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Re: Comcast's argument, counter-intuitive This is apples and oranges. Comcast has purchased cable companies and regional sports networks all over the country. Only the Philly Sportsnet is excluded from being made available to the satellite companies. Their networks in Chicago, the Bay Area, etc are still available on satellite. The reason is that when Comcast takes over a regional sports network that is already offered via satellite, they cannot legally make it exclusive to their cable only network because it is already available on satellite. Comcast Sportsnet Philly on the other hand has never been made available on satellite, and therefore the loophole in the law has made it possible for them to exclude it from being offered via satellite. I was a Directv customer for years in the Philly area, and this loophole is one reason why Comcast will never get a nickel from me. One interesting sidenote is that Verizon FiOS TV service does include Comcast Sportsnet in the Philaelphia area. I suppose that since Verizon is not a satellite TV company, the loophole did not apply. If/when Comcast takes over NBC, they would not legally be able to withhold it from satellite companies because it is already available on satellite. |
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 Z80APremium
join:2009-11-23
 ·Cox HSI
2 edits | It's apples and apples. Exclusives are EVERYWHERE. Whether it's the Knicks, NFL Sunday Ticket or Halo.
If VZ wants it, let them bid on it. Comcast doesn't own those teams. Those broadcast rights are up for bids to any network willing to fork over the cash. If Disney rolls up with a truckload of money, the would be on ABC or ESPN. If VZ creates a Sports Net and rolls up with a bigger truck load of money than Comcast, they'll be on Verizon.
These teams and leagues have every right to get as much money and make whatever deal they want. It's their intellectual property. You don't have a "right" to see the Knicks or Yankees. |
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Z80APremium
join:2009-11-23 | Then it's their property and they can sell it anyone they want. |
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| reply to VirtualSlew
said by VirtualSlew: One interesting sidenote is that Verizon FiOS TV service does include Comcast Sportsnet in the Philaelphia area. I suppose that since Verizon is not a satellite TV company, the loophole did not apply. But in NY/NJ Cablevision is using it to withhold MSG and MSG+ hi def feeds from Verizon.
This is why Comcast and Cablevision's arguments go out the window. These channels are no longer exclusives. They decide who they sell them to on a discriminatory basis.
Either you sell to everyone or you sell to no one. |
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 JRW2R.I.P. Mom, Brian, Ziggy, Max and Zen.Premium
join:2004-12-20
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·Optimum Online
| said by robjlevin:Either you sell to everyone or you sell to no one. Correct.
If Cablevision/Comcast/DTV/etc. want to create a "channel" for the EXCLUSIVE purpose of providing "content" for their subscribers, then they are perfectly within their rights to do so, and they are NOT obligated to give access to ANY of their competitors.
The minute they allow ANYONE to carry that "content", they should be required to offer it to ANYONE who wants to carry it, and they should be forced to do so at the same price as they are charging the others. You should not be allowed to offer it for say a dollar to anyone who is NOT a competitor, yet be allowed to charge a competitor $100....
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RIAA/MPAA... Bite me!!!!
In constant search for intelligent life on Earth! |
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| reply to VirtualSlew
I say give CSN to the satellite companies because then Comcast will just move most of their games to their very exclusive network they don't need to share with anyone else, The Comcast Network....lol |
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