Concast says Dish/Direct TV/ Charter do not want to carry CSNW

In response to this Huffington Posts article about how Concast is holding the satellite companies hostage, the cable company's VP of Communications runs damage control in the comments section.

And the battle of he said, she said continues...

 

Beat ya in OT.

 

Oops. Mods, close this thread if you feel like it.

 

Nah, they can close mine. In reality, the topic belongs in this forum.

 

That's a complete lie unless they have offered something new in the last few weeks. Comcast hasn't offered CSNW at the same rate as other sports networks. They even have tried getting the channel in a more favorable tier not where other sports networks are located which would cost Dish/Directv a ton of money for a sports network with a smaller then most if not all sportsnet viewership.

 

I wonder if there are certain performance clauses in the agreement between the Blazers and Comcast: such as a certain amount of market availability by a certain date or they can renegotiate or void the deal? Anybody know the exact terms of the deal or has that been disclosed?

 

Ahahahah, Comcast is funny.

 

What's a lie?

They are saying they have offered their channel to Dish Network, Direct TV, and Charter for the same price many other cable companies have accepted. I'm not sure what that has to do with the rates of other channels.

I'm mad at Comcast, but not to the point where I'm unwilling to think that other parties could also be to blame. If people think that Direct TV and the Blazers are angels in this situation, I feel they are turning a blind eye to the facts.

 

The few cable systems that have signed up for CSNW are very small and it didn't cost them that much total cost. Most of them are local cable systems where most of their customers possibly could like the Blazers/Ducks etc. The way the contract works is they have to pay per subscriber where Dish and Directv have close to or maybe even a little more then 20 million subscribers each. Most of those subscribers could care less about CSNW. Comcast wants it in popular tier with a large amount of those 20 million. I'm not good at explaining it but there is a big difference from a local cable company then a National cable or Satellite company. Plus Comcast was trying to charge a ton more per subscriber even if they would allow Dish or Directv to put in their sports package like the rest of the Sportsnets. I haven't heard what the latest offer is from Comcast but earlier it was $2.oo per subscriber when the going rate for other sportsnets was between .05 or .10 cents per subscriber. Don't believe anything Comcast is trying to put out there. It is all complete bull shit. Of coarse Dish or Directv would want CSNW if it was costing them equal to what they pay other comparable sportsnets.

 

I held out for a long time due to my hate for what Comcast was trying to do. I've since gone with Verizon FIOS and have to admit I love the ability to watch every game. So I feel it was a good compromise that I'm giving my business to another franchise, yet getting to see all of the games that all of the Comcast folks do. And hey, being able to play less than Comcast prices and get this ridiculous internet speed that actually connects at 25Mbps compared to the 5-6Mbps that folks actually get with Comcast is just gravy on top.

 

Directv or Dish have many Tiers or packages. They each have close to 20 million subscribers with the lowest tier having close to all 20 million people. Normally outside of ESPN and a few other huge sports networks they are only in the sports package (tier). People only get their closest sportsnet channel in there basic package and you have to subscribe to the sports package if you want all the regional sportsnets. So, if Comcast will only allow Dish or Directv to only put CSNW in a lower tier(more popular) or one that has more subscribers then the Sports package it is going to cost them a ton more money and most of those people could care less about CSNW. Even if they only charged the going rate of lets say .10 cents per you would have to multiple that by 20 million instead of say probably less then 1 million. I'm sorry if that doesn't make sense. I could explain it a lot better in person.

 

Like I posted in a response to Ed O that isn't correct even if they did offer it at the same price. The local cable systems have customers that probably would want to watch the Ducks/Blazers where tthe vast majority of Dish and Directv could care less. So, the local cable company's might be willing to pay more then the going rate compared to other sportsnets. Comcast was trying to get $2.00 per subscriber when all the normal regional sportsnets are going for around .10 cents or less per subscriber. I guess it might not be a lie that they are offering CSNW at the same price but it is way more then any other regional sportsnet. Dish and Directv would carry CSNW tomorrow if they were offered at the same price as any of the other comcast sportsnets they carry.

 

One more thing. I do believe Comcast has been so far apart from what Dish or Directv would pay I think they possibly have quit trying to negotiate but I believe if Comcast came back and offered anything close to reasonable they would still want to carry CSNW.

You can just look at Charter owned by Paul Allen. I'm sure if it was close to reasonable he would want his own cable company to carry CSNW. At least I would hope so. Charter is a national cable company with the same problem as Dish or Directv.

 

Damn, sounds like B-Roy and his Hoops Family need to take throw some sh*t down.



http://twitpic.com/2fibkt/full

 

When you watch the video BRoy looks confused about his role of just standing there looking hard... he looks away from the camera at the last second

 

bwahahahaha. BRoy trying to look hard: doesn't seem "Natural."

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This is more fitting.