Cox Sports Television

I live just outside New Orleans and have Directv. The New Orleans
Hornets NBA team has their games broadcast on Cox Sports Television,
the regional sports network for New Orleans along with Fox Sports
Southwest. Directv doesn't carry this channel. I can't watch the
Hornets on NBA League Pass because of NBA blackout restrictions which
state that if a team has a game broadcast locally, it cannot be
broadcast on League Pass. Well, answer me this, if the Hornets can't
be broadcast on League Pass because the game is available on local
regional sports network but Directv doesn't carry the network, what
can I do? I don't want to go to cable, but am a big sports fan. I
have tried completing the feedback form on www.directv.com but keep
getting the standard form letter back. This has to be alienating
some New Orleans area Directv customers who are sports fans. Hornets
fans in New Orleans have to be the only ones who have to have cable to
view their home team's games.

Sorry to report that you describe the exact stranglehold Comcast Sports Network
holds over all Phl sports here in Phl. DirecTV will claim no capacity to
resolve this situation as Comcast has no interest in providing programming to
their competitor.

Sorry to report that you describe the exact stranglehold Comcast Sports Network
holds over all Phl sports here in Phl. DirecTV will claim no capacity to
resolve this situation as Comcast has no interest in providing programming to
their competitor.

"Jcmcdonald" wrote in message
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Sorry to report that you describe the exact stranglehold Comcast Sports
Network
holds over all Phl sports here in Phl. DirecTV will claim no capacity to
resolve this situation as Comcast has no interest in providing programming
to
their competitor.

When it comes to the Comcast/DirecTV problem, better days are coming! Since
Murdock is buying DirecTV, HE will be in the driver's seat with all the Fox
programming that most cable companies (including Comcast) are so fond of.
Odds are that Philly customers will have the Comcast Sports Network within
six months of the acquisition being completed (this month).

LtAnger

"Jcmcdonald" wrote in message
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Sorry to report that you describe the exact stranglehold Comcast Sports
Network
holds over all Phl sports here in Phl. DirecTV will claim no capacity to
resolve this situation as Comcast has no interest in providing programming
to
their competitor.

When it comes to the Comcast/DirecTV problem, better days are coming! Since
Murdock is buying DirecTV, HE will be in the driver's seat with all the Fox
programming that most cable companies (including Comcast) are so fond of.
Odds are that Philly customers will have the Comcast Sports Network within
six months of the acquisition being completed (this month).

LtAnger

McQ ) wrote in rec.video.satellite.dbs:
Since
Murdock is buying DirecTV, HE will be in the driver's seat with all the Fox
programming that most cable companies (including Comcast) are so fond of.
Odds are that Philly customers will have the Comcast Sports Network within
six months of the acquisition being completed (this month).

The odds are that this won't happen for a long time, if at all.

The carriage contracts that broadcast stations have with cable companies
are usually multi-year deals. Until the Philadelphia Fox/Comcast cable
contract runs out, Murdoch would have no leverage.

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McQ ) wrote in rec.video.satellite.dbs:
Since
Murdock is buying DirecTV, HE will be in the driver's seat with all the Fox
programming that most cable companies (including Comcast) are so fond of.
Odds are that Philly customers will have the Comcast Sports Network within
six months of the acquisition being completed (this month).

The odds are that this won't happen for a long time, if at all.

The carriage contracts that broadcast stations have with cable companies
are usually multi-year deals. Until the Philadelphia Fox/Comcast cable
contract runs out, Murdoch would have no leverage.

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LtAnger wrote:

Murdock is buying DirecTV, HE will be in the driver's seat with all the
Fox programming that most cable companies (including Comcast) are
so fond of. Odds are that Philly customers will have the Comcast Sports
Network within six months of the acquisition being completed (this month).


Jeff Rife replied:

The odds are that this won't happen for a long time, if at all.

I wouldn't feel comfortable betting on one immediate outcome or the
other, but history and common sense indicate that the premise is
highly valid.


The carriage contracts that broadcast stations have with cable companies
are usually multi-year deals. Until the Philadelphia Fox/Comcast cable
contract runs out, Murdoch would have no leverage.

What leads you to believe that WTXF (the Philadelphia Fox Network
station) is Murdoch's only potential bargaining chip?

Fox owns thirty-five broadcast television stations in twenty-six
markets, including at least one in:

* the four largest markets
* nine of the ten largest markets
* thirteen of the fifteen largest markets
* sixteen of the twenty largest markets

Fox owns two broadcast television stations in each of nine markets,
including:

* the three largest markets
* five of the ten largest markets
* eight of the twenty largest markets

In total, the thirty-five Fox-owned broadcast television stations
reach more than 44.7% of American television homes, many of them
twice.

Fox also owns thirteen regional sports channels and co-owns six with
Cablevision.

Many of the above properties are carried by various Comcast systems
around the country, as are Fox News Channel, Fox Movie Channel and FX.

LtAnger wrote:

Murdock is buying DirecTV, HE will be in the driver's seat with all the
Fox programming that most cable companies (including Comcast) are
so fond of. Odds are that Philly customers will have the Comcast Sports
Network within six months of the acquisition being completed (this month).


Jeff Rife replied:

The odds are that this won't happen for a long time, if at all.

I wouldn't feel comfortable betting on one immediate outcome or the
other, but history and common sense indicate that the premise is
highly valid.


The carriage contracts that broadcast stations have with cable companies
are usually multi-year deals. Until the Philadelphia Fox/Comcast cable
contract runs out, Murdoch would have no leverage.

What leads you to believe that WTXF (the Philadelphia Fox Network
station) is Murdoch's only potential bargaining chip?

Fox owns thirty-five broadcast television stations in twenty-six
markets, including at least one in:

* the four largest markets
* nine of the ten largest markets
* thirteen of the fifteen largest markets
* sixteen of the twenty largest markets

Fox owns two broadcast television stations in each of nine markets,
including:

* the three largest markets
* five of the ten largest markets
* eight of the twenty largest markets

In total, the thirty-five Fox-owned broadcast television stations
reach more than 44.7% of American television homes, many of them
twice.

Fox also owns thirteen regional sports channels and co-owns six with
Cablevision.

Many of the above properties are carried by various Comcast systems
around the country, as are Fox News Channel, Fox Movie Channel and FX.

David Levy ) wrote in rec.video.satellite.dbs:
What leads you to believe that WTXF (the Philadelphia Fox Network
station) is Murdoch's only potential bargaining chip?

Despite being a "national" company, Comcast really wouldn't give in to
pressure outside of the local area, based on historical actions.

Content owners haven't ever won the "put channel X on this system or we
won't give you channel Y for *that* system" battle, because the people who
lose the channel have no recourse to force the cable company to do anything.
They can't complain to the local government, because the local government
doesn't control the *other* system.

Last, I don't see Murdoch cutting off his nose to spite his face. The
desire for Comcast Sports Net Philadelphia on DirecTV is pretty low...only
the people in Philly with DirecTV really care (along with a few who have
premium sports subscriptions). But, taking WNYW off Comcast in New York
City (is there even Comcast there?) could literally cause Fox ratings to
drop by 2 to 3 points, which would be unacceptable.

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