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Tribune Inks Deal With National Football League

Wednesday 03. September 2008 - Company Wins Local Market Over-The-Air Rights To Six Games Carried By NFL Network

Tribune Company today announced that it has obtained the local market over-the-air broadcast rights for six National Football League games carried by the NFL Network during the regular season. The agreement allows Tribune’s stations in New York, Dallas, San Diego, New Orleans, Denver, and Indianapolis to broadcast games that would otherwise be available only to cable and satellite television subscribers in those markets.

The schedule includes one of two regular season games between the New York Jets, led by newly-acquired quarterback Brett Favre, and last year’s AFC Champion New England Patriots.

“Partnering with the NFL to bring these games to a broad audience in these markets is a real demonstration of our commitment to staying hyper-focused on local programming,” said John Hendricks, Tribune Broadcasting’s executive vice president/interactive and broadcast sales. “There’s nothing bigger than the NFL and these games will deliver big ratings for our advertisers.”

The full schedule is as follows:

Game Broadcast Date Station City
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Denver Broncos v. Cleveland
Browns November 6, 2008 KWGN-TV Denver
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New York Jets v. New England
Patriots November 13, 2008 WPIX-TV New York
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Oakland Raiders v. San Diego
Chargers December 4, 2008 KSWB-TV San Diego
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New Orleans Saints v. Chicago
Bears December 11, 2008 WGNO-TV New Orleans
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Indianapolis Colts v.
Jacksonville Jaguars December 18, 2008 WXIN-TV Indianapolis
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Baltimore Ravens v. Dallas
Cowboys December 20, 2008 KDAF-TV Dallas-Fort
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