SEC CHANNEL
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This will not make me happy. So we get the crap Big Ten but not SEC or PAC-10. How do they maintain the sports leader claim?!?!??
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If DirecTV doesn't carry SEC Network they will lose customers and manbe me and they should not call themselves the leader in sports!!! 
Before people have a fit (too late?) only Uverse has actually signed to carry it. DISH has made a commitment but until the ESPN/Disney contract is signed they are not officially carrying it. Maybe unlikely, but at this moment it is possible only Uverse will carry it, perhaps DISH.
Good for Directv.
Sports channel costs are rising and you've already seen this happening you will see more of this happening. People can moan that they will lose all their customers, but it hasn't happened yet with carriage disputes. Some will leave, but most don't really care anymore. A channel may have 10 million viewers for a few high profile events but the majority of the time their ratings are average at best because of all the channel fragmentation. Millions of viewers spread out over a dozen providers doesn't really impact any one provider that much.
I think the only reason Dish has apparently committed to carrying it is because of the current contract negotiations for the Disney owned nets. I'm sure it will come up when Directv's contract with Disney is up. Disney would have been better off rebranding an existing channel like espnews or espnclassic as the sec network and getting it carried under existing contracts first.
Sports channel costs are rising and you've already seen this happening you will see more of this happening. People can moan that they will lose all their customers, but it hasn't happened yet with carriage disputes. Some will leave, but most don't really care anymore. A channel may have 10 million viewers for a few high profile events but the majority of the time their ratings are average at best because of all the channel fragmentation. Millions of viewers spread out over a dozen providers doesn't really impact any one provider that much.
I think the only reason Dish has apparently committed to carrying it is because of the current contract negotiations for the Disney owned nets. I'm sure it will come up when Directv's contract with Disney is up. Disney would have been better off rebranding an existing channel like espnews or espnclassic as the sec network and getting it carried under existing contracts first.
From what I've read a canned email response got out to a sports writer and the thing went viral.
I want the SEC Network more than anyone. I would not press the panic button just yet. Negotiations are about leverage at this point.
As of now Directv has time and ESPN has the channel.
I want the SEC Network more than anyone. I would not press the panic button just yet. Negotiations are about leverage at this point.
As of now Directv has time and ESPN has the channel.
And this is an article from a CANNED response by Directv. Obviously Travis doesn't have a clue.....
http://www.teamspeedkills.com/2014/2/19/5427010/directv-sec-network-carriage
Id be happy if they carry it in a sports pack or something, Id pay. Big ACC and SEC fball house here.
I'm not seeing a big deal here. The SEC channel will not be taking programming from ESPN or the nets, so no one will be missing any important games.
My thinking is SEC will be showing the same stuff the Big 10 is showing. Such as women's sports and other non revenue sports. The stuff directed at niche viewers.
I get all the SEC football and basketball I need. I don't want to pay for a channel I may never watch. Have enough of those already.
My thinking is SEC will be showing the same stuff the Big 10 is showing. Such as women's sports and other non revenue sports. The stuff directed at niche viewers.
I get all the SEC football and basketball I need. I don't want to pay for a channel I may never watch. Have enough of those already.
Which ones? Those who really really want SEC or those who don't and prefer not to pay for it?
let me clarify..I watch as much SEC football and hoops as they will throw at me. IMO The SEC is the best football conference.
That's why it has tv contracts with major nets and cable channels.
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