NFL Sunday Ticket NFL Sunday Ticket is an out - of - market sports package that broadcasts National Football League regular season games unavailable on local affiliates . It carries all regional Sunday afternoon games produced by Fox and CBS . The ideal customer of this package is presumed ( based on advertisements ) to be a fan of a team who is unable to see their team on local television because they do not reside in that team ' s market . The package is available in the United States exclusively on DirecTV ( which also offers it on the Internet , on certain tablets and smartphones , as well as on the PlayStation Network and JetBlue Airways flights ) ; in Canada on several satellite and cable providers , in Mexico and Latin America on SKY México , in South America and the Caribbean on DirecTV Latin America , and several cable providers in The Bahamas and Bermuda . United States : DirecTV . Currently , American satellite provider DirecTV has exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket in the United States until the contract expires at the end of the 2014 – 15 season . Prior to the NFL ' s latest television deal , other satellite and cable providers were allowed to bid on the rights to carry NFL Sunday Ticket if they agreed to carry the NFL Network . However , DirecTV still won exclusivity for the package , bidding over $ 700 million a year to do so . This has long been one of DirecTV ' s selling points to consumers , and thus likely explains the large premium they pay for the privilege . Still , the NFL has indicated that another reason they accepted DirecTV ' s bid was to limit the availability of the product so that the television networks and especially their local affiliates would be protected . In particular , NFL Sunday Ticket viewers do not count towards local Nielsen ratings ; thus offering NFL Sunday Ticket on cable might cost CBS and Fox affiliates millions of dollars in lost revenue from local commercial breaks ( as opposed to national ads sold by the networks ) . In turn , affiliates help subsidize the networks ' programming costs . Since the launch of new satellites , DirecTV no longer drops other HD feeds to broadcast the NFL Sunday Ticket games in HD . DirecTV offers a free preview of NFL Sunday Ticket for the first week of the season . Contract extension . On March 23 , 2009 , it was announced that DirecTV paid $ 4 billion to extend its exclusive contract for NFL Sunday Ticket until 2014 . The contract extension also calls for the establishment of an online version of NFL Sunday Ticket , for customers who cannot subscribe to DirecTV by 2012 as well as a separate NFL Network - produced " Red Zone " channel to be carried on other American television providers . Blackouts . If a game the viewer wishes to watch is blacked out in their home market because it ' s not sold out , the game remains blacked out on NFL Sunday Ticket . Any other game televised locally is also blacked out ( viewers must watch them instead on their local Fox or CBS affiliates ) . Games joined or switched away from in progress usually have their blackout status altered immediately . Extra features . DirecTV offers the following extra features . From 2005 – 09 these features were part of an add - on package called Superfan and cost $ 100 extra . As of 2012 , some of them are part of the NFL Sunday Ticket Max package which costs an extra $ 100 . Since 2009 , all games have been in high definition . The HD games were formerly part of the Superfan package . This channel shows eight games at once , along with the game ' s score , time left in the game , and the quarter that the game is in under the game ' s feed . Starting in 2008 it can be seen in high - definition . Starting in 2011 , it will include larger cells when four or fewer games are being played . This channel acts as a viewer ' s " remote control " and switches around various NFL games as plays of interest occur ( scoring plays , key turnovers , etc . ) The coverage is hosted by Fox ' s Andrew Siciliano and has been offered on some airlines , such as Jet Blue . As of 2012 , it is only available on the new NFL Sunday Ticket Max package . As of the 2007 season , this channel is provided in HD . This is not to be confused with the NFL Network ' s RedZone channel , which is produced separately with a different host . That channel airs at the same time on Dish Network , various cable systems , and also on Verizon Wireless smartphone s . This two - channel duo recaps every NFL game in 30 minutes or less , including games not available on NFL Sunday Ticket because they were televised locally or blacked out . One channel shows AFC games while the other shows NFC games . These highlights are made available on Sunday nights and are shown continuously until Tuesday morning . As of 2012 , it is only available on the new NFL Sunday Ticket Max package . DirecTV subscribers with interactive DVRs receive a three to four minute recap of every NFL Sunday Ticket game on demand with this feature , via channel 1005 . As of 2012 , it is only available on the new NFL Sunday Ticket Max package . Starting in 2011 , the NFL . com Fantasy Football TV app will allow NFL . com fantasy players with Internet connected set - top boxes to view their NFL . com Fantasy Football teams and scores directly on their TV screen . Computers , tablets and smartphones . NFL Sunday Ticket Max subscribers can also stream games on the Internet and their smartphones and tablets . Starting in 2009 , NFL Sunday Ticket To Go is also available to non - DirecTV subscribers who are unable to receive satellite television in their homes or apartments due to line of sight issues . The cost is $ 50 more than those with DirecTV service . DirecTV offers NFL Sunday Ticket To Go on Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy tablets ; Motorola Android phones ; the iPad , iPhone , iPod Touch , BlackBerry OS devices with 3G or wifi , Palm Pre / Pixi , and other Droid - branded phones . JetBlue . Starting on October 3 , 2010 , DirecTV began offering the full slate of NFL Sunday Ticket games on JetBlue Airways flights to 50 destinations across the United States . PlayStation Network . Starting in 2011 , DirecTV offers NFL Sunday Ticket on the PlayStation Network . The fee was $ 339 . 96 per year ( $ 84 . 99 every month for four months ) but was reduced to $ 199 . 99 mid - season . It can be purchased through the PlayStation 3 ' s PlayStation Store . History . NFL Sunday Ticket was launched in 1994 and was available on both DirecTV ( which had launched just months earlier ) and on C - band and Ku - band satellites , for which the receiving dishes are larger in size . Within several years , the service became available on various cable systems in Canada as well . International Distribution . NFL Sunday Ticket is also available in Canada , Mexico , Latin America , Bermuda and The Bahamas . Canada . In Canada , NFL Sunday Ticket has been made available on a non - exclusive basis to the following satellite and cable providers : The lack of exclusivity for any provider is due to Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) regulations .