Of all of the TV programming service providers that are available, only one of them specializes in premium sports programming and that service provider is DirecTV. While other service providers may claim to have a large quantity of quality premium sports programming in the repertoire, it is important to bear in mind that the word -Premium- is a relative term that is wide open to interpretation.

This means that any service provider can use it however they like to in their advertising and promotional media and they do. What the word -Premium- used to refer to in sports programming was only the sports programming that featured the very best in professional and top ranked armature events. For armature sports this meant events such as top ranked college sports and world class sports such as Olympic sports contests.

At DirecTV the word -Premium- still refers to this level of sports and it always will, so while DirecTV still carries some less than premium sports channels they have a full twenty-five channels that fall into the premium category. DirecTV also features two ultra-premium sports channels and the reason the word ultra has to be put in front of them is because there are simply no other sports programming channels that are available any where else that equal the quality of sports programming that they feature.

DirecTV has exclusive rights to these two channels and this means that no other service provider carries them, so they truly are special for this reason and many other reasons. One channel is NCAA Mega March Madness and the other is called NFL Sunday Ticket and they both can be added to any one of DirecTV's Total Choice programming packages.

This means that while other service providers require you to subscribe to their larger programming packages to begin receiving any premium sports channels that they carry, with DirecTV you can get these two special sports channels added onto their base level economy Family Choice programming package.

NFL Sunday Ticket is loaded down heavy with great NFL programming and this includes all of their preseason and regular games right up through the Super Bowl. That's not all though, because this sports programming channel goes on for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and it has great replay and reviews of the games during the ongoing season as well as top rated intriguing commentary and debate from all of the most informed experts on the game of football that the NFL has at their disposal.

For interviews there is no better place to go, because only the NFL has the full access that is required for the quality and quantity of interviews that you will see and hear on NFL Sunday Ticket. This programming channel gives you a front row seat on the fifty yard line to all of the football action that is going to take happen this upcoming season, so if you are a true football fan then this is one channel that you really shouldn't pass up.