Comcast, the nation’s second-largest cable television provider under the brand Xfinity, has reached an agreement with Disney to lift the current blackout and resume airing the NFL Network and NFL RedZone to its roughly 11 million subscribers in time for the 2026 season. Disney owns 72% of ESPN, which took over NFL Media assets earlier this year. Shortly after the takeover, the contract with Comcast expired and the two parties could not reach an immediate deal. The NFL Network was launched in 2003 and, as of June 2023, was available in 51.5 million homes across the United States. NFL RedZone, hosted by Scott Hanson, was launched in September 2009.