re: Will I be able to stream SEC Network games on ESPN3?

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According to the newly created SEC Network website you will be able to stream games with the right credentials. I heard that Comcast was closing in on a deal to add the SEC Network. Does anybody know if that would also include Time Warner since they are merging?

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Same applies to DirecTV where the merger with AT&T U-verse is concerned. But the problem is not just in waiting on congressional approval.

The real problem is with the economics of the buyouts and mergers themselves and existing deals already in place with the larger entities.

In the case of DirecTV and U-verse it doesn't make sense for either party for DirecTV to do a deal with ESPN prior to the merger.

I'm not familier enough with the intricacies of the TW/Comcast deal to speculate but I can only imagine similar issues would exist.

ESPN sells the package based upon a set number of subscribers per carrier. For the sake of simplicity let's say $1.00 per household. It's a graduated scale that is different for each carrier.

DirecTV would pay a higher rate as a stand alone carrier which would add to the buyout cost by U-verse, than U-verse would pay ESPN for the additional households once they absorb DirecTV.