Effective tomorrow Dish Network will be removing the NFL Network from its Americas Top 100 Package. (AT100) The NFL Network will however still be available to customers who subscribe to the AT200 package higher. AT100 customers who subscribe to any of Dish Networks HD packages will also lose the NFL HD channel from their lineup.
For the past two years Dish Network has been heavily promoting the fact that the NFL Network was available in all of its AT packages, but this is no longer the case now Dish Network is saying that the 2 year free preview of the NFL Network for AT100 customers is over.
The following statement was posted by Dish Network to its retailers website.
NFL Network Free Preview Ending
NFL Network is moving out of Free Preview into America's Top 200 package, effective Wednesday, February 20th, 2008.
In order to prepare customers who currently subscribe to America's Top 100 or Top 100+, DISH Network will be communicating to customers that NFL Network is rolling up and moving from Free Preview to the America's Top 200 package effective February 19, 2008. This communication will begin on February 15th, 2008 at 11:59MST.
Thank you for supporting DISH Network
Funny I don't remember them ever mentioning that the NFL Network for AT100 customers was a Free Preview. I bet that come Thursday there could be some upset Dish Network customers, but then again perhaps no one will notice until next fall when its football season again.