<P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . 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 . </P> <P> Charter Communications became one of the first multiple system operators to provide NFL Network, in 2004 . Initially the deal called for the network to be carried on Charter's digital - basic programming and included NFL HD and NFL On Demand . However, in December 2005, the network had pulled itself from Charter and filed a breach of contract suit against the provider in the New York Supreme Court over contract language regarding distribution . It was reported that NFL Network wanted a 125% rate increase in carriage fees and placement on Charter's expanded basic tiers . </P> <P> In August 2011, Charter Communications and NFL Network announced that the two parties had reached a new, long - term agreement to carry the NFL Network and RedZone in time for the 2011 season . </P>

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