SJI Newswire 96/10/19

From: Satellite Journal <71165.2032@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 08:35:19 -0400
From owner-sat-na@tags1.dn.net Mon Oct 21 10: 43:30 1996

Sportmania adds NFL programming


        DALLAS, Texas, 96/10/19 (SJI Newswire) -- NFL games and highlights
are once again available to TV viewers in Spain. The NFL has renewed
broadcasting agreements with Canal+ and its satellite sports channel,
Sportmania, in Spain. In addition to NFL games, Canal+ broadcasts NFL
highlights each week during its lunchtime sports show, Mas Deporte, and
will culminate the season by airing Super Bowl XXXI on January 26 live from
New Orleans. 

The NFL touchdowns on GLA

        DALLAS, Texas, 96/10/19 (SJI Newswire) -- Galaxy Latin America is
now offering a weekly package of NFL games to home DirecTv subscribers
throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

The 1996 NFL games included in the package, called PASE NFL, will be
available at no charge to subscribers. PASE NFL is part of Direct Event.
 
In Mexico, subscribers will be able to view up to eight games per week.
Everywhere else subscribers will be able to watch up to 13 games each week.
Next year up to 200 games will be available.

"With the addition of PASE NFL, our Latin American subscribers can enjoy
the regular season of the most popular sport in the U.S., and it is offered
at no additional charge as a bonus for subscribing to DirecTv," said Rick
Moe, GLA's vice president of marketing.

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