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

Directv hasn't said one thing complaining about what price Comcast wants. I guess you must want Directv to pay what ever Comcast feels is the price. Comcast has said what they want and Directv has decided it is way to high and they have the right to not carry the channel. I know I probably didn't make a lot of sense but Comcast wants ESPN money for CSNW which is just crazy. Of coarse some mom and pop local cable company in Bend or Roseburg that only has 10,000 at most subscribers might have a lot more interest in the Blazers/Ducks can pay $2.00 per subscriber but no major nation wide content provider will pay that much for a channel when very few of their customers even care about CSNW. It like comparing apple and oranges. Plus Comcast, Foxsports and other sportsnets have already established what the going rate is which is around .10 cents or less per subscriber in package that isn't required for everyone but only people that are interested in it(sports packages). The cable company's that have signed up to carry CSNW doesn't mind paying that much because a lot of their customers are interested. I guess no matter how much I try to explain you won't get it. I can guarantee Comcast will never get anything close to what they are asking for CSNW on any major Satellite or cable company.

This is just a ruff ball park estimate just to show how unreasonable but those local mom and pop cable company's maybe pay Comcast $5,000-$10,000 per month at the most. Dish/Directv/Charter etc would be paying $100,000+ per month with the going rate for a sportsnet. Comcast wants Dish/Directv/Charter to pay something like $20,000,000 to 40,000,000 per month. That is why Directv/Dish any other major Cable company has quit even trying to negotiate with Comcast. I really think IMO Comcast really doesn't want to have Dish/Directv/etc carry CSNW unless they can rape them.

 

There is no way to know what a "fair" price would be as there is no free market here.

There is an established price for other regional sports networks. That price is much, much lower than what Comcast is demanding.

And, they paid the Blazers more than many regional sports networks pay for air rights, supporting a claim that Comcast should get more than the usual.

But... Comcast used its excess profits from it monopoly in cable tv to outbid all others with that unusually high price for the Blazers, so that Comcast could solidify its ability to run their business on a monopoly model, ie, "overcharge for inferior product/service." They cynically used a legal loophole to violate the spirt of equal acess, which corrupt federal officials/ congress have allowed to remain open. Why? money, money, money.

Comcast has the power - they negotiated a tight control contract with the Blazers, and they are regulated by toothless and/or corrupt small-time local officials.

Comcast doesn't have strong incentive to sell the sportsnet at the typical regional sports network rates. They feel the amount they would receive would by less than they get by keeping Blazer fans in Comcast territory from using attenna, DirecTV, Dish, etc. It is hard to make up the loss of $100 per month with pennies per household, which is why they demand dollars. Because no one can force them to do it, they won't.

Comcast isn't all bad. They did a better job than Charter for example, of rolling out new technology, upgrading their network, expanding their HD, managing their finances and financing and remaining competitive enough with sat to rebound well. Compared to other cable companies and sat companies their product is at least average and their prices are on the high side, but not the highest.