NFL on AFN Update

Here is an update on the NFL on AFN Prime issue:

Servicemembers and others living on base can once again watch NFL football games and other programs for free because of two new additions to the on-base free cable service.

The American Forces Network’s Xtra and Atlantic channels have been added to the free cable package, Morale, Welfare and Recreation cable television chief Ron Buss said Friday.

Many servicemembers expressed frustration when the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service removed NFL games from AFN’s Pacific Prime channel, the only free available channel both on and off post.

AFRTS says it removed the games because South Korean cable companies pirate AFN Pacific Prime and showing football games in a market in which the NFL wants to make its own inroads could jeopardize AFRTS’ broadcasting rights.