| reply to BF69
Re: pot meet kettle said by BF69:said by digitalfreak:said by gar187er:what good faith?!!? they own the channel, the building, a tea,, etc......there is no reason they need to grant another company access.....if thats the case, cable cos should have access to the sunday ticket.... Go cry to the NFL. DirecTV doesn't own Sunday Ticket. No but they make sure no one else can offer it. Once again DirecTv is being hypocritical. If it's ok for DirecTv to hog Sunday Ticket it's OK for them to be shut out of SportNet Philly. I have ZERO sympathy for DirecTv. fuck 'em. said by BF69:said by digitalfreak:Problem for Comcast: 1. They are trying to own NBC 2. They own that sports network said by gar187er:what good faith?!!? they own the channel, the building, a tea,, etc......there is no reason they need to grant another company access.....if thats the case, cable cos should have access to the sunday ticket.... Go cry to the NFL. DirecTV doesn't own Sunday Ticket. No but they make sure no one else can offer it. Once again DirecTv is being hypocritical. If it's ok for DirecTv to hog Sunday Ticket it's OK for them to be shut out of SportNet Philly. I have ZERO sympathy for DirecTv. fuck 'em. Yes, they should sell access. Sure Dish is trying to get it for nothing but I bet Cox, Directv, etc. would pay for the channel at a fair price.
Personally, I don't get the NFL Directv thing either but Directv doesn't own NFL Ticket. |
| There are several other important points here.
1. Sunday Ticket is a true exclusive. Only one owner (NFL) and one seller (DTV). Neither CSN Philly nor MSG and MSG+ HD feeds are exclusive.
2. Sunday Ticket is an out of market package that has zero impact on local markets. Nobody misses their local team because they can't or won't buy ST.
3. Everyone who's saying the ST should be sold to all distributors misses out on the fact that NFL doesn't want to. They want one seller to keep the price high (if they sold to everyone they'd get less in total than they do now) and to keep network affiliates from getting angry.
It amazes me how little understanding of these issues people are willing to exhibit. Comcast is using a smokescreen by bringing this into play hoping the FCC and perhaps even the courts will be just as uninformed. Something that';s not all that likely. |
