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DirecTV is marking third quarter of 2008 with a great deal on their NFL Sunday Ticket plan. The regular season for the NFL doesn’t start until September, but training camp starts in late July for most NFL teams, and the pre-season games start in August. Maybe you have passed on the Sunday Ticket deal in the past. If so, now is the time to find the best deals out there, as this is the start of the busy time of year for DirecTV.

Now if you haven’t heard of this tremendous package, here are the details on DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket. Designed as the premium football viewing package, it is designed to give you viewing access to every single NFL game. In most cases, most viewers will see four or five games a week on network television, the Sunday morning and afternoon games, the Sunday Night game on NBC, and then Monday night football.

Now if you live in the area where “your” home team plays, you can usually see your team play on network TV. However, if you don’t live in that market, you would have to make a trip down to the local bar to watch your team’s game. Since DirecTV began the Sunday Ticket package a few years ago, you can always see your home team, from the comfort of your own house.

While out of area fans make up a strong base for the NFL Sunday Ticket, there are other fans that need this package as well. Fantasy football enthusiasts have been subscribing to the package, as it lets them check in on their fantasy players at any time. Another group buying up the package is those who may have a little money on NFL games. They love the Direct TV Sunday Ticket as it lets them keep up on who covers the point spread.

What about price? In past years, the NFL Sunday Ticket cost has been around $250 per season, billed over 4 monthly installments. This year’s price for existing DirecTV subscribers will be almost $300 dollars. Those who sign up in time get a $20 discount.

New Direct TV subscribers can take advantage of the offer on the Sunday Ticket. Current specials bill the same price $74.99 per month for 4 months, with a great start up bonus. New customers signing up for NFL Ticket can get the Direct TV Premier package free for 4 months.  If you want the Superfan package add on though, you will have to pay an extra $100 for HD.  This is DirecTV’s top end package, with 265 stations, 35 sports stations, and also free movie channels.

Free DVR service is also included and a Direct TV DVR upgrade rounds out this great offer on dish TV service.

One of the best things about modern cable and satellite television is the explosion of sports programming now available to customers across the country. Many years ago you would only see a couple of college football games on Saturday and two or three on Sunday today you can pick from dozens of games every weekend with specialized sports packages. Even the NCAA tournament has additional coverage with the Mega March Madness on Direct TV.

The motto today is “Content is King” and as the saying goes the sports networks of course want to deliver as much content as possible to the end user so they can make more money on ads. Quite a few brand new all-sports networks have sprung up in the last few years. Some of these include Altitude Sports, which carries Denver Nuggets and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche games, and also the Big 10 network and the Mtn, the network of the Mountain West conference.

Sure these networks are great for people in certain parts of the nation, but disputes between the providers of sports programming and cable networks that deliver the content have resulted in trouble at times to the customer. For example, the Big Ten Network began broadcasting in 2007, but they were in a carraige dispute with big cable provider Time Warner. Subscribers of Time Warner in the midwest were unable to watch some of the home town teams play because of the carraige dispute. Finally however, the parties came to an agreement before the 2008 season, so subscribers could stay with Time Warner instead of having to switch to one of the satellite television providers like DISH Network or Direct TV. An important thing to do when considering providers is to consider all factors, comparing Time Warner or DirecTV.

Specialized sports programming packages are another option hard core sports fans should consider. Some Dish Network customers have switched providers because the NFL Sunday ticket is exlusively with DirecTV. This has upset some pay television subscribers, who do not understand why a package Sunday Ticket isn’t available to every provider, especially a bicompany like Time Warner. Other packages though are more fan friendly, such as the National Hockey League Center Ice and the NBA League Pass, which are available on almost every cable TV and satellite provider. Direct TV seems to have all of the premium sports packages like the NFL Sunday Ticket package.