ukraine |
AFRTS |
|
United Arab Emirates |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East; AFRTS; Canadian
Forces Television |
|
United States |
ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX |
|
Uruguay |
ESPN; Fox Sports Latin America; DirecTV Latin
America; AFRTS |
|
Uzbekistan |
AFRTS |
|
Vatican City |
Tele +; AFRTS |
|
Venezuela |
Meridiano (ESPN); ESPN; Fox Sports Latin America;
DirecTV Latin America; AFRTS |
|
Vietnam |
ESPN Star Sports; AFRTS |
|
Wake Island |
AFRTS |
|
Wales |
Sky Sports; Channel 5; Sports Choice Broadband;
AFRTS |
|
Yemen |
Orbit ESPN; Fox Sports Middle East; AFRTS |
|
Zaire |
AFRTS |
|
Zambia |
ESPN; AFRTS |
|
Zimbabwe |
ESPN; AFRTS |
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