I believe these were grandfathered in when Comcast took over their part of the old Adelphia Communications. Those RSNs which were already carried by Directv were rebranded with the Comcast Sports Network labeling. What's happening with CSN-Houston is totally different as this was a brand new network patterned after the Titanic.
The Titanic actually floated across half the Atlantic before it sank. This debacle has never left the port.
All of the witnesses so far have been called by the Astros, correct? This could take a long while, doubt it finishes by tomorrow
I was wondering the same thing back then. why didn't Comcast use the NBC brand for the regional sports network to go along with NBCSN? They could compete with Fox Sports that way.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>George Postolos is off the stand. The next Astros witness is Richard Buchanan, VP of Comcast Media Center, one of the petitioning creditors.</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394940177463787520">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The point of the Astros' questions of Buchanan is to attempt to prove that Comcast Media Center does not qualify as a petitioning creditor,</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394942651176194048">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Next witness is Bruce Davis of Comcast Media, another of the petitioning creditors seeking to put CSNH into Chapter 11.</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394943962835714048">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Astros, once again, are trying to prove that Comcast Media didn't qualify as a petitioning creditor as of Sept. 27.</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394944547563663360">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Next witness is Joe Washington of CSN Bay Area, who sets up joint TV truck feeds for Astros-A's games in Oakland on CSNH and CSN California.</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394953003657994241">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Once again, Astros are trying to show judge that CSN California should not be eligible to act as a petitioning creditor in the case.</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394953203168460800">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Last three witnesses are pretty repetitive. The fourth petitioning creditor, though, Comcast Sports Management, may be more intriguing.</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394953840203558912">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>That's because I'm guessing that witness will be Jon Litner, president of NBC Sports Group and a CSN Houston board member.</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394954204994748416">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It would be nice to know if Barron thought they sounded credible. Just from the perspective of someone in the courtroom.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>I was close: Witness is John Ruth, a CSN Houston board member who runs the Comcast affiliate that made the $100 mil loan to launch CSNH,</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394957454502412290">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>It appears so far that Astros are questioning Ruth in an effort to challenge CSN California as a petitioning creditor.</p>— David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/394962472160858113">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
My guess is that they were trying to put the Comcast brand on their RSNs in much the same way as the Fox Sports Network RSNs.
