"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."
“You have to network but you also have to get good at what you do,” he said. “I think spending the time to get better and make yourself a fundamentally good broadcaster".
A quick survey of the official DirecTV twitter account on Monday shows dozens of replies to customers complaining that the service did not work for them.
Even with the ratings dip, Thursday Night Football was stilly easily the top-rated program of the evening. Law & Order: SVU was second place with 5.5 million viewers.
"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."