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UNITED STATES Currently, . However, DirecTV still won exclusivity for the package, bidding over $700 million a year to do so. Due to limited bandwidth on DirecTV's satellites, DirecTV drops the HD feed for TNT on Sundays to open up more room for NFL telecasts in HD. DirecTV also drops PPV programming, NewsMix & SportsMix, however DirecTV restores these services after the Sunday games are over. It is rumored that some of NewsCorp 's foreign satellite companies, such as BSkyB , may offer NFL Sunday Ticket within the next couple of years. CRITICISM Criticism is cast at the fact NFL Sunday Ticket is only available on satellite, as the great majority of potential NFL customers in the U.S. are Cable subscribers. Many customers are not able to subscribe to satellite TV for various reasons. DirectTV gains many viewers solely based on its exclusivity for NFL Sunday Ticket, and this is viewed as the main reason it bid so generously for the rights. SUPERFAN The Superfan package is an extra package which allows subscribers to watch up to 9 NFL games in high definition (mostly Fox games) and offers extra features not available in the regular Sunday Ticket. This was added in 2005 and includes these three features: ;Game Mix :This channel shows 8 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. ;Red Zone Channel :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 . ;Short Cuts :This 2-channel duo recaps every NFL game in 30 minutes or less. 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.'' HIGHLIGHTS ON DEMAND Viewers with DirecTV and TiVo -enabled receivers receive a three to four minute recap of every NFL Sunday Ticket game with this feature. 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. Today, nearly all subscribers in the U.S. receive Sunday Ticket on DirecTV because C-band and Ku-band technology are now obsolete, and also because it is still exclusive to DirecTV. It is not available on Dish Network or on Cable Systems . The success of Sunday Ticket led to the launch of other pay-per-view sports packages across the spectrum of professional and college sports. CANADA In Canada, NFL Sunday Ticket has been made available on a non-exclusive basis to the following satellite and cable providers:
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