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reply to hobgoblin

Re: TWC/MSG Update?

reply to hobgoblin

reply to NY area
Same here... Got dtv installed today. Went to the twc store at queens center mall to return by 3 boxes and the place was swamped with people returning their boxes... Went home watched the islanders on MSG... Good win... Ironic it was vs. buffalo ... Anyhow.. Hope this settles soon for all those twc customers who can't change. Good luck !

reply to Steve Mehs

I have Fios being installed on January 19th. I am not switching because of the msg fiasco. I will save $40 with Fios. I understand that every provider at some point will have a contract issue with MSG.

Take a look at this promo set up by TWC for NY Knicks fans! How about the Knicks fans that don't win? Please note the arena they will be playing in Charlotte--Time Warner Arena! Maybe instead of paying for naming rights they just should have paid MSG what they asked. In the long run, the customer is going to end up paying the increase anyway so what's the point?

»www.chicagotribune.com/entertain···81.story

reply to shoobedevil
Looks like MSG has already won this fight since most people in this thread blame TWC. Just wait till TWC raises its rates to cover the huge MSG price increase they will be extorted for and u can blame TWC once again.

When two years of negotiations ended on January 1st, Time Warner cable had no idea how many of its customers were upset regarding the NHL's Sabres broadcasts being removed. Right in the middle of NHL season no less. Same is true in New York City with the Knicks, Islanders and Devils. How many customers did Time Warner lose?

Talk about bad public relations for Time Warner regarding the Sabres. This seems to be Time Warner's trend of having conflicts settled at their customer's expense. The dollar loss in revenue has to be staggering.

"TWC didn't realize what a ratings monster the Sabres are??"

That made me laugh too!

Hob
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"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
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reply to shoobedevil
Since someone close to me works for TWC, and has heard the ins and outs of this whole deal, let me give you the skinny.

Originally MSG came in to contract negotiations, and agreed with Time Warner to extend their contract for the same amount. Now as paper work was being drawn up, TWC was approached by MSG stating that they did not want to do this, and that they are now asking for what amounts to a 52% increase in its charge for TWC to carry them. Now looking at the horrid amount of viewers for fuse, and the only real increase in viewing was during sporting events. TWC could not see any reason to justify raising rates, just to have a network that was not producing the ratings that they would be paying for. TWC then asked for the price to be lowered at negotiations, but MSG was not having any of it. In fact, the last % that MSG came back with was 53% increase.

There is no way that any company in their right mind would pay 53% more, just to have a sub par network that was not producing the ratings, and the only time they could was during sporting events, but still the amount =/= cost. so they dropped them.

now don't get me wrong. I love hockey, and I hate not having on my cable. But you know what, there are always options. I instead of going to sat, and paying what would have been 40.00 more a month, went to NHL.com. Ordered the NHL PASS and now I streem any game i want through my Blu-ray, PS3 or wii. that simple.

I have to agree with TWC here 53% is insane for a sub-par station to be asking for. Maybe if MSG would negotiate to 35% they would then get the revenue. Until then NHL Center ice for me.

Just my 2 cents though.

Thanks for the insight Peterpiper. It is too bad that some people think that Time Warner should just go ahead and pay MSG what they are asking for.
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DirecTV is pretty neat. If you want a referral ask me.

I does stink. I feel for you guys.
Down here in DFW we have NHL Center Ice and can see all of the games....BUT:
One sorry change they have done this year has to do with the channel selection set up.
We have 14 channels (2 of which are the mosaic & team stats channels)....so 12 channels are open to schedule the home/away feeds of the games.

Last year they used all 12 channels (930-941)...so you routinely got to see 'replays' of the games at late night hours. This year they are squeezing many of the games on channels 930-937...so any 6 pm (7 est) game never repeats, only the late games, even though they have channels to use....so basically we are getting robbed of many replays.....AND we do not have NHL Network in DFW, even though we have a NHL Team (Stars) so we lose out seeing any game cherrypicked by NHL Net...SAD!!!!

I have NHL Center Ice and the Devils and the other local teams are blacked out, so if I got the Gamecenter it would be black'd out as well. Found some streaming sites so its ok until they come to an agreement, but they better do it soon!

reply to shoobedevil
Oh Lord. The woeful Sabres are down 5-0 in second period to the Red Wings. Those of you who cannot watch them on MSG consider yourselves lucky. It wasn't supposed to be this way this season. So happy that I can watch the Syracuse Orange tonight. At least they win once in a while ! Like every game this season so far.
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DirecTV is pretty neat. If you want a referral ask me.

"Well of course. There are all sorts of "places" to watch the game."

I have heard about them!

Watching Sabres get spanked on center ice.