NFL Network to Simulcast Historic Game

The NFL announced today that the historic game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots will be simulcast on both NBC and CBS.  This will allow customers without DIRECTV or the Dish Network to see the game.  This game holds the opportunity for the New England Patriots to reach a perfect season of 16-0 as well as break Peyton Manning’s single season touch down passing record and Jerry Rice’s single season touch down reception record.  This game was scheduled to be broadcast exclusively on the NFL network but because of the historic implementations and the interest of the fans, the league made the game available to all fans.

Perhaps this game will act as a catalyst for the cable providers to jump on the NFL Network bandwagon.  Currently, the NFL Network is only available to satellite subscribers of DIRECTV (channel 212) and Dish Network (channel 154).  Both DIRECTV and the Dish offer both a pure digital feed of the NFL Network as well as an HD feed for subscribers with their HDTV package.