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FCC sides with NFL Network in dispute with Comcast

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oldschooltv

From Associated Press:

"In a decision released late Friday, the FCC ruled that Comcast discriminated against the NFL Network by agreeing to carry the channel only on a more expensive sports cable service. Comcast has argued that consumers will have to pay more for programming many may not want if the company is forced to include the NFL Network in its regular digital cable package."

I think this is the one time I've ever agreed with Comcast on anything. The company is right, something like this should be in its own special sports package. Otherwise, we all end up paying more in the end. Personally, I'd rather go to the bar and watch the game if it's not on locally, instead of paying higher cable prices every month.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FCC_NFL_COMCAST_DISPUTE?SITE=CTWAT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
 
I think most cable companies including would be more then willing to carry NFL network on a basic digitaol tier if NFL was willing to make Sunday Ticket availabe to them and not just DirecTV. The NFL is not doing cable companies anys favors by giving a competitor what they see as a unfair avantage. why should they do any favors for the NFL?
 
oldschooltv said:
From Associated Press:

"In a decision released late Friday, the FCC ruled that Comcast discriminated against the NFL Network by agreeing to carry the channel only on a more expensive sports cable service. Comcast has argued that consumers will have to pay more for programming many may not want if the company is forced to include the NFL Network in its regular digital cable package."
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Sure, but I'm paying for plenty of channels I don't want either...WE, Lifetime, E!, MTV, etc. etc. So why isn't Comcast worried about consumers having to pay for these...
It all depends on what the carriage cost of the network is.
 
It seems like all the large cable and satellite providers in the nation are using the same excuse for not wanting to add new or additional programming....

Where was that mentality over the course of the last 10 years adding the hell out of these useless niche channels we already have to pay for today that few watch?
 
Hi everyone:
Byron said:
Where was that mentality over the course of the last 10 years adding the hell out of these useless niche channels we already have to pay for today that few watch?
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I remember way back in the 1980s when cable first came out when the industry once said we will soon have 500+ channels to choose from.

Uhh....huh. Ssssuuurrrreeee. WHY is it I'm STILL waiting for it to happen then? ???

Cheers :)

Pat
 
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