| CBS Sports and DirecTV To Present “The NFL On CBS” In HDTV |
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| Home Theater News What Is On In HD News | |
| Written by AVRev.com | |
| Wednesday, 06 August 2003 | |
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CBS
Sports and DirecTV, Inc. will join to present CBS’s primary game each
week of the 17-week 2003 NFL ON CBS regular-season schedule in high
definition television live on the CBS Television Network. The
announcement was made today by Sean McManus, President, CBS Sports and
Roxanne Austin, President & COO, DireccTV, Inc.
The NFL on CBS’s primary game broadcast in digital television’s highest definition format, 1080i, also will be made available to subscribers of DirecTV’s exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket package throughout the 17-week regular-season schedule. Both over the air and DirecTV customers must have appropriate HD-enabled equipment to be able to view the games. The HD games will be regionalized on the CBS Television Network, but on NFL Sunday Ticket will be subject to the NFL’s hometown blackout rule only when the hometown stadium is not sold out. The designation of the HD game will be determined on a week-to-week basis. These games are being offered as part of a five-year agreement with the National Football League for exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket. The agreement between CBS and DirecTV is for the 2003 regular-season only and will be evaluated for renewal after the 2003 season. The unified productions for the Standard Definition and HD telecasts will feature the same game announcers, camera angles, replays and graphics. Each HD game also will be broadcast in 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. CBS Sports kicks off its 44th season broadcasting the NFL, highlighted by Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, on Sunday, Sept. 7 (12:00 Noon) with The NFL Today, the Network’s pre-game studio show, followed by a full slate of seven games in Week 1. Like this article? Bookmark and share with any of the sites below.        |
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