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Football is a pretty good business to be in these days because analysts say the National Football League's television profits are about to go up 60%!

An 8-year extension of the league's TV rights deal with broadcast partners CBS, Fox and NBC is promising the NFL $3.2 billion a year until 2021. That's more than double what they are raking in with their current contract.

But wait, there's more money to be had from the sport that every network wants a piece of. Sources report that previous deals with ESPN and DirecTV are expected to lock in another $6 billion in media fees for the NFL.

That's A LOT of money and it's only from the TV rights! Now imagine how much money the NFL is making with merchandise and ticket sales…

Can someone say, "CHA-CHING!"

Tags: billion, broadcast, cbs, directv, disney, espn, football, fox, merchandise, money, nbc, nfl, profit, ticket sales, tv rights

…if we have DirecTV that is…

So basically, there's a whole lotta drama going down between DirecTV and FX!!!

Last week, DirecTV let Fox Networks know they were about to drop their a$$es if they couldn't agree on carriage fees. So then Fox was all like hey let's extend this but according to them, DirecTV told them hellll to the no unless they agreed to their demands.

So DirecTV wants to "suspend" the networks beginning Nov. 1. Word went around, eventually landing in Kurt Sutters' ears. Being the creator of FX's big hit Sons of Anarchy, this is going to affect him a lil bit.

So this is what he has to say about it:

Tags: business, directv, fx, kurt sutter, sons of anarchy, tv

Blondie's still got it!

Promoting her upcoming album, Panic Of Girls, which lands September 13, Debbi Harry and her band rocked her classic hit out at the Guitar Center.

We can't wait to see the full DirecTV Guitar Center Sessions episode! August 27 is how close?

Tags: blondie, directv, guitar center, guitar center sessions, heart of glass, video

On behalf of the countless fans of the original Beverly Hills 90210, we cordially welcome you back to TV, Mr. Priestley!

Last we heard from Jason P back in October, he was directing the Hallmark TV movie Goodnight for Justice with former 90210 alum Luke Perry starring/executive producing the project.

Tonight, Jason Priestley returns to TV with his new show Call Me Fitz, which is a comedy series that Jason has described in the following way:

"[It's] a lot of fun. It's booze, blow, it's perfect. It's Charlie Sheen on a Wednesday."

When we first heard about Fitz a while back, we were admittedly kinda bitter that he bailed on the new 90210 for this…but at least he's working again. Maybe the show will surpass our expectations!

For all the 90210 fans out there looking for a trip down memory lane, the show premieres tonight at 9 pm on DirecTV's The 101 Network.

Are U ready to let Jason Priestley back into your life?

Tags: 101 network, beverly hills 90210, call me fitz, comedy, directv, goodnight for justice, hallmark, jason priestley, luke perry, tv movie

We may not have flying cars yet, but at least this is a start!

DirecTV has teamed up with Sony Corp, Discovery Communications, and IMAX to launch 3net, a network that will run 3D programming all day, every day!

3net will launch on Sunday with world premieres of 3D programs China Revealed and Forgotten Planet. They'll also air the TV premiere of Into The Deep 3D.

New programming and original 3D series will be released every night at 9 PM ET.

This is like a worst nightmare for pirates! We're guessing it's gonna be pret-ty difficult to create quality torrents of 3D programming.

Will U tune in for the premiere of 3net? Do U have the necessary equipment to do so?

Tags: 3d, 3net, china revealed, directv, discovery communications, flying cars, forgotten planet, future, imax, into the deep 3d, pirates, premiere, sony corp, torrents

There's still hope for The Kennedys miniseries!

After The History Channel decided to not air the 8-part miniseries and Showtime rejected it, sources say that DirecTV is in talks to possibly pick up the project, starring Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear, and air it on its Channel 101.

This wouldn't be a first for DirecTV. They also saved NBC's Friday Night Lights and FX's Damages after they were on the brink of cancelation.

The company is not part of a major studio, such as Disney or NBC - which owns The History Channel - so this could be a very good sign for The Kennedys.

After all the recent publicity of the movie, we bet it'll get pretty good ratings no matter where it's shown.

Will U watch??

Tags: directv, greg kinnear, miniseries, showtime, the history channel, the kennedys