{"id":718791,"date":"2026-06-06T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718791\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T10:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:30:08","slug":"nfl-network-remains-off-comcast-xfinity-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718791\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Network remains off Comcast Xfinity cable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of April, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/nfl-network-now-run-by-espn-goes-dark-on-comcast-amid-carriage-dispute\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL Network went dark on Comcast Xfinity cable;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NFL Network went dark on Comcast Xfinity cable&quot;}\">NFL Network went dark on Comcast Xfinity cable<\/a>. It&#8217;s now June, and the channel remains unavailable to Xfinity subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers who turn the channel to NFL Network are greeted with a message saying, &#8220;This channel is unavailable. Our contract with the owner of this channel has ended. As a result, the channel is currently unavailable through Xfinity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>ESPN now controls NFL Network, and Xfinity says ESPN and Disney have not proposed a deal that makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Comcast pays programmers to bring customers the entertainment, information, and sports they want,&#8221; Xfinity says on its website. &#8220;<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.xfinity.com\/support\/articles\/nfl-agreement-expired\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Comcast works to negotiate fair terms;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Comcast works to negotiate fair terms&quot;}\">Comcast works to negotiate fair terms<\/a> to ensure the greatest value for customers given all the ways content can be accessed today. So far, Disney\/ESPN has not proposed a deal that Comcast believes is fair for its customers. Comcast continues to work towards making this programming available again with fair pricing, terms, and conditions for customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For its part, Disney says it proposed keeping NFL Network available while the two sides negotiated, but Comcast took it down.<\/p>\n<p>In May and June, not many people watch NFL Network, and there hasn&#8217;t been a lot of clamoring to bring it back. But if the dispute extends into the regular season, when it would also deprive Xfinity customers of NFL RedZone Channel, it&#8217;s going to be a major disappointment for football fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the end of April, NFL Network went dark on Comcast Xfinity cable. It&#8217;s now June, and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,348500,437,593,2361,85],"class_list":["post-718791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-comcast-xfinity","tag-disney","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-network","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}