NFL, Cable Dispute May Limit Audience

mimo2005 · 11-26-2006, 05:49 AM

The National Football League probably won't resolve its pricing disputes with three of the biggest U.S. cable carriers in time to have the first live game on its network seen by most cable customers in New York and Los Angeles, a network spokesman said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...vfk&refer=news

Fans Encouraged To Request NFL Network From Their Cable Systems

http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2006/11/23/1/

Holdup ?

bry623 · 11-27-2006, 08:57 AM

Losers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get Direct TV. I have it and I get the NFL network...... and I don' thave to pay extra. Gonna watch some Bengals Thursday night.

Comtrad · 11-27-2006, 09:47 AM

Ditto to what Bryan said...cept for the watching the bengals part.

**superflysmith** · 11-27-2006, 11:15 AM

I have cable so I couldn't watch the Broncos game. It stinks that I'll be missing a couple of games every year but I think cable is doing the right thing. If the NFL won't allow there channel to be in an extra cost sports package than their channel won't be carried. Cable companies don't want to charge extra fees to all their costumers just for a couple of days out of the year for a small portion of people.
If I want to see a certain game I'll have to go to someone who has satellite or to a sports bar.

mimo2005 · 11-27-2006, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by superflysmith

I have cable so I couldn't watch the Broncos game. It stinks that I'll be missing a couple of games every year but I think cable is doing the right thing. If the NFL won't allow there channel to be in an extra cost sports package than their channel won't be carried. Cable companies don't want to charge extra fees to all their costumers just for a couple of days out of the year for a small portion of people.
If I want to see a certain game I'll have to go to someone who has satellite or to a sports bar.

I think it s the other way around , NFL network is free ,but cable companies want to sell it through their sport packages .

NFL network is not happy about the greedy cable companies in west ?
It s free in East with comcast .
I am pretty sure thats what happening now .

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Of the six major television providers in the United States, Time Warner and Charter Communications are the only ones that do not offer the NFL Network. The major holdup between the two sides is that cable providers want to loop the NFL Network in a special sports package and charge customers an additional fee, perhaps $10 a month, for the NFL Network.

bry623 · 11-28-2006, 07:25 AM

Another reason to go with sattelite.

Vikesrock8411 · 11-28-2006, 01:51 PM

I believe mimo is correct. I have Comcast Digital Cable here in the Twin Cities, MN and we get NFL Network.

**superflysmith** · 11-28-2006, 02:13 PM

It looks like there are different things going on for different cable companies.

Money, of course, is the reason the NFL Network is battling with Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, another major cable provider.

According to one report, the three-year-old NFL Network wants to be put on basic cable tiers at $0.70 per subscriber a month. Another report pegs it at $0.80 per subscriber.

Time Warner and Cablevision are prepared to offer something around $0.25 a subscription. The sides are stalemated.

The NFL is suing another cable operator, Comcast, because Comcast plans to move the NFL Network to a sports tier next year. The NFL claims that's a violation of the contract it has with Comcast.

I'll try to find out what other cable channels are getting from Time Warner to see if the 25 cents is low balling the NfL Network.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=534574

bry623 · 11-28-2006, 05:32 PM

If the pack plays, I'll tape it and send it up to you.

**superflysmith** · 11-28-2006, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bry623

If the pack plays, I'll tape it and send it up to you.

The Pack does play the Vikings but...

viewers in Green Bay and Milwaukee will be able to see the game, because league television policy applies to the NFL Network just as it always has for NFL games on ESPN. All NFL games on cable television must be made available to over-the-air stations in the markets of the competing teams. Both Milwaukee and Green Bay are considered the home markets of the Packers.

So it's a good thing I live in the Milwaukee market. I won't miss the game but thanks for your kind gesture.

**forcifer** · 12-01-2006, 04:16 PM

we could order it, but all chief games are played on local station. that local station just "happens" to have HD also ^_^

mimo2005 · 12-07-2006, 11:46 AM

NEWARK, N.J. -- Rutgers football fans hoping to watch their team in the Texas Bowl later this month may be better off going to Manhattan -- the one in Kansas, that is.

The hometown of bowl opponent Kansas State is likely to have better coverage since the NFL Network, which has exclusive rights to televise the game, is not carried on two cable companies that serve more than 1 million of New Jersey's 2.5 million cable subscribers, not to mention most of New York City.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls0...ory?id=2689097

elf · 12-07-2006, 05:24 PM

I live in Middle Tennessee and I get it with comcast, but I get all the way from 1 to 180 (180 is the NFL network)

yustr · 12-08-2006, 06:12 AM

They're all welcome to come to the yustr household. I get it on Comcast.

BTW: last night's Pittsburgh game was broadcast in standard def. After watching only hi-def its really shocking how much worse std-def is. If you don't have a HD set - add it to your Christmas list - you won't be sorry.

mimo2005 · 12-08-2006, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by yustr

They're all welcome to come to the yustr household. I get it on Comcast.

BTW: last night's Pittsburgh game was broadcast in standard def. After watching only hi-def its really shocking how much worse std-def is. If you don't have a HD set - add it to your Christmas list - you won't be sorry.

I totally agree with you yustr , i recently got sammy ( samsung) and now i can enjoy football in 1080i HD , and it s worth the money !

And sammy has a 9000/1 contrast ratio , best in the world .

11-26-2006, 05:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	NFL, Cable Dispute May Limit Audience The National Football League probably won't resolve its pricing disputes with three of the biggest U.S. cable carriers in time to have the first live game on its network seen by most cable customers in New York and Los Angeles, a network spokesman said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...vfk&refer=news Fans Encouraged To Request NFL Network From Their Cable Systems http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2006/11/23/1/ Holdup ? __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

11-27-2006, 08:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Losers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get Direct TV. I have it and I get the NFL network...... and I don' thave to pay extra. Gonna watch some Bengals Thursday night. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

11-27-2006, 11:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
superflysmith An American Hero and Moderator, The Conversation Pit. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,581 OS: XP PRO	I have cable so I couldn't watch the Broncos game. It stinks that I'll be missing a couple of games every year but I think cable is doing the right thing. If the NFL won't allow there channel to be in an extra cost sports package than their channel won't be carried. Cable companies don't want to charge extra fees to all their costumers just for a couple of days out of the year for a small portion of people. If I want to see a certain game I'll have to go to someone who has satellite or to a sports bar. __________________ "Some people go their whole life wondering if they ever made a difference. Marines don’t have that problem." Bush made the Packers lose

11-28-2006, 07:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Another reason to go with sattelite. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

11-28-2006, 01:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
Vikesrock8411 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,065 OS: Windows XP	I believe mimo is correct. I have Comcast Digital Cable here in the Twin Cities, MN and we get NFL Network. __________________

11-27-2006, 09:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
Comtrad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Somewhere in Illinois Posts: 279 OS: Windows XP	Ditto to what Bryan said...cept for the watching the bengals part.

11-28-2006, 02:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
superflysmith An American Hero and Moderator, The Conversation Pit. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,581 OS: XP PRO	It looks like there are different things going on for different cable companies. Money, of course, is the reason the NFL Network is battling with Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, another major cable provider. According to one report, the three-year-old NFL Network wants to be put on basic cable tiers at $0.70 per subscriber a month. Another report pegs it at $0.80 per subscriber. Time Warner and Cablevision are prepared to offer something around $0.25 a subscription. The sides are stalemated. The NFL is suing another cable operator, Comcast, because Comcast plans to move the NFL Network to a sports tier next year. The NFL claims that's a violation of the contract it has with Comcast. I'll try to find out what other cable channels are getting from Time Warner to see if the 25 cents is low balling the NfL Network. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=534574 __________________ "Some people go their whole life wondering if they ever made a difference. Marines don’t have that problem." Bush made the Packers lose

11-28-2006, 05:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	If the pack plays, I'll tape it and send it up to you. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

12-01-2006, 04:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
forcifer ole' Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,631 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	we could order it, but all chief games are played on local station. that local station just "happens" to have HD also ^_^ __________________

12-07-2006, 11:46 AM	#12 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	NEWARK, N.J. -- Rutgers football fans hoping to watch their team in the Texas Bowl later this month may be better off going to Manhattan -- the one in Kansas, that is. The hometown of bowl opponent Kansas State is likely to have better coverage since the NFL Network, which has exclusive rights to televise the game, is not carried on two cable companies that serve more than 1 million of New Jersey's 2.5 million cable subscribers, not to mention most of New York City. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls0...ory?id=2689097 __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

12-07-2006, 05:24 PM	#13 (permalink)
elf Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 7,043 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	I live in Middle Tennessee and I get it with comcast, but I get all the way from 1 to 180 (180 is the NFL network) __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

12-08-2006, 06:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,052 OS: XP Pro My System	They're all welcome to come to the yustr household. I get it on Comcast. BTW: last night's Pittsburgh game was broadcast in standard def. After watching only hi-def its really shocking how much worse std-def is. If you don't have a HD set - add it to your Christmas list - you won't be sorry. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.