Pretty sure all of the Comcast sports channels are on the extended basic tier in their local markets. (except for Portland)
I believe that with Directv one would have to get the Premier package in order to get the Comcast sports channels this way. Anything else and it's an extra package you would have to purchase.
I was kidding. Sad I've seen more Mavs games than Rockets games. And will be the same for Rangers games soon.
To get all of the Comcast sports channels, yeah you'd have to get the top package or some extra sports package. But just to get the local sports team whether they play on Comcast or Fox Sports, it's on the Choice Package and up. (again, except for Portland)
There's no reason to. Comcast obviously has a figure they need so they wont lose money and the providers have their own figure. There's nothing to negotiate.
If comcast would stop spending money on their commercials to tell you to demand it, then they could lower their price by a whole lot!
Comcast joins AIG, BP as one of America’s 10 least reputable companies We already knew this but... http://news.yahoo.com/comcast-joins-aig-bp-one-america-10-least-015607619.html "Comcast (CMCSA) may not have spilled a bunch of oil into the Gulf of Mexico or required a massive taxpayer bailout to survive, but it nonetheless finds itself listed along with BP and AIG as one of the 10 least reputable companies in the United States. Harris Interactive’s annual “Reputation Quotient” survey released last week showed that Comcast ranked as the 10th least reputable company in the U.S. with an overall reputation score of 61 out of 100, which Harris says qualifies as a “poor” reputation. Comcast’s reputation this year has actually improved from the previous year, when Harris ranked it as eighth least reputable company with a reputation score of just 59."
Huh? Comcast paid a set fee for the rights to televise the games. How are they not losing money when they can't earn fees from 60% of the Rockets fanbase?
If I offer to sell you my car for $20,000 and you determine it isn't worth that much, if I am not willing to reduce my asking price, what is there to talk about?
What they are losing is ad revenue. The more eyeballs watching the channel, the more they can charge for advertising spots.
I wonder if our players think about this. About not having a majority of the fan base able to watch them and appreciate them because of their owner.
Why is this a bad decision for Les? They already made their money at a more profitable rate than they used to. Why would he care if it screws over the actual viewers? It's not like he really has anything to lose at this point (for now). In the immediate future, he's making more $ off TV than he used to, and tickets are not the main source of revenue for the team. Only issue I see down the line is that fewer kids will be Rockets fans so that will be a problem that Future Les will have to deal with. But the going's good right now, so why worry?
Future Les will probably be dead or uninterested in The Rockets by the time current the generation of non Rockets fans kids grow up.
Not true. The Rockets own, IIRC, 27% of CSN Houston. So, in fact, they do own the car (so to speak). The bottom line here is that CSN asked for a price. The providers have declined at that price. CSN will not accept a lower price or inclusion on a sports tier. It seems like the negotiation would go something like this: "Accept our price? No. The basketball season is half over...accept our price? Nope. Baseball season is about to start. Accept ur price? Nah. People sure want this channel. See how angry they are? Accept our price? No." Seems like a pointless exercise to me. I cannot ask these execs to waste time like that.
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/8170...lahoma_City_Thunder_vs._Houston_Rockets_20-02 Full game, fast dl
The big question is, why are all the other providers continuing to provide Fox Sports Houston/Southwest to all their customers? The only reason that channel was picked up in the first place (with the cost deflected to the customer) was to cover Houston sports.
