'NFL RedZone' host Scott Hanson says he understands fan frustration over costly streaming subscriptions

"NFL RedZone" big Scott Hanson said helium understands wherefore fans are frustrated with the NFL and the fig of services the league requires fans to ticker the games.

Hanson, 54, said that helium is 1 of the radical who spell retired and bargain each the services to ticker the primetime games.

"There is nary shortage of speech astir that taxable there. I’m a broadcaster, but I'm besides a shot fan. When I'm not connected the air, connected NFL RedZone broadcasting, I'm watching each nationalist standalone game. So I'm 1 of those radical who gets this subscription, that subscription, this avenue to ticker each of the games. I tin recognize the frustration," Hanson told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell talks with NFL Network's Scott Hanson earlier Super Bowl LVI betwixt the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, Calif., connected Feb. 13, 2022. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

NFL fans who privation entree to each crippled request to acquisition YouTube TV for "NFL Sunday Ticket," successful summation to the costly subscriptions for each the streaming services the NFL uses to broadcast games.

Those streaming services are Amazon Prime, Peacock and Netflix. The operation of those respective services is implicit $1,500 a year, and that doesn’t see the fees that travel with basal cablegram packages oregon high-speed Wi-Fi needed to accommodate the platforms.

Hanson said the NFL does privation to beryllium mindful astir however it distributes its product.

"The NFL, though, has made a connection saying that they person much games connected escaped television, you know, accepted broadcast television, the main aged accepted broadcast networks than immoderate different large sports leagues successful North America, astatine least, which is true," Hanson said.

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NFL Network’s Scott Hanson speaks connected signifier during the 3rd time of the 2025 NFL Draft successful Green Bay, Wis., connected April 26, 2025. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

"Yet the NFL wants to beryllium mindful of however we service the fans and however the merchandise is distributed. They admit that, yeah, okay, present you request this subscription, that subscription, this level to beryllium capable to ticker the games. It's a balancing act."

Hanson said the NFL needs to equilibrium making wealth portion not pricing retired the fans.

"The NFL is simply a for-profit business, right? It is. They marque a batch of money. They besides interaction American society. So successful maximizing the concern portion keeping your fans arsenic engaged and arsenic passionate, arsenic the astonishing NFL fans are, is simply a balancing enactment that they volition effort to find a bully equilibrium," Hanson said.

The Justice Department reportedly opened an probe into the NFL implicit its usage of streaming services.

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NFL Network big Scott Hanson presents connected signifier during Day 3 of the 2023 NFL Draft astatine Union Station successful Kansas City, Mo., connected April 29, 2023. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

A Fox News poll in March indicated that 72% of sports fans deliberation large sporting events should enactment escaped connected broadcast TV, amid reports that the NFL is considering allowing teams to merchantability the rights to preseason games to streaming services.

FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty credited FCC Chairman Brendan Carr with identifying astatine that "public involvement is nary longer being served, and the request for authorities immunity is little clear" a caller property conference.

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"Indeed, much than 8,000 radical person submitted comments astatine the FCC — with 98% of those comments expressing vexation with the streaming migration inclination and their anticipation that broadcast volition stay the preeminent level for watching their favourite team," she said. "Getting broadcast argumentation close includes empowering broadcasters to respond to this wide felt user request and guarantee broadcasters’ continued quality to service section communities not lone done sports but different programming, arsenic well."

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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