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Posted on 6/30/14 at 4:07 pm to Landmass
Hopefully cajunvid has his stream up.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 4:09 pm to Landmass
I'd gladly swap that Oprah shite show and the 20 Disney Channels for this programming.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 4:15 pm to rb
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Who do you think makes all this possible, cable companies/satellite providers? Nope,.....it's you and I.
Agreed, our fanaticism drives this business model. SEC Network is the gun, we are the bullet.
It honestly isn't fair that because we are so loud of a minority that we can force the majority to pay for our facilities, but life isn't fair.
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ESPN is not playing nicely either.
And it shouldn't.
The WHOLE point of this network and SEC expansion is to take our base of crazy fans and use it to milk the crap out of the cable providers in the SEC footprint.
If ESPN wasn't involved it would still be the same deal. Heck, this business model of charging more for a network within the footprint is copied directly from the B1G Network (that has no ESPN involvement). ESPN just does it better than anyone else.
This is business, not patty cake time.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 4:16 pm to rb
I love how I have about 20 shopping channels featuring shows like, "I Hate My Butt," "Shark V Dyson," etc.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 4:19 pm to Landmass
And BET ? I ain't even B.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 4:20 pm to Landmass
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You should be able to just pick your channels based on what you actually watch and pay accordingly but the US Government won't let that happen.
Its not the government stopping you, it is the combination of record levels of cable participation (90+% of America has cable) and the fact that video content providers were more prepared than music or book companies.
The music companies weren't prepared for the digital age, so they got fricked and now they have to give everything away for a low monthly fee (Spotify). The video content producers (think HBO, ESPN, etc.) are trying to avoid losing out on all that revenue.
So they are tying their current streaming products to the old dinosaurs so that they can milk the current system in place until it is dead. Soon as it is dead (which will take 25+ years) they will switch gears and sell directly to customers via their own portals.
Sure if Net Neutrality was real cord cutting would be easier. But Netflix paid the toll to get their traffic prioritized, ESPN could do the same. That is only an added expense, not the reason it doesn't work.
The reason it doesn't work is because there is a lot more money left to be milked out of cable. So enjoy the ride...
Posted on 6/30/14 at 4:20 pm to Landmass
Does Chrome not work with it
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:36 pm to Han Solo
I'm sure that Chrome will work with it.
This post was edited on 6/30/14 at 7:37 pm
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