Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? in Comcast Cable TV http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20908032 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:05:13 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:05:13 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20929671 anon : Got these two channels in NW Jersey!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20929671 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:56:17 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928860 CRP : What's funny is MOJO HD, is being preempted down here for USA HD Olympics coverage when I already have USA HD fulltime. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928860 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:31:32 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928773 Steely :
said by sansri88 See Profile :

At least for me, Basketball HD looked about the same as WNBC-HD. Maybe a little better, but about the same.
PQ looked to be about equal. It was only the 5.1 digital audio that was noticeably superior as heard through my surround system. Don't know about WNBC because I only get the SD version but the digital audio seemed a bit processed and compressed on WCAU HD. FiOS in my area carries both WNBC and WCAU in HD so eventually I'll be able to compare those two network feeds.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928773 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:06:41 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928606 sansri88 : One of the times I actually enjoy being with Comcast NJ II...we actually got something that some other systems didn't! :p

At least for me, Basketball HD looked about the same as WNBC-HD. Maybe a little better, but about the same.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928606 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:29:05 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928583 cypherstream : That doesn't surprise me that the direct feed was better than WCAU's. WCAU heavily rate shapes on older equipment with that NBC Weather Plus sub channel. I think they are in for an equipment overhaul in September or so when they finally go HD with their newscasts.

With channels 87 and 88 appearing as "Empty" on my system, I'm surprised they didn't use one of those carriers for the two Olympic HD channels. I realize all frequencies are reserved for certain purposes months in advance, but to temporarily use one channel for a few weeks should not be a problem, unless they will actually be allocated during the next few weeks time frame (which I seriously doubt).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928583 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:25:14 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928514 Steely : Going back and forth between OBASK HD 183 and the local Philly NBC affiliate WCAU HD 232 during the USA vs China men's basketball game it was very apparent that 5.1 digital audio quality was noticeably better on the OBASK feed, not to mention that OBASK showed replays and other continuous coverage during the network commercial breaks on WCAU. Picture quality was similar to my eyes (using components cables).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20928514 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:03:20 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20926283 Chad473 : can't believe they didn't add them here. even the guys in Jersey that haven't got any new HD in decades had them added.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20926283 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:11:51 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20926194 cracker 52 :
said by neil0311 See Profile :

Nothing new here in the Atlanta area. Just Universal HD and USA-HD with coverage in addition to NBC HD.
I don't have those channels here in Atlanta either. I'm surprised as it seems to me they could have used the one or both of the two HD channels used for the Braves home games. Comcast Atlanta has been good in the past about temporarily adding HD channels for special events, such as the NCAA basketball playoff games. But they really missed the boat for the Olympics. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20926194 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:47:05 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20925959 plat2on1 : we have these channels on on ch73 here, clear qam.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20925959 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:37:31 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20925359 cypherstream : Nothing new in Reading PA. That doesn't surprise me however.

Would of thought with 12 MHz of purely unused spectrum available, without reorganization, they could of spared 6 MHz for 2 special HD's for a few weeks.

But what if they put it on demand? The Comcast Central: Olympics page is nice, and takes you to on demand. Why can't they put the HD content from those channels on demand, only about 15~30 minutes behind due to transcoding/delivery to the VOD server. That way the bandwidth is not used up unless someone in the node actually wants to watch it. (Poor man's SDV).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20925359 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:01:10 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20925321 neil0311 : Nothing new here in the Atlanta area. Just Universal HD and USA-HD with coverage in addition to NBC HD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20925321 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:51:55 EDT Re: Comcast 222 Olympic BB in Maryland-is anyone getting it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20924808 RouterRooter : Works here in Rockville, Bronx. Appears filtered to me like they didn't want to devote a lot of bandwidth. Has anyone yet determined how they've mapped the new channels to frequencies?

RR]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20924808 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:41:40 EDT Comcast 222 Olympic BB in Maryland-is anyone getting it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20924399 anon : Montgomery county maryland comcast channel 222 is supposed to be nbc olympics basketball HD but it is jumbled for 2 days. 221 is soccer and it works great but not 222.

i hanged on the phone for ten minutes to comcast and gave up.

does anyone else have the same problem?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20924399 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:04:08 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20924193 patspub : Thank's Hound for the info. Princeton isn't to far from Philly maybe we will be receiving the Boomerang channel here soon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20924193 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:13:10 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20923668 mikedz4 : hound are you sure its not bloomberg?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20923668 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:32:20 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20923614 anon : I am in Flint, MI, and I talked to a rep who stated that not every market is carrying these channels. It would be nice to get the Soccer and Basketball channels though!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20923614 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:26:18 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20923296 Hound : We have Boomerang on channel 105. I do not
have access to it. It
is part of digital plus.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20923296 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:17:01 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20922443 markofmayhem :
said by cypherstream See Profile :

Or do you think if the bandwidth is that low, they are using old architectures with much larger Homes Passed per node, hence very minor if any SDV bandwidth savings.
Bingo

It also comes down to less switching possible. Look, SDV can't make something from nothing. You CAN NOT have more video channels than total room. SDV is to maximize the space available for TEMPORARY space, NOT linear channels. That's Docsis bonds and VoD, not new HD channels. If a cable operator made available more channels than it could carry, it would loose subscribers left and right. You may not watch WORD, but someone does. You may not watch ShopNBC, but it only takes ONE viewer. You may never tune to FoxNews or CNN or MSNBC... etc.

The switched video is for extremely low viewership channels to make space for VoD streams. That stops that "communication error" after "One Moment Please" is displayed for a long time, because it can't find an empty slot. A 650 system just doesn't have the space. Gaining one QAM in switches isn't going to afford the ability to put high demand channels on the system. The switch has to be between low demand and temporary or their will never be "switching".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20922443 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:54:34 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20921985 cypherstream : 650 MHz is a weird one. What line gear does that? Older Magnavox, Texscan/Pathmaker, etc?

There's some old 550 MHz C-Cor in PA yet. Old Adelphia stuff.

Why not use SDV on a 550 or 650 MHz system while designers layout 1 GHz plans, do purchasing, and install it. Those phases take a long time, so SDV could hold them off a little bit. Or do you think if the bandwidth is that low, they are using old architectures with much larger Homes Passed per node, hence very minor if any SDV bandwidth savings.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20921985 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:16:30 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20921344 anon : so what system is Minneapolis-St.Paul on ? I heard rumors we were going to SDV on the forums but no idea if we are - but we did not get the two Olympic Channels but we do have a full line up of HDTV channels bar those two]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20921344 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:05:50 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20921225 markofmayhem : SDV will not be implemented on system lower than 750. The cost to save the bandwidth of 1 QAM channel is not going to be absorbed by Comcast. 870 systems save, on average, 4 QAM channels with SDV which will be dedicated to VoD and Docsis 3.0. SDV rollouts will be alongside Docsis 3.0. HD will come from analog reclaimation and bandwidth expansion to 870. The future goal is 1ghz systems all around with the 750 and below spectrum dedicated to non-switched video; 750-870 will be VoD and switched video; 870 and above will be data (internet and phone) allowing enough data bandwidth to penetrate small and medium sized businesses.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20921225 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:38:06 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20921089 reelbigfish : I wouldn't hold your breath in Clinton, you have the 2nd fewest HD channels of all Comcast headends in CT. The only one worse is Groton which is still a 550Mhz system. Funny thing is Branford is 650Mhz just like Clinton, but it has 24 HD channels versus your 17. Until SDV or a digital transition takes place on any 650Mhz system or lower, you won't be seeing much more HD. Hartford is 750Mhz and has 42 HD channels and Hartford is 860Mhz with 42 HDs. The 860Mhz systems probably still have room to go where as the 750Mhz systems are getting pretty full. Anything less is out of space. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20921089 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:17:45 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920950 timsdabomb18 : are they going to be coming to the Clinton C.T. system?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920950 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:51:04 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920726 Chad473 : nothing here yet. I'd imagine if we don't have them by tomorrow, we aren't getting them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920726 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:07:15 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920575 patspub : Thanks Hound. By the way we do not have these 2 Olympic channels here in Philly yet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920575 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:43:05 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920502 intokkabire : I have them in HD. Chelmsford, MA]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920502 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:28:17 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920454 Hound : Patspub,

I will look tonight
and let you know.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920454 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:20:59 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920163 CRP : I'll definitely be checking out the HD Olympic Basketball Channel when it comes on the air at 2:30 a.m. EDT. Thanks for making this possible Comcast. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20920163 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:24:30 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20919414 patspub : "Hound" I just checked out your comcast line up and say's use guys have the "Boomerang Channel"? Can you confirm this?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20919414 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:55:52 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20919311 anon : Well that is that I guess - we won't be getting them in our area as it is a marketing decision - I was told by an Account Executive who actually called back - that Comcast do not have the bandwidth to offer the channels as they are only available in HD -
I told her people wanted them in HD and that it was available in other markets and she said all I quoted were out east - and kept repeating I understand your frustration,

What a load o ComCrap

btw we are Minneapolis - and she said most markets will not be carrying them]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20919311 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:35:07 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20918338 mikedz4 : Nothing here in pittsburgh yet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20918338 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:30:38 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20918175 Hound : We have them on channel 208 and 209 in Princeton, NJ.
Comcast is full of surprises. But Verizon, Dish Network and Directv have the channels as well.
I watched soccer on Dish Network last night. Dish was replaying the games on its soccer channel. The Comcast channel only had today's schedule showing. No replays.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20918175 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:35:22 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20916654 anon : I live in Mountain View, CA. I just checked from channels 1-999, cant see any olympic channels besides the ones on 880-885. Anybody from Bay Area has any luck?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20916654 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:58:47 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20916600 reelbigfish : Here in Boston they are channels 864 and 865. Very interesting. If Comcast can handle these two HD channels I wonder if they will put in Fox HD, Speed HD or something else in their place after the Olympics. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20916600 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:49:33 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20916506 anon : I live in the Chicago Area, the "analyst" said they would be on channels 221 and 223, which in my town is USA HD and a non-NBC local classic tv station, so maybe he was bs-ing me?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20916506 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:34:04 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915392 anon : Hi,

I have them in HD in Concord NH.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915392 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:32:44 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915308 Travelfan1 : either a box or a cable card, if the TV is cable card ready.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915308 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:18:08 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915236 sansri88 : It depends on which level of service you subscribe to. We have Digital Preferred with 3 premiums + 2 HDTVs so it's definitely to our advantage to have an HD STB.

If you only want your local channels (CBS, FOX, NBC, etc) in HD then you don't need an HD STB. If you want other channels such as TNT, TBS, HD Theater, in HD then you would want to get an HD box. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915236 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:05:43 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915128 anon : is there any other advantage to getting the stb, b/c previously i had it b/c the comcast guy told me that it was the only way to get hd, but i found out that my tv could pick it up automatically, so i returned it]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915128 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:50:05 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915051 sansri88 : yeah you need an hd stb to get these two channels]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915051 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:37:19 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915016 anon : im in east windsor, nj, and i cant find the channels up on 182/183. is the fact that i have only basic cable a problem?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915016 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:31:08 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915007 anon : No Olympic Basketball or Soccer Channels on Comcast here in Philly. Here's a rather ridiculous e-mail exchange I had with a Comcast rep. They're so lame that I'm still not sure if I got the right answer.

Dear Sandy Penner,

We are not offering the Olympic Soccer/Basketball channels. The coverage we do have, spanning several channels owned by NBC and our On Demand service, is as follows:

We will offer:
HD Coverage NBC, USA and Universal HD Channels

Over 200 Must-See Highlights (15 per day) On Demand

5-10 of the ?Best? Events Replayed ON Demand Each Day

Live Streaming of 25 Sports on »www.comcast.net/olympics

NBC will have 150+ hours of Olympic Games coverage with NBC HD simulcast

USA Network will have 175+ hours of Olympic Games coverage

MSNBC will have 150+ hours of Olympic Games coverage

CNBC will have a 100+ hours of Olympic Games coverage

Oxygen will have 20 hours of Olympic Games coverage

Telemundo will have 150+ hours of Olympic Games coverage

Scheduling is subject to change. Please go to www.NBCOlympics.com for
complete listings.

If you need further assistance, please feel free to respond directly to
this email. We appreciate you taking the time to contact us.


Thank you for choosing Comcast.

Sincerely,

Rick
Comcast Customer Care Specialist

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This is quite possibly the most ridiculous e-mail exchange I've ever had
(and I've had a lot of them) Why would the Olympics be televised on ABC,
CBS, ESPN or any of the other networks you listed? In case you didn't
realize, NBC is televising the Olympics. I'm sure you're a decent guy
Mike, but if Comcast isn't willing to give you the info to a simple
question or if you don't want to bother researching it, that's fine. At
this point, you're just making yourself and the Customer Support Center
at Comcast look silly.

If you do somehow find the answer to the question of whether the Olympic
Basketball Channel will be offered on Comcast, feel free to e-mail me
back.

Sandy Penner

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From: Comcast ECARE-NewCastle
> Dear Sandy Penner,
>
>
> Thank you for contacting Comcast Cable.
>
> The following list are the Sorts channels we offer which is our
Digital
> Sports Tier which is $5.00 more per month if you have a Digital cable
> box. We cannot say if Olympic Basketball will be on any of these
> channels. The local ( ABC,NBC,CBS) channels might have it you might
want
> to check ESPN also.
>
> 262 Fox College Sports Atlantic
> 263 Fox College Sports Central
> 264 Fox College Sports Pacific
> 265 ESPN Classic
> 267 Fox Soccer Channel
> 268 Gol TV
> 273 NBA TV
> 274 CBS College
> 275 NFL Network
> 276 NHL Network
> 277 Tennis Channel
>
>
>
> Thank you for choosing Comcast.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mike B.
> Comcast Customer Care Specialist
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I'm not sure what you're talking about. You're either picking up the Olympic Basketball and Soccer Channels or you're not. DirecTV and Dish Network has them as does Charter Communications. They are dedicated channels to those particular sports. It's really a yes or no answer.
>
> Sandy Penner
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Comcast ECARE-NewCastle
> > Dear Sandy Penner,
> >
> >
> > Thank you for contacting Comcast Cable.
> >
> > There is no main channel these games will be on. We do not have a
> guide
> > or listing of channels, dates and times.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you for choosing Comcast.
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> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Mike B.
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> > Name: Sandy Penner
> > Problem: General Inquiry/Channel Lineup
> > Re: Web Form Submission: General Inquiry/Channel Lineup
> > Comments:
> > Will you guys be carrying the Olympic Basketball Channel? If so,
what
> > channel will it be on?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20915007 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:29:37 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914797 timsdabomb18 : Are any of these channels going to be on the Clinton system in C.T.?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914797 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:55:42 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914708 BSD24 : Comcast is going to have NBC HD in some areas that may already have it. For everyone else, if there is bandwidth available for 2 HD channels, they are going to setup 2 temporary HD channels which will have 24/7 broadcast of Olympic Basketball on one channel and Soccer on the other. The channels will be gone when NBC broadcast of the Olympics ends. On-Demand will have all Olympic content in HD the following day of the event. So 1 day delay in On-Demand but full coverage will be available at least and in full HD.

As more channels are moved from analog to digital more HD channels will arrise including eventually NBCHD channel, and many others. It is just a process because of the ammount of Standard/Basic1 cable customers still around. Many of them as most of you probably know don't want to have to change to digital. Even though most of Comcast's competition (ex. verizon fios, at&t, etc.) are already 100% digital. Being 100% digital, they have the space/bandwidth to have more HD, more digital, more channels total.
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BSD]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914708 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:39:06 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914640 sansri88 : I dunno...I didn't even know we had the room for these channels and they still added them. I would try to contact the Marketing Department in the areas that don't have these channels and see what they can do..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914640 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:27:51 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914553 anon : For what it's worth, according to a Comcast rep I talked to today, not everyone in New England will get the two Olympic HD channels. He said there were bandwidth limitations in certain areas, but the decision was made to add the channels where they felt they could.

He didn't know if this was the case throughout the country.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914553 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:16:32 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914073 jcyuen : Comcast Arlington, VA
OSOCR - 221
OBBAL - 222]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20914073 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:52:30 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20913716 anon : Another waste of 20 minutes on Comcast Chat - this time I was told that all soccer matches are simulcast on other channels - I even provided them with a nbc listings page of the channel line up - and he quoted me the wrong channels - I really have no confidence in them at all - an account executive is going to call me back !!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20913716 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:53:19 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20913475 Polish Jim : Called Comcast here in the Detroit area and they had no idea what I was talking about. Also have calls and e-mails into the local NBC affiliate from Monday morning and still no answer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20913475 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:13:30 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912899 anon : Comcast of Burlington County (Southern NJ) also has them on 182 and 183.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912899 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:25:56 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912854 CRP : Comcast of Ocean County has them:

182: OSOCC- NBC Olympic Soccer Channel in HD
183: OBASK- NBC Olympic Basketball Channel in HD]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912854 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:14:05 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912833 Steely : Comcast of Central NJ, Mercer County:

182 OSOCC - NBC Olympic Soccer HD
183 OBASK - NBC Olympic Basketball HD]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912833 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:10:30 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912683 mikedz4 : nothing here in pittsburgh area.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912683 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:35:09 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912668 anon : no joy here in sunny Minneapolis here - searched all through once again]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912668 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:29:25 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912637 mtkeller : Anyone know if these channels are supposed to show up on all Comcast systems? I'm in Atlanta, and I went through the whole guide this morning and couldn't find OBASK or OSOCC (I presume they'd at least use the same channel abbreviation) anywhere.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912637 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:18:21 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912599 Hound : Wow. I will have to
check my central NJ II (somerset) system tonight. Got home late last night after baseball had ended and only watched some news programs that I recorded on my Dish DVR.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912599 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:01:32 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912520 nhhcs : They are on now this morning in New Hampshire on channels 864 & 865.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912520 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:18:38 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912514 anon : while i don't take back my bad feelings about comcast, i see olympic soccer on channel 182 (in HD) and a test pattern for a channel marked as olympic basketball in HD on channel 183. cool, a high definition test pattern. time to calibrate my color settings with it. just curious, since the HD channels are fine for me, are these channels available in SD too?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912514 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:16:00 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912382 Travelfan1 : Channel 182 is now live, showing the US game. :) Thanks Comcast! Thank you to all of you that worked hard to make this happen this morning!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912382 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:08:29 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912267 pplchamp1 : Addded in East Hartford, Ct.

237 OBASK - NBC Olympic Basketball HD
238 OSOCC - NBC Olympic Soccer HD
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I ain't got time to bleed!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912267 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:20:23 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912069 Morac : They showed up on my system as 182 and 183, but they both say they are off the air.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20912069 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:36:26 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911972 anon : Comcast began adding some HD channels around midnight here in southern CT. SNYHD was added and the two Olympic channels have also been added, both in HD. The channels are now mapped in the guide but the signal is currently out during this transition.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911972 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:53:19 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911306 Dillz85 : »Olympic Mosaic on Comcast Central (Select Markets)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911306 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:07:08 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911286 sansri88 : Comcast of NJ II will have these channels added before Saturday. Been confirmed by sources.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911286 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:03:11 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911246 Chad473 : nbc's website lists our zip code as having them (or getting them). I hope so, I'd watch a lot of the men's soccer. It looks like the US will get coverage on UHD but I'm interested in the rest as well. I guess we wait and see if it shows up.
I don't remember if we even have the bandwidth for anything new around here though...maybe cypher can chime in.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911246 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:56:02 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911134 Baloo1 : Both channels are on here in Baltimore. Soccer is channel 221 and basketball is channel 222. Nothing but color bars on basketball but the soccer channel had today's games. Right now it says next broadcast 5am.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911134 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:34:06 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911012 Flippant : US vs Norway in Women's Soccer on the UHD channel here in the Houston area. I think I heard/read the Basketball is going to be on USA(HD).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20911012 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:12:27 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20910611 anon : oh man, is this gonna suck. i found a post at engadgethd.com (»www.engadgethd.com/2008/08/05/co···overage/). it outlines comcast's and charter's coverage, and if you read between the lines, we won't have the soccer and basketball channels, and some of the items mentioned in this thread were also mentioned in the engadgethd.com post. remember, everything's online, most of the important matches/games will be on channels that we actually get, and a lot of it happens overnight. now if they have a hockey channel for the vancouver games in 18 months and comcast doesn't give it to me, i'll be really pissed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20910611 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:54:07 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20910046 kaiser : I'm the phone with Comcast right now. So far the person has not heard about this channels. I told them that Comcast had said they were going to carry these channels during the Olympics. At that point the rep started to tell me about coverage on other NBCU channels. On Hold......waiting for an answer....

UPDATE- 28 minutes on the phone, and the same old news. I was just told about "all of the great On Demand coverage"...still on hold.

UPDATE- Rep checked in at 33 minutes and said that they were still looking for more info. I gotta say, it was nice to get the check in. By the way...officially the worst on hold music ever!

UPDATE- 42 minutes. After "looking and asking around" the rep couldn't find any infomation at all about these channels. The rep said that they would "keep looking" and give me a call. The rep did say that Charter would carry the channels. I found that slightly odd.

Hopefully I will find out more in the hours to come. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20910046 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:05:52 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20909380 Time Fire :
said by rob316 See Profile :

Comcast once again has duped it's customers, what a piece of shit company. Looks great on D-TV
Do you have an official press release from COMCAST stating that they would be providing these two channels? I know about NBC's press release and what has been reported on blogs, but have you heard anything directly from Comcast, because I haven't.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20909380 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:11:58 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20909217 anon : it would also make sense for comcast to post announcements like this, and other channel changes, on their "messages" screen on the guide for the cable box. that seems to be the most obvious place for people to see announcements like this, but all i see there are announcements for new movies, free previews, now hiring, or other things that benefit comcast directly and solely.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20909217 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:49:04 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20909185 anon : I was looking for those channels too. I've read that comcast has signed up for these channels, and (if what I heard in another post here is true) we're getting USA-HD for the Olympics, which is part of the package, then I would expect to see the soccer/basketball channels. i would assume the test pattern yielded to actual soccer action today (my dad with verizon fios could confirm - he had the test patters at least 10 days ago). but i don't trust comcast to deliver anymore, and it's things like calling in and they don't have any idea what you're talking about (i remember doing that when SNY lauched in 2006, getting different answers). i did see a test pattern running yesterday on channel 980 or something (listed as special events and showing on a 3rd channel their beloved CN8). maybe that was for the olympics.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20909185 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:45:05 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20909076 rob316 : Comcast once again has duped it's customers, what a piece of shit company. Looks great on D-TV]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20909076 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:26:19 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20908877 Travelfan1 : sansri, it's been like that for over 1 week. That's why I tried to watch earlier today Brazil x Germany match, but I could not find any channel broadcasting it. At least, I was able to watch it online.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20908877 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:52:11 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20908856 sansri88 : FWIW if you go to the NBC Olympics website and put in our zip code 08830 the NBC Basketball and Soccer channels do show up for us.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20908856 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:48:34 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20908048 rej4sl : Is there anyone on this forum who actually works for Comcast in the Minneapolis area who can answer the question if we will get these or not -

I have tried twice but both times was told that the soccer is available on MSNBC and I pointed them to the website and they even quoted a list of channels on which we can get the Olympics including the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and the NBC Olympic Basketball Channel - but still said ignored the query as to when or if we are getting them -

I would appreciate any help - ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20908048 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:25:55 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20908032 CRP : You probably already know this, but NJ II will be receiving the Olympic basketball and soccer channels in HD "soon". They'll be on ch. 182 & 183. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20908032 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:22:19 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20907042 kaiser : Where is Comcast putting the Soccer and Basketball channels? Are they in HD, SD, or both? Just want to know where I should start looking.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20907042 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:30:54 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20907035 rej4sl : gosh is talking to Comcast always like going to the dentist - ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20907035 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:28:46 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20907011 pstauff : it was true at the time I viewed the channels, which was around 7 PM last night. Right now I am at work, so it's probably no longer color bars.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20907011 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:24:01 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906997 Travelfan1 : not true, the Soccer channel on other providers like Verizon Fios is online as we type.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906997 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:20:55 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906972 rej4sl : Just had an email back from Comcast saying MSNBC would be covering the soccer !!!!!

So I emailed back with a listing from the NBC Olympics site showing that these two channels do exist.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906972 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:14:54 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906958 pstauff : I discovered these 2 channels last night. They had color bars running, since the programming hadn't started yet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906958 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:08:48 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906813 rej4sl : I just rang Comcast and they were rather nice but had no idea what I was talking about - I told them it was on the NBC Olympics website and all he could find was our local channel NBC 11 in Minneapolis - he talked to some other group and they had no idea either ...

Oh well looks like no NBC Olympic Soccer channel in Minneapolis]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906813 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:30:12 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906806 Travelfan1 : cypher, women's soccer started today and men's starts tomorrow.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906806 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:24:51 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906686 Hound : Have not shown up on Comcast of Somerset.

Verizon has them as full time HD channels. Both appear
in my Verizon channel
guide. Verizon also added USA HD and CNBC HD to the mercer county channel lineup even though the Mercer County 100 plus HD channel rollout is not scheduled until 8/27.
Soccer starts today.

Dish Network and Directv are also adding the soccer and basketball HD channels. Both Dish Network and Directv provide USA HD and CNBC HD.

I read that Time Warner and Cox are providing the soccer and basketball channels.

Comcast cannot compete. It has no answer or solution to
lack of bandwidth.
Yet prices are the highest in the industry with the line that they provide more value for the subscriber.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906686 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:44:51 EDT Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906666 cypherstream : I thought the Olympics don't start until Friday night?

Also I thought Comcast was going to use VOD as it's primary delivery method for extra Olympic content.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906666 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:30:47 EDT Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906540 Travelfan1 : Did anyone got them? They are not here in NJ II/Union... I thought they would be broadcasted in place of the 2 SD NBC sub-channels, but nothing so far, the weather one is showing weather, the other one, is showing some crap paid programming - thankfully, there's online streaming....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20906540 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:04:31 EDT