Unsportsmanlike Conduct by Cable Companys

[woodbuck27]

http://iwantthenflnetwork.com/

We can't allow this to get out of hand.

Fight back Packer fans.

[KYPack]

I an so sick of this shit.

Just put the NFL stuff on the 3-4 Sat companies and let me buy it.

I don't wanna jockey around trying to get what I want from provider to provider.

[CaliforniaCheez]

On my local comcast if I want the NFL network it costs $84.00 more /month.

NFLN is the ultimate channel and I have to buy every crummy movie and porn channel to get it.

I just don't get it.

I like seeing the game with other fans so I go to the sports bar. I could get direct TV but I would be sitting alone drinking which is not a good thing.

$177/month to the cable company is too much.

[GBRulz]

cheez, I see where the NFLN is actually suing Comcast for doing that. That was NOT part of the agreement (for Comcast to put it in a pay package).

$177 a month for cable? My hell. I have Dish Network's Silver HD package and it's $62 a month. Including NFLN in HD ! Stop feeding the cable pigs

[]{ilr]3]

cheez, I see where the NFLN is actually suing Comcast for doing that. That was NOT part of the agreement (for Comcast to put it in a pay package).

$177 a month for cable? My hell. I have Dish Network's Silver HD package and it's $62 a month. Including NFLN in HD ! Stop feeding the cable pigs

Wow, really? I didnt know you could get the NFL network in HD on dish or any other system.

I might have to look into that.

[]{ilr]3]

Awesome! http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/o...ts/index.shtml


Are the NFL network only games in HD as well?

[MJZiggy]

I thought you could only get NFL ticket on Directv...

[]{ilr]3]

Yes, NFL sunday tickey is Direct TV only, but the NFL network that is on all year long carried some games during the season.

For instance the HOF Bowl this weekend i believe is NFL Network only and one of the Thankgiving Day games this year are NFL Network only.

Actually kinda pisses me off. 2 years ago i got a shit load of games in HD and now I am lucky if i get 2 HD Packers games a year.

[GBRulz]

{ilr]3]Awesome! http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/o...ts/index.shtml


Are the NFL network only games in HD as well?

Yeah, Dish has an HD package with like over 30 HD channels. It's the main reason I went with them. Plus I get a discount because I have my AT&T phone and DSL all bundled with it, too.

Anyhow, I just got this HD package about 3-4 months ago, so I can't say if the NFL network only game are in HD or not. Everything else on there is, so I don't see why not.

[FritzDontBlitz]

i have nfl network on my local cable provider. they will not show those 8 regular season games to anyone other than the local tv markets of the two teams playing. last season i missed all 8 games because the chicago bears were never one of the competing teams.

its a ripoff ploy to get people to expand nfl network's market by duping them into thinking they were getting to see an extra 8 nfl games per year.

keep in mind that these 8 late season games are the 8 games espn used to carry under the old tv deal.

[Bretsky]

Charter, IMO, is the pond scum of the Cable Industry. I'm just curious if anybody has tried calling them regarding the NFL Network and if so what they have responded with.

The Big Ten Network has a very similar situation and is trying to get Cable Networks to add their station.

From the sounds of it based on the radio, for Charter Pond Scum Cable Network to add the NFL Network............

NFL N would cost subscribers an extra .85 per month.
Big Ten Network is would cost an extra 1.10 per month.

While I'm a Big Ten Junkie, I"d rather have the NFL Network w/o a doubt.

ANYBODY have any advice on how to get these Cable Yahoos to listen to my rant ???????????????

[cpk1994]

Charter, IMO, is the pond scum of the Cable Industry. I'm just curious if anybody has tried calling them regarding the NFL Network and if so what they have responded with.

The Big Ten Network has a very similar situation and is trying to get Cable Networks to add their station.

From the sounds of it based on the radio, for Charter Pond Scum Cable Network to add the NFL Network............

NFL N would cost subscribers an extra .85 per month.
Big Ten Network is would cost an extra 1.10 per month.

While I'm a Big Ten Junkie, I"d rather have the NFL Network w/o a doubt.

ANYBODY have any advice on how to get these Cable Yahoos to listen to my rant ???????????????

You should realize, if both the NFL and the Big Ten just allowed Charter and the other cable companies to put it on their digital sports tier, this whole issue would be solved. But no, we have the greed of the NFL and Big Ten in the way. They are just as much to blame for the mess as the cable companies are. BTW, this isssue is being contested at the corporate level, so phone calls or emails will not work. The NFL learned that the hard way last year and by the looks of it, still haven't learned their lesson.

[Bretsky]

Charter, IMO, is the pond scum of the Cable Industry. I'm just curious if anybody has tried calling them regarding the NFL Network and if so what they have responded with.

The Big Ten Network has a very similar situation and is trying to get Cable Networks to add their station.

From the sounds of it based on the radio, for Charter Pond Scum Cable Network to add the NFL Network............

NFL N would cost subscribers an extra .85 per month.
Big Ten Network is would cost an extra 1.10 per month.

While I'm a Big Ten Junkie, I"d rather have the NFL Network w/o a doubt.

ANYBODY have any advice on how to get these Cable Yahoos to listen to my rant ???????????????

You should realize, if both the NFL and the Big Ten just allowed Charter and the other cable companies to put it on their digital sports tier, this whole issue would be solved. But no, we have the greed of the NFL and Big Ten in the way. They are just as much to blame for the mess as the cable companies are. BTW, this isssue is being contested at the corporate level, so phone calls or emails will not work. The NFL learned that the hard way last year and by the looks of it, still haven't learned their lesson.

Mainly, I'm just pissed I don't have the option. For an extra $5 a month I'd pay for the NFLN in a second and I'm pissed I have no options.

[CaliforniaCheez]

Like I said NFL network in my area is the top of the food chain. It is the last channel you can add and only after you have paid for every possible channel including Spanish movies, porn, tons of music channels etc.

This is the first year I didn't drop cable after the draft and start again 1 Aug.

If there was al la carte billing I would get up to 10 of my favorite channels and that would be it. Who needs Lifetime or QVC?

The NFL network has so much repeated programming it cannot be that expensive.

[GBRulz]

Here is what I don't quite understand about the whole thing. Why is it that Direct TV and Dish Network have the NFL network, but cable companies do not? Cable companies are refusing to pay what the NFLN wants, yet this has never been an issue with satellite?

I dunno, the whole thing is nothing but greed. But what sucks is that many cable customers don't even have the option to pay extra for it, even if they wanted to.

I have gotten so sick of Time Warner Cable and their constant rate hikes, I left them for good last year. They gave me a good deal to come back to them a couple years ago, then after a year they doubled my rates and just basic digital cable went up to $70/mo. Screw that.