DirecTV To Add Live Fantasy Football Channel To Sunday Ticket

Does your fantasy football need more fantasy football? Well, fantasy owners you're about to get it. DirecTV is adding a new channel called “Fantasy Zone” to their exclusive “NFL Sunday Ticket” package for the 2014 season. Per For The Win...

quote:

---

The Fantasy Zone channel will also be broadcasting while games are in progress, but will focus solely on how the live action is affecting the day’s fantasy stats, with up to the minute game-to-game analysis, stats and on-screen tickers that offer projections and key player updates. Hosting the channel will be former NFL linebacker Dhani Jones and Kay Adams, who has established herself as a fantasy sports expert for NBC Sports’ Rotoworld site.

Unlike the Red Zone Channel, which airs from DirecTV’s Los Angeles headquarters, the Fantasy Zone will be broadcast from a loft in New York. The setting sounds more similar to MLB’s “Fan Cave” concept than Siciliano’s rapid fire game-surfing, as there will be celebrity guest hosts, a live studio audience and even an on-set kitchen where a full-time in-studio chef will whip up gameday recipes for viewers at home.

---