With the Texans playing and the Rockets having a few days off...looks like nobody will care until Wednesday
Fewer people will care as time goes by...even on game day. As people adjust to not having the games, anybody who is not among the most die hard fans will simply lose interest. This is how businesses lose their customer base. The longer this goes on, the more work the Rockets will have to do to repair the damage.
last year Governor Cuomo of NY stepped in so MSG Network (Knicks official network) and Time Warner Cable could get a deal done after a 10-month blackout. Maybe people here should call their elected representatives to intervene?
that would be a ridiculous conversation: admin: Mr. GOoPer, a New York reporter is on the line GOoP: What's he want? admin: He says millions of ordinary fans are upset at a few billionaires acting like monopolists GOoP: What the hell? Is that reporter a Communist? A Muslim?
The thing that upsets me most, is it's 100% about money and 0% about the Rockets. The more time that passes and I can't watch the Rockets, the more upset I get.
I called Directv and complained last night. I had already sent an email last week. I was friendly and the girl rep was also, but let them know I was disappointed and not happy about not getting the games. She put in a request for the channel and acted like hopefully more people will call in and request the channel, that could help in getting it. She sort of acted like she didn't think there had been a lot of negotiations for it, like CSN was playing hardball. Who Knows? She did takes $20 a month off my bill a month the next year, saving me $240, for my inconvenience. So keep calling in and complaining. Maybe even call in if you don't have Directv and tell them you would subscribe if they had the channel, if you would do that. I don't guess the game feeds might be easily available using some type of FTA receiver and dish would they? I might look into that if they were.
To the Fans from Comcast https://twitter.com/CSNHouston/status/265157112563367936/photo/1/large BTW - Texans post game show on CSN is awesome with raw interviews and coverage..... lovin CSN.....
Agreed. All you guys complaining are going to LOVE this channel when it finally gets to you... a huge upgrade over FSSW/FSH.
NBC should have just plastered their name over these regional channels instead of using Comcast's name.
We're not complaining about the content, we're complaining that none of us know what the content is like...because we don't have the channel
Huh? I have no idea what angle you're going from. NBC is OWNED by Comcast. NBC IS Comcast. Comcast IS NBC. You think DirecTV and Uverse don't want a "comcast" channel because of the name? They've got other comcast channels in different cities. Comcast just happens to be in the business of branding sports channels along with owning major television networks and being a cable company. In the end, its still a sports cable channel that needs to be added for a fee no matter what its called... same thing happened with Fox Sports in the past, same thing happened with NFL network and Time Warner, same thing was on the verge of happening with ESPN one year.
I know. But I've also read in this thread several people who said they'd boycott the channel on principle alone (Regardless of whether or not the dispute gets settled). While they're doing that, they'll be missing the best individual coverage any cable sports channel has given Houston sports EVER (even better than HSE).
I think most of that kind of talk is hot air. It's like people saying they won't watch the Rockets anymore, everyone will come crawling back. Doesn't mean I can't be pissed at everyone involved though. Although I'm not a Texans fan, I'd still love to see tons of coverage on the Rockets/Astros. Just sucks we can't have that.
