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Why haven't more cable providers gotten on board with the SEC network?
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:14 am
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:14 am
I just don't get why companies like DirecTV and Comcast refuse to get things worked out especially in Big SEC markets and states.
Could they offer it as part of a sports package if they refuse to include it in their basic packages? Similar to the NFL red zone? Could they allow people to choose to play an extra 3-5 bucks a month for it who want it.
Can a company like DirecTV hold you to your contract if they REFUSE to provide you with what it's competitor has?
Could they offer it as part of a sports package if they refuse to include it in their basic packages? Similar to the NFL red zone? Could they allow people to choose to play an extra 3-5 bucks a month for it who want it.
Can a company like DirecTV hold you to your contract if they REFUSE to provide you with what it's competitor has?
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 9:19 am
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Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:15 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
Because the sec network is charging too much
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:16 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
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Can a company like DirecTV hold you to your contract if they REFUSE to provide you with what it's competitor has?
You bet they can and will. That wont stop me from threatening to leave Direct even with a year left on the contract and getting the Sunday Ticket for free again though.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:19 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
How many times are you gonna start this thread bunty?
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:19 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
It's a pissing contest right now. Every cable provider, that is big in the south, will have to carry it. If they don't, they will lose mass business to the competitor's.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:27 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
This topic has been rehashed over and over again. On this and other boards here on this site.
Even the topic of a la carte programming has been discussed at length.
Even the topic of a la carte programming has been discussed at length.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:30 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
Standard negotiating tactics - it's a waiting game.
It's like a mediation that has been going on for 12 hours with both sides barely moving from their opening positions. In the 13th hour, when the mediator says he is ending it (and both sides are staring at going to trial and paying their lawyers $$$) all of the sudden the sides magically work out a deal in about 10 minutes. Same thing will happen before the fall. Nobody really cares about the SEC Network until those games start airing.
It's like a mediation that has been going on for 12 hours with both sides barely moving from their opening positions. In the 13th hour, when the mediator says he is ending it (and both sides are staring at going to trial and paying their lawyers $$$) all of the sudden the sides magically work out a deal in about 10 minutes. Same thing will happen before the fall. Nobody really cares about the SEC Network until those games start airing.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:36 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
Most will, IMO. Negotiations like these always come to a head at particular times - in this case, likely close to the rollout.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:38 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
I've already got my first piece of mail titled "Arkansas sports fan, Get the best in college sports" from Dish. Pretty nifty little thing, envelope was designed like a football and the back had the Dish logo on it. 
Posted on 5/7/14 at 11:19 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
Comcast operates under a "do harm" philosophy. Whatever they do, first and foremost, it must harm their customers.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 3:58 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
It'll be worked out this summer.
Comcast will, but DirecTV may play hardball.
A few years ago there were several channels blocked on DTV for months while they worked out new contracts.
DTV doesn't care about the customer.
Comcast will, but DirecTV may play hardball.
A few years ago there were several channels blocked on DTV for months while they worked out new contracts.
DTV doesn't care about the customer.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 10:25 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
It's a regional network that ESPN is trying to make companies pay for like it is a national network. People on the west coast for the most part couldn't give two shits about Paul Finebaum.
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