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The SEC Network a failure up to this point?
Posted on 6/29/14 at 10:17 am
Posted on 6/29/14 at 10:17 am
I know it hasn't aired a second of programming and still has about 7 weeks until it does. However there are still a ton of cable/directv providers who aren't on board yet. I know that Dish and U-Verse are on board and people can switch to them.
With that said, why is it taking the other big boys (directv, Comcast, Time Warner, Cox) that are in SEC country so long to strike a deal? People continue to say that they will make a deal before the start date, but it's been a long time since they announced there would be this channel and people have seemingly moved at a snails pace.
Will major companies not getting the SEC Network hurt the channel when it initially debuts? I think it will.
With that said, why is it taking the other big boys (directv, Comcast, Time Warner, Cox) that are in SEC country so long to strike a deal? People continue to say that they will make a deal before the start date, but it's been a long time since they announced there would be this channel and people have seemingly moved at a snails pace.
Will major companies not getting the SEC Network hurt the channel when it initially debuts? I think it will.
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Posted on 6/29/14 at 10:22 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
If it's a failure then so is all the other conference networks. They didn't get the big boys in year one either
Posted on 6/29/14 at 11:11 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
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it hasn't aired a second of programming and still has about 7 weeks until it does.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 11:15 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
If they don't strike a deal with other major companies then it is a failure. But we still have a while until the launch date.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 11:36 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
Moronic post.
Sorry to be harsh, but if you thought just because it's the SEC network it'd be bubble gum, sunshine, and puppies you have zero business sense.
I count on directv not being on board come the first year. Anything otherwise is gravy.
Sorry to be harsh, but if you thought just because it's the SEC network it'd be bubble gum, sunshine, and puppies you have zero business sense.
I count on directv not being on board come the first year. Anything otherwise is gravy.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 11:41 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
For me personally it being on ALL major providers won't make it a failure or not.
If they provide quality sports coverage and do things right then the other coverages will come.
I am actually just about to be moving into a new home and already plan on going with UVerse. So I'm really not concerned if it gets picked up by the "big boys"
If they provide quality sports coverage and do things right then the other coverages will come.
I am actually just about to be moving into a new home and already plan on going with UVerse. So I'm really not concerned if it gets picked up by the "big boys"
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:08 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
I'll be glad when everything is worked out so you can sleep again
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:25 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
I have UVerse, so no. It is going to be wonderful.
frick Comcast.
frick Comcast.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:29 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
A deal will get struck, this happens all the time. Wouldn't be surprised if deals are struck at the 11th hour before football season. The providers are just trying to get their price.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:32 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
Actually I think it is the biggest success ever for a college sports network at this point in its life cycle. I don't think any of them- LHN, B1G, PAC, etc.- had partners like Dish and AT&T year one. I think they already have enough to cover costs which is huge.
Plus many of these arrangements will go to the last minute. Football is driving the bus and that is common. So no deals now is OK.
For example, many of the providers who did get the LHN announced it a week before the first game.
I bet by the SECN first game two other big ones sign on. By next season they will cover most of the SEC with agreements.
Plus many of these arrangements will go to the last minute. Football is driving the bus and that is common. So no deals now is OK.
For example, many of the providers who did get the LHN announced it a week before the first game.
I bet by the SECN first game two other big ones sign on. By next season they will cover most of the SEC with agreements.
This post was edited on 6/29/14 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:35 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
I still don't see why they (ESPN) don't offer a direct pay for streaming service. Screw the providers. It's not like I have to have Directv on board to stream Netflix movies. ESPN should just cut the providers out and take the Netflix route. Make the providers obsolete.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:44 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
Are we a bunch of spoiled pansies in the conference wondering if something has failed before it's even launched?
WTF has happened to America? When did we start thinking like losers?
WTF has happened to America? When did we start thinking like losers?
Posted on 6/29/14 at 2:48 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
It hasn't launched. I have DISH. So the answer is no. 
Posted on 6/29/14 at 3:02 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
All cable providers in the South will carry the SEC Network but it will not be available until around the first week of August.
If cable company's advertised right now that they were gonna carry the SEC Network. ESPN "owner of the SEC Network" would rape them on the negotiation price. Because at that point ESPN would "know" they had the cable provider exactly where they want them, this is the period of the "chinese haggling" part of the negotiations.
If cable company's advertised right now that they were gonna carry the SEC Network. ESPN "owner of the SEC Network" would rape them on the negotiation price. Because at that point ESPN would "know" they had the cable provider exactly where they want them, this is the period of the "chinese haggling" part of the negotiations.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 5:01 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
I didn't read the rest of this thread but have you all never seen how the cable co's treat content companies like ESPN?
This is standard operating procedure. It's very much akin to the Budget Deficit Ceiling negotiations when no one really starts talking turkey until about 72 hours prior to the deadline.
Y'all need to get out more.
This is standard operating procedure. It's very much akin to the Budget Deficit Ceiling negotiations when no one really starts talking turkey until about 72 hours prior to the deadline.
Y'all need to get out more.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 6:54 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
Yes & yes it was built on pre-2008 economic forecasting and thus is doomed to failure like an over priced strip-mall.
Dead and gone and forgotten in less than a year and a half at least that's what my alter told me.
Dead and gone and forgotten in less than a year and a half at least that's what my alter told me.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 10:51 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
Actually, if the SECN had more Networks on board at this point it would mean the SECN wasn't asking for enough. New networks simply don't get picked up by everyone in Year 1.
It's a marathon, not a sprint.
It's a marathon, not a sprint.
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