re: SEC Network, the thread

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Almost all the football games are simulcast on the national feed so why would DTV care about a bunch of other regional sports nets that don't have anything past a few college basketball games to offer?

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I found this quote to be incredibly fascinating

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Further, the contract now resets all the Pac-12 Network carriage fees should the network agree to a deal with DirecTV that is below what others are currently paying. The others would get a lower negotiated rate that matches DirecTV. While I blame both sides, I'm now wondering if the conference's claim that DirecTV doesn't want to come to the table is really just the conference's way of saying they don't want to give up money already in the bank chasing wider distribution.

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I wonder how common this is. It makes sense because if I'm an early adopter, I'm pissed if my biggest competitor gets a better rate. Makes me wonder if this is similar reasoning as to why LHN is supposedly being left out of the new DTV-Disney deal.

And it may also be what the Disney folks are saying about "learning from past mistakes" when talking about SECN.