Editing NFL Network (section)

=== Dish Network ===
On February 20, 2008, [[Dish Network]] moved the NFL Network from its "America's Top 100" package to the "America's Top 200" package. Dish Network notified customers that the NFL Network was "moving out of [[free preview|Free Preview]] into America's Top 200 package" on February 20, 2008. The move cost NFL Network four million subscribers.<ref name ="Dish2">{{cite web |url= http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6535222.html |title= Dish Sacks NFL Net |access-date= February 27, 2008 |date= February 25, 2008 |last= Reynolds |first= Mike |publisher= Multichannel News |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080306062226/http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6535222.html |archive-date= March 6, 2008 |url-status= dead }}</ref> On February 27, 2008, the NFL Network announced it would file suit against Dish Network for moving the network to "America's Top 200". The move stemmed from the NFL Network's decision to simulcast the 2007 [[New England Patriots]]-[[New York Giants]] game on [[CBS]] and [[NBC]], in addition to the game being shown on the NFL Network.<ref name ="Dish1">{{cite web |url= http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6535697.html |title= NFL Network Files Suit Against EchoStar Over Tier Downgrade |access-date= February 27, 2008 |date= February 27, 2008 |last= Reynolds |first= Mike |publisher= Multichannel News |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080302011350/http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6535697.html |archive-date= March 2, 2008 |url-status= dead }}</ref> {{As of|2008|3|3}}, the NFL no longer encouraged customers to switch to Dish Network on the [http://iwantmynfl.com/ IWantMyNFL.com] website; instead, the network only encouraged customers to switch to [[DirecTV]], [[Verizon FiOS]] or [[AT&T U-verse]] if their provider does not carry the network or has placed the network on a higher-priced tier.

On January 15, 2009, New York State Supreme Court Judge Rich Lowe ruled in favor of NFL Network, claiming their 2006 agreement for carriage on America's Top 100 package was still valid and Dish Network violated it by moving it to the America's Top 200 package, but he did not order Dish Network to move the channel to the lower package immediately.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/162263-Judge_Amended_Dish_Carriage_Deal_Lead_To_Live_Game_Package_for_NFL_Network.php|title=Judge: Amended Dish Carriage Deal Lead To Live Game Package for NFL Network|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306002251/http://www.multichannel.com/article/162263-Judge_Amended_Dish_Carriage_Deal_Lead_To_Live_Game_Package_for_NFL_Network.php|archive-date=March 6, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On April 10, 2009, it was announced that NFL Network and Dish Network had reached an out-of-court settlement to place the channel on the "Classic Silver 200" package.<ref>[http://www.multichannel.com/article/196001-NFL_Network_Remains_On_Dish_s_Classic_Silver_200_Package_After_Settlement.php NFL Network Remains On Dish's Classic Silver 200 Package After Settlement – Pro Football Service Stays On DBS's Second Most-Penetrated Tier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414002136/http://www.multichannel.com/article/196001-NFL_Network_Remains_On_Dish_s_Classic_Silver_200_Package_After_Settlement.php |date=April 14, 2009 }} ''Multichannel News'' April 10, 2009</ref>

On June 16, 2016, Dish entered a new dispute with the NFL Network when the contract to carry the network expired at 7 PM ET, which resulted in the removal of the NFL Network and NFL Red Zone from the Dish Lineup, which marked the first time in the history of the NFL Network that a carriage agreement contract to carry the NFL Network expired and a new agreement was not reached before the deadline in which resulted in the temporary removal of the network from a cable/satellite provider.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nflcommunications.com/Pages/NFL-Network-and-NFL-RedZone-Dropped-by-Dish.aspx|title=NFL Network and NFL RedZone Dropped by Dish|website=nflcommunications.com|access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/nfl-network-dish-network-blackout-nfl-redzone-1201774391/|title=Dish Reaches Deal To Carry NFL Network & NFL RedZone – Update|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=August 3, 2016|access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref>  As part of the new carriage agreement, Dish subsidiary [[Sling TV]] added both networks to its lineup on August 11, 2016, in time for the start of the 2016 NFL preseason schedule. NFL Network was available on Sling until June 19, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nfl-network-nfl-redzone-launch-130100058.html;_ylt=AwrT6VrsgL9XFQwAsYonnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByc3RzMXFjBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--|title=NFL Network and NFL RedZone Launch on Sling TV|access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref>