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re: Why haven't more cable providers gotten on board with the SEC network?
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:30 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
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.
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Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:40 am to elposter
I am switching from DirecTV to Uverse today after 5+ years with DTV. It's just a matter of time at this point with Dish and Uverse and more cable companies on board. DTV is just trying to negotiate but their leverage is shrinking as more and more people are switching as the season draws closer. At some point DTV will have to stop the bleeding but in the meantime its just a game of chicken.
It's also brilliant that the SECN is putting the first 2 A&M games on SECN considering that Texas is the most populated SEC state.
This isn't like the LHN or B1G Network because neither was able to pull Dish this early and UVerse wasn't nearly as big when they got them. The SECN has tremendous leverage right now and they are using it.
It's also brilliant that the SECN is putting the first 2 A&M games on SECN considering that Texas is the most populated SEC state.
This isn't like the LHN or B1G Network because neither was able to pull Dish this early and UVerse wasn't nearly as big when they got them. The SECN has tremendous leverage right now and they are using it.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 3:08 pm to elposter
Cox & the local CBS affliate channel literally negotiated down to the last hour of the contract, so something this big will just take a lot more time. But it does all boil down to money & it's a billion dollar company bargaining with other billion dollar companies. The fans are the least of their consideration. Funny, when ESPN first started, they had to pay the various cable providers to put them on the air. Now they are holding everyone else by the balls & will not hesitate to squeeze long and hard to get the best deal they can get.
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