The
NFL RedZone channel should not be confused with the former nearly identical
Red Zone Channel, a service that was included as part of
DirecTV's
out-of-market sports package NFL Sunday Ticket, and was hosted by
Andrew Siciliano.
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Despite their similar names and formats, the two channels were independent from each other, and the DirecTV service launched ahead of the NFL Network-run
RedZone. In December 2022, with the announcement that rights to NFL Sunday Ticket would move exclusively to YouTube, it was confirmed that the service will not produce its own equivalent, and would simply distribute
RedZone.
[39] Its final broadcast was January 8, 2023.
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