The NFL Playoffs Are Coming to Cable TV, Finally

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The NFL Playoffs Are Coming to Cable TV, Finally
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When*ESPN (http://mashable.com/category/espn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)*airs an NFL (http://mashable.com/category/nfl/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)*Wild Card matchup in January 2015, you'll hardly **tice the big distinction: It'll be the first NFL playoff game to ever air on cable, period.

It's a huge moment for cable TV, though, which has spent decades building up this kind of clout: ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcast team of Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and sideline reporter Lisa Salters will work the playoff game for ESPN, according to its Thursday an**uncement.

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The move comes thanks to an eight-year extension the league and sports TV giant reached for Monday Night Football broadcasts back in 2011, which*took effect this spring and carries an option for a Wild Card playoff game on ESPN — which is being exercised **w.*While ESPN banks heavily on the NFL through regular-season broadcasts, highlight shows and endless debate, showing a live postseason game is a first for pay TV. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/23/the-nfl-playoffs-are-coming-to-cable/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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