NFL RedZone is an American sports television channel owned and operated by NFL Network since 2009. As an exclusive "exclusive" game, it is broadcast on Sunday during the regular NFL season starting from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm Eastern (10:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific). RedZone provides "kidnapping" coverage of all Sunday afternoon games aired on CBS and Fox.
RedZone is headquartered outside the NFL Network studio and hosted by Scott Hanson, and aired without ads. The channel prides itself on showing "every goal of every game," and is closely tied to Fantasy Football, reporting superlatives and tracking statistical achievements throughout the afternoon. RedZone monitors coverage from Sunday afternoon 1:00 in the afternoon. game "early" and 4: 05/4: 25:00 game "late".
RedZone is offered by many cable providers, Dish Network, and Verizon Wireless smartphones, but is not specifically available on DirecTV, which offers its own version ( Red Zone Channel hosted by Andrew Siciliano ) as part of the NFL Sunday Ticket.
ESPN Goal Line , the channel that debuted a year later, broadcasts college football in similar formats and styles. The name "RedZone" comes from the red term zone, which is part of a soccer field between the 20-yard line and the goal line.
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Format
Pra-game
On game day, RedZone the incoming channel at 11:30 am Eastern Eve with a 90-minute pre-show show NFL Fantasy Live . The talk show focused primarily on fantasy football, and the latest news, and was hosted by James Koh, Michael Fabiano, Adam Rank, and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila. Unlike game coverage, ads are inserted during a pregame show.
Five minutes before 01:00, the pre-match performances are ended, and countdown hours count the minutes and seconds until the start of the game coverage.
Whip coverage around
At 1:00 (East) the program RedZone begins, and immediately dives into a live search across the league. Host HE Scott Hanson gave a brief introduction about the day, highlighting the main stories that are growing, because teams are usually already lining up to kickoff. When the first kickoff went on, Hanson would say "Seven hours of free commercial football... starting now!" The scope of the initial opening and the cursory glance of the initial drive being built is the initial focus. Coverage is usually displayed in full screen, with one particular game being the main focus for now. Coverage sometimes switches to a separate screen, with two, three, four ("quad-box"), five ("Penta-box"), or as many as eight ("Octo-box") game feeds simultaneously displayed. The studio producer monitors all the game feeds that are in the process, and decides which games will be displayed at any given moment. NFL television rules are excluded for RedZone , and in-game live games are still allowed to run in all markets.
Each time the team enters the red zone, coverage will switch to full-screen live view of the game's television broadcast. It will try to mask the results of a potential assessment (touchdown or field goal). Meanwhile, other games continue to be monitored, in case there is a need to switch to another feed in no time. Field goal efforts from outside the red zone are sometimes shown, either directly or in replays, if they pose significance to the outcome of each match.
As the game entered the first half, coverage shifted to games that still spent the end of the second quarter, although there were no teams in the red zone. Some noncompetitive games that are otherwise noticed may require attention for a few minutes, to fill the broadcast with as much coverage as possible of live football. As soon as the better game starts back for the third quarter, the second half of the kickoff usually takes priority.
If there are no teams in the red zone at any given moment, the focus may turn to the team on a strong offensive drive, or an important game of the day. Despite the channel moniker, the team does not have to be inside the red zone for focus and coverage to switch to that game. During the last part of the season, additional sidebar attention can be given to teams that fight for playoff spots, and their respective status. The "whip" scope is also used to indicate fast playback of the main game such as player substitution, deep bait completion, very long runs of soccer practice, kickoff/punt return, and other potentially interesting or important key dramas. The "Game Rewind" feature is sometimes used to play significant playbacks that result in special teams entering the red zone.
Hanson rarely takes any 7-hour break in RedZone in the air, and since the early years of the channel he deliberately planned his meal and drink schedule during the regular season to avoid the need for toilet breaks, after boasting Twitter on December 10, 2017 (Sunday 14 that year) about her first rest break in four years of NZL RedZone coverage.
It's not unusual for RedZone to switch between two or more games in sequence, even between individual games. Despite the efforts made by manufacturers to broadcast all goals directly, some scoring dramas actually aired after a very short time - ranging from 30 to 60 seconds - usually if other scoring games are taking place elsewhere. Time shifts can also occur if the game of scoring happens unexpectedly, and/or starting from outside the red zone. As at 1 pm "Initial" game starts to conclude, RedZone smoothly leads to 4: 05/4: 25 coverage. The game is "late". When "early" games are in the fourth quarter, attention starts focusing on one-owned games (games in 8 points). Similarly, early games that go into overtime are usually prioritized, but do not sacrifice lost touchdowns in other newly started games.
As at 4 pm The "late" games begin to arrive at their conclusions, coverage will also narrow down to the remaining games still going on. At that time there is only one game left, the scope will switch to full screen and see the conclusion, regardless of its competitiveness. When each match is over, a final score warning will appear in the bottom corner of the screen to inform viewers. This is especially important for games that do not have a live view for a few minutes.
Periodically throughout the afternoon, manufacturers track and update audiences on fantasy football statistics, and/or other statistical superlatives. The priority of the channel, however, is to show every goal scored in every game throughout the afternoon. Throughout the day, RedZone shows a ticker at the bottom of the screen, updating scores and statistics across the league. The ticker is located in such a way that it is superimposed on top of each CBS and FOX tickers.
Commercial-free format
RedZone operates as a service without ads; therefore, every time a game takes the main focus into a broadcast advertisement break or other termination (such as timeouts, instant replay challenges or injury timeouts), the bait will soon move on to the next most exciting game that's in the process at the time. Despite the commercial commitment of free networks, advertising is not completely avoided because sometimes network coverage can take breaks faster than expected, causing the first two or two of commercial for air, before RedZone quickly cuts into other games, which usually include Hanson joking play brush with accompanying ads with some sort of snark. In addition, the promotion of broadcast networks from their programs (especially CBS and Fox promoting their Sunday night primetime formation) will be featured as a natural part of the coverage.
If all games held at a certain moment are in the ad break or within the time lag, the scope will return to the studio for Hanson's brief comments, replays, or statistical analysis. In the "late" time slot (when there are fewer games to choose), highlight the selected "start" game packs can be displayed during the stop times.
Touchdown montage and sign-off
The day of the network broadcast ends when the last Sunday afternoon game ends, or 8:00 in the evening. (East), whichever comes first. At the end of the coverage, the montage edited every goal printed throughout the afternoon is broadcast. Due to contractual obligations, RedZone must sign-off no later than 8:00, even if the afternoon game is still in progress. If RedZone signs-off with insufficient time for the touchdown montage (which can vary from 5-10 minutes duration), it will be posted online instead. At the start, the total number of touchdowns for the afternoon by type (offensive, defensive, and special teams) is listed on the chart, and running calculations for the entire season are also shown.
In some cases, when the game goes close to 8:00. deadlines, the touchdown montage has been displayed in a separate screen format. Montage is displayed in a prominent box with audio, while still playing games are displayed in a smaller box in the corner of the screen without audio. This is especially true when games are still played nationally broadcasts - the situation where most viewers in most markets across the country (by NFL television rules) can only switch to CBS or FOX to watch the game come to the conclusion.
Off-air period
After broadcast day ends (? 8:00 pm) RedZone stay dark until next Sunday. During the week, as well as during playoffs and off-season, generic title card ads are featured, accompanied by music from NFL Films. However, cable providers may overlay their own tie-in title cards. Providers are prohibited from using the channel space for other purposes during off time.
While the RedZone channel is only used for Sunday afternoon games, in a unique example where Christmas falls on a Sunday (and the full list of the Week 16 games is redirected to Saturday), RedZone used for that Saturday afternoon schedule.
RedZone is not on-air for Thursday nights, Sunday nights, Monday nights, and any stand-alone Saturday night games, or for NFL International Series matches scheduled for Sunday morning. It also does not include Thanksgiving games or postseason games.
During the offseason break before the 2016 NFL season and the 2017 NFL season, NFL Network re-runs the previous RedZone presentation of the previous season. During the seventeen Sunday days chosen in the spring and early summer, all the regular season's seventeen weeks as seen at RedZone are repeated, edited for long periods of time, and with ads inserted.
Preseason
Throughout 2013, during certain nights of pre-season, special coverage "whips" airs on the main NFL Network. It follows the same style as RedZone and utilizes the same production and host team.
Starting in 2014, the "whip" pre-season coverage was moved to the RedZone channel itself. On the four selected nights in August RedZone are serving as part of a free preview of services for all providers. Week 1 (Friday), week 2-3 (Saturday), and week 4 (Thursday) of this pre-season featuring known "whip" coverage. This broadcast takes advantage of national and local team coverage, as most pre-season games are conducted through regional sports networks or 'country/team networks' consisting of local broadcast stations. The coverage starts at 07:00. ET
In 2015, RedZone shows a pre-selected preview preview for the selected five nights, and during Week 1 of the regular season. In 2016, RedZone aired a free preview on four selected nights during the pre-season from 11 August and during Week 1 of the regular season. In 2017, RedZone only aired once during pre-season.
Availability
RedZone channels are available in most providers that carry the NFL Network, and are presented in standard and high definition definitions; channel availability depends on the level of service. Some operators may bring NFL Networks available at their primary digital level, while RedZone may be degraded to the level of digital sports at an additional cost. Access to the network is available through the Watch NFL Network mobile app via TV Everywhere Customer credentials wherever offered by their provider, one of the few exceptions where some form of access to NFL games is offered outside Verizon Wireless customers because the provider's mobile rights are exclusivity.
In the United Kingdom, NFL RedZone is available as a Red Button option for Sky Digital and Virgin Media customers. Since 2014, NZL RedZone has been aired in Australia on ESPN Australia. ESPN Latin America began broadcasting NZL RedZone in 2016.
Including 17 Sundays from the regular NFL season, and as many as five special broadcasts during pre-season, RedZone broadcast a total of 18-22 days a year.
Criticism
RedZone generally receives favorable favorable reviews, and its products have been referred to as new media forms. One source of criticism comes from RedZone that potentially attracts viewers from traditional broadcasts on CBS and Fox, and also devalues ​​commercial value for advertisers.
Other minor complaints relate to viewers who do not see the same coverage of all games across the league, inability to see outstanding team performance (beyond defensive score), and emphasis on individual players, not teams. The games in the "early" time slot that become bursts are sometimes completely ignored (except for a very short replay of the touchdown to keep the promise to show "every goal of every game.") Similarly, the score, or the very score of the match low, will not garner much attention either. In addition, many fans still prefer to watch the full game. Other complaints including a moderate playoff game or position placement implications almost pushed the channel in the final weeks of the season, with only a glimpse of the highlights and scores for the match.
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Similar channels
The NFL RedZone channel is similar in format and style to the ESPN Goal Line , which airs live look-ins from college football games.
DirecTV Red Zone Line
The NFL RedZone channel not to be confused with the Red Zone Channel which is about the same, a service that is included as part of a sports package off-of-market NFL Sunday Ticket on DirecTV, and hosted by Andrew Siciliano. Two red zone channels operate independently of each other but have similar names, identical formats, including the same game, and will often show the same game live at the same time.
XM's The Sunday Drive
Regardless of the RedZone channel, similar services are shown parallel to Sirius XM NFL Radio, hosted by "Judge" Steve Torre and Bill Lekas. During the game Sunday afternoon, The Sunday Drive monitors all the ongoing games across the league. Each time the team enters the red zone, they will cut-in to the local team's active radio broadcast to cover potential assessment actions. Until 2014, this audio was also performed on the NFL Network during Sunday afternoon games, overlaid with scores and text statistics to prevent any form of competition with league broadcast partners; in the past it featured more of a kind of "carousel" format where journalists in the game would check over the phone with basic scores, drama scores and stats for the game.
See also
- List of personalities on the NFL Network
- NFL Week Ticket
References
External links
- The official NFL Network website
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