beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH
1 edit | reply to Kearnstd
Re: hit the content owners then
Agree. The content owners are the one's raping us and raising rates and dictating what tiers their channels fall on. BigTen and NFL networks come to mind. It'll get worse before it gets better.
I think the big problem in some of these cases IS the competition. hear me out....for example here in Columbus, Big10 network comes to town and wants ~$1.00/mo from EVERY subscriber on Time Warner's network. TW says no way (thankfully)...then WideOpenWest and other small guys see this as an opportunity and jump all over it advertising "Switch to us to get the Big10 network". TW is forced to cave in and ultimately those costs are passed on to us. The whole thing is a shame. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by beaups  :Agree. The content owners are the one's raping us and raising rates and dictating what tiers their channels fall on. BigTen and NFL networks come to mind. It'll get worse before it gets better. I think the big problem in some of these cases IS the competition. hear me out....for example here in Columbus, Big10 network comes to town and wants ~$1.00/mo from EVERY subscriber on Time Warner's network. TW says no way (thankfully)...then WideOpenWest and other small guys see this as an opportunity and jump all over it advertising "Switch to us to get the Big10 network". TW is forced to cave in and ultimately those costs are passed on to us. The whole thing is a shame. You do realize that Disney is charging nearly $5 for ESPN and ESPN2 yet you complain about 70 cents NFL Network wants. |
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beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH
| It was just an example. I don't know what ESPN USED to charge...so I can't claim it has anything to do with a rate-hike. But the Big10 ransom is NEW...
That said, if Big10 was WORTH $1.00 then Espn is worth $50  |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by beaups :It was just an example. I don't know what ESPN USED to charge...so I can't claim it has anything to do with a rate-hike. But the Big10 ransom is NEW... That said, if Big10 was WORTH $1.00 then Espn is worth $50 If ESPN and ESPN were moved to sports tier all you non sports customers would see a 10% rate reduction. |
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kpfx
join:2005-10-28
Kerrville, TX
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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To be honest.... with the NFL channel being so specialized its only worth that $0.70 for 3 months out of the year when they run the (very few) exclusive games that have been pulled from the other networks that previously did.
So for the remaining 9 months of the year you're paying for a totally useless channel that does nothing but replay old games from 4 years ago and regurgitates the same sports stats that I can get online from a million other sources... the cost we pay for the time the channel is actually relevant is closer to $2.80/mo for the 3 months.
That's way too expensive for one football channel... and not worth passing on to all cable customers regardless if they're football fans or not. |
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PhonePower
Premium
join:2007-07-20
Winnetka, CA | reply to BF69
I'm a football fan, but you can't even compare ESPN to the NFL network. You can sell ads on ESPN, NFL network... not so much. |
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