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DirecTV and SECN agree on rates
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:03 pm
seems promising
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RT @JBFlint: DirecTV CEO Mike White says company has agreed on rates for ESPN's SEC Network and is optimistic it will launch it.
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RT @JBFlint: DirecTV CEO Mike White says company has agreed on rates for ESPN's SEC Network and is optimistic it will launch it.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:04 pm to Tigerjackswartz
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:05 pm to Tigerjackswartz
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:06 pm to Tigerjackswartz
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DirecTV and SECN agree on rates
I cant believe people actually thought this would not happen.
Direct TV would be committing suicide
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:09 pm to LanierSpots
yes I know, I never blinked that DIRECTV wouldn't carry it
I work in the TV business and had dinner with some execs with DIRECTV Tuesday night.
apparently the only thing preventing this from being done is they are negotiating the watch espn rights. once that's done then it will be announced
I work in the TV business and had dinner with some execs with DIRECTV Tuesday night.
apparently the only thing preventing this from being done is they are negotiating the watch espn rights. once that's done then it will be announced
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:10 pm to Tigerjackswartz
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:10 pm to dallastiger55
Off topic, but isn't Directv's CEO like an ex history or English teacher? 
I still wouldn't switch to Directv unless they literally unlocked every channel for 6 months minus the pron
I still wouldn't switch to Directv unless they literally unlocked every channel for 6 months minus the pron
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:13 pm to Tigerjackswartz
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:15 pm to LanierSpots
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Direct TV would be committing suicide
They would be fine because of Sunday ticket.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:15 pm to FourThreeForty
I don't know, but hes a smart dude and a very nice guy
he was CEO of PepsiCo for a long time and now DIRECTV
dude is solid
he was CEO of PepsiCo for a long time and now DIRECTV
dude is solid
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:15 pm to dallastiger55
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apparently the only thing preventing this from being done is they are negotiating the watch espn rights.
horseshite.
That's always been part of the package ... it's never been in question where the SECN is concerned.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:16 pm to olemc999
Glad this worked out, as most felt it would.
I got a sweet deal last week to stay with directv and advised others to get their deal too. A clown fan of an OSU said this: They aren't getting sec network
I got a sweet deal last week to stay with directv and advised others to get their deal too. A clown fan of an OSU said this: They aren't getting sec network
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:16 pm to scrooster
direcTV does not currently have WatchESPN which I think is his point. This is part of larger negotiation
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:21 pm to scrooster
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horseshite.
That's always been part of the package ... it's never been in question where the SECN is concerned.
Directv signed a long term deal with ESPN back in 2005 so they haven't had to pick up WatchESPN. ESPN is using this SECN launch to force any service provider who wants SECN to take WatchESPN and LHN too.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:21 pm to scrooster
quote:You have been so wrong in almost every post regarding the SEC Network and Directv it is comical
horseshite.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:24 pm to Tigerjackswartz
Great news--and the perfect backdrop for this, the last official day of the offseason.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:24 pm to tmc94
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direcTV does not currently have WatchESPN which I think is his point. This is part of larger negotiation
Gotcha ... so this is more about the entire Disney/ESPN package renegotiation, which now includes the SECN, that just the SECN.
Okay, that makes sense.
Because I know for a fact that the SECN package was sold with WatchESPN rights included.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:25 pm to volfan30
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Directv signed a long term deal with ESPN back in 2005 so they haven't had to pick up WatchESPN. ESPN is using this SECN launch to force any service provider who wants SECN to take WatchESPN and LHN too.
What does the LHN have to do with this? I thought they operated separately and not in partnership with ESPN?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:34 pm to lsupride87
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You have been so wrong in almost every post regarding the SEC Network and Directv it is comical
lulz ... let's see it actually get done first.
Between last Monday-Friday DirecTV suffered huge subscriber losses, the largest single week of subscriber losses in their company's history so obviously, the pressure is now on and they are realizing SEC fan subscribers are not bluffing. That's good ... good for SEC fans and good for AT&T U-verse.
Doesn't matter to me either way - but I have enjoyed watching DirecTV squirm. They have had a long history of holding-out, sic carriage disputes ( LINK), in the so-called name of rising rates while at the same time their rates have risen more than any other provider ... cable, satellite or otherwise.
If they do the deal in time AT&T wins, if they don't then AT&T still wins. The PAC 12 fans continue to lose either way. DISH has won either way.
Hell, it's the most win-win clusterfrick I've ever witnessed from my portfolio's perspective.
DISH remains the better satellite provider of the two.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:36 pm to scrooster
You have any link for that subscriber loss? I'd like or read it if so.
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