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rayburn45

Last reply Jan 8, 2007 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

DirecTV May Move For Major League Baseball

Little noticed story at year's end says DirecTV (NYSE: DTV - News) wants to do for baseball what it's done for the NFL: wrap up exclusive rights.
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Sports Business Journal reported MLB is "in advanced negotiations" for DTV to carry "Extra Innings," MLB's package of out-of-market games. The deal would be "a huge blow to the cable industry," Sports Business Journal said, not to mention that it would also hurt Echostar's (NASDAQ: DISH - News) subscription business. SBJ said Extra Innings growth has stalled at about 750,000 subs via cable.

One reason to believe this story is that Sports Business Journal's latest cover story. It's a profile of Bud Selig, MLB's commissioner. You'd expect that this DirecTV came out of research on the story, either from the Commish himself, or people talking about Selig's management.

An exclusive deal for MLB games not on ESPN or other broadcast/cable networks would be a good move for DirecTV. New subscribers are hard to find. One good way to bolster the rolls is to grab market share, and baseball would be likely to lure some Dish customers.

http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070103/23393_id.html?.v=1

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dishcomm

Jan 3, 2007

rayburn45 said:
Little noticed story at year's end says DirecTV (NYSE: DTV - News) wants to do for baseball what it's done for the NFL: wrap up exclusive rights.
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Sports Business Journal reported MLB is "in advanced negotiations" for DTV to carry "Extra Innings," MLB's package of out-of-market games. The deal would be "a huge blow to the cable industry," Sports Business Journal said, not to mention that it would also hurt Echostar's (NASDAQ: DISH - News) subscription business. SBJ said Extra Innings growth has stalled at about 750,000 subs via cable.

One reason to believe this story is that Sports Business Journal's latest cover story. It's a profile of Bud Selig, MLB's commissioner. You'd expect that this DirecTV came out of research on the story, either from the Commish himself, or people talking about Selig's management.

An exclusive deal for MLB games not on ESPN or other broadcast/cable networks would be a good move for DirecTV. New subscribers are hard to find. One good way to bolster the rolls is to grab market share, and baseball would be likely to lure some Dish customers.

http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070103/23393_id.html?.v=1

The problem MLB has with buys of EI isn't a lack of interest..The problem is all the blackouts. MLB team territories are geogrphically enormous...For Example...I live near Charlotte ,NC..The closest team in driving time is 4 hrs..Atlanta....However I am in three other team's markets..Orioles, Nationals and Reds...DC is a 7 hr drive from here yet their games are blacked out on EI. Cincy and Balt are at least 400 miles from here... Virtually none of the above mentioned team's games are available locally. Ridiculous....That is the sole reason why I do not buy EI.. If the territories were more reasonable and limited to say a two hr drive form the team's stadium I could deal with that. And far more people would sub to EI .MLB has their head parked right on the old Hershey Highway on this territorial blackout thing..
My contention is this, If the games are blacked out on a Out of Market package , the local braodcaster in the effected area should be required per the team's local contract of course, to televise the game..Such is not the case.
If they want to go to DTV for exclusive carriage, let them..I just saved $199...

bruin95

Jan 4, 2007

dishcomm said:
The problem MLB has with buys of EI isn't a lack of interest..The problem is all the blackouts. MLB team territories are geogrphically enormous...For Example...I live near Charlotte ,NC..The closest team in driving time is 4 hrs..Atlanta....However I am in three other team's markets..Orioles, Nationals and Reds...DC is a 7 hr drive from here yet their games are blacked out on EI. Cincy and Balt are at least 400 miles from here... Virtually none of the above mentioned team's games are available locally. Ridiculous....That is the sole reason why I do not buy EI.. If the territories were more reasonable and limited to say a two hr drive form the team's stadium I could deal with that. And far more people would sub to EI .MLB has their head parked right on the old Hershey Highway on this territorial blackout thing..
My contention is this, If the games are blacked out on a Out of Market package , the local braodcaster in the effected area should be required per the team's local contract of course, to televise the game..Such is not the case.
If they want to go to DTV for exclusive carriage, let them..I just saved $199...

I live in Las Vegas. No MLB team within 300 miles, yet we get blacked out of 6, yes 6 team's games!! On most nights, we have less than half the games on the EI package available to us. Just pathetic.

JeremyL

Jan 4, 2007

I live in Springfield, IL. I'm a Braves fan and my wife is a Cardinals fan. MLB EI works great for me, but it's crap for my wife. We're about 90 miles from St. Louis and 200 from Chicago. We're caught in the middle of both city's territory. Dish carries Comcast Sports from Chicago (I believe - never watch the thing), but all the Cubs and White Sox games are blacked out because MLB says we're in the Cardinals territory. The funny thing is, all the Cardinal games on MLB EI are blacked out, too.

jrbdmb

Jan 8, 2007

Go ahead MLB, go back to exclusive. You'll find out that you're not the NFL, and only a few subs will switch to DirecTV for your product (I certainly won't).

If I'm feeling *really* charitable I'll consider mlb.tv this year if MLB EI goes exclusive again.

BobMurdoch

Jan 8, 2007

I still don't understand why they can't treat this like Satellite Radio. If you're paying $180 for a subscription, give them ALL the channels and pitch the whole blackout provision entirely.

Hell, charge an extra $50 for it and call it Gold Season Pass. I want to watch my Mets from my office and I can't, since there is no cable TV hookup here and mlb.tv blacks it out. Occasionally the blackout checker messes up and I can see a game, but it is rare...

I don't mind ponying up a little extra to see the games I want but they keep making it so difficult.

IceRunner

Jan 8, 2007

This could make it easier for me. I got Extra Innings last season and was debating whether to get it next season.

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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....

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So in other words, corporate greed is more important than public safety.

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TRG said:
So in other words, corporate greed is more important than public safety.

At least for a couple more years

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Last reply Today at 1:56 PM · posted in The Sports Section

2026-27 NCAA College Football

Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.

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cp2k

Yesterday at 1:30 PM

Honestly, I would rather see an expanded bracketed playoff system than the current Conference Championship Game + playoff model we're using right now. The Conference Championships essentially allow two teams to beat up on each other, and then both typically are going to end up in the playoffs anyway unless it is one of the weaker or smaller conferences. Let them play it out on the field against others.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 2:00 PM

cp2k said:
Honestly, I would rather see an expanded bracketed playoff system than the current Conference Championship Game + playoff model we're using right now. The Conference Championships essentially allow two teams to beat up on each other, and then both typically are going to end up in the playoffs anyway unless it is one of the weaker or smaller conferences. Let them play it out on the field against others.

Until the Big Ten changed thier alignment, (a couple years ago) ... it was not like that at all, the East side won most years the west side represented the Big Ten, but they may have been the team with the 4th best record ...
They finally changed that, to a single conference ... but yes, in most cases, both teams will get in ... now, its a certain both will get in ...

The biggest issue with the Conference Now is the Number of TEAMS .... WAY to Many.
It would take 2-3 YEARS to do a round robin where everyone would play one another ... How do you know how good a team is when teams don't play the same teams ?

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meStevo

Yesterday at 4:38 PM

Jimbo said:
They finally changed that, to a single conference ... but yes, in most cases, both teams will get in ... now, its a certain both will get in ...

Surprised you haven't made this claim yet.

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cp2k

Yesterday at 9:56 PM

I like the move to campus sites for the early games. That adds a fun new dimension for fans, and cuts down on some of the travel expenses that would come with having to follow a team all the way through the playoffs at neutral sites.

Jimbo

Yesterday at 10:23 PM

cp2k said:
I like the move to campus sites for the early games. That adds a fun new dimension for fans, and cuts down on some of the travel expenses that would come with having to follow a team all the way through the playoffs at neutral sites.

Agree ... they started doing that a few years ago.

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Yespage

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meStevo said:
Surprised you haven't made this claim yet.

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That'd be more than the FA Cup! Over 700 teams. It is also the most glorious tournament in the world.

Maybe it is time to get rid of the College Football season and just go to a tournament. 128 teams, fill in the bottom end with the lower division. Random draw (except the top 10 teams are in one bucket to draw from in the first and second rounds to avoid OSU v Alabama in the first round), go from 128 to 8. 4 games. Then the 8 remaining teams play 7 games against each other. Then the top two play for the title.

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ERSanders

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The short term financial thinking by MBAs is what killed Xerox. Ask me how I know!

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So you have a MBA?
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ERSanders said:
The short term financial thinking by MBAs is what killed Xerox. Ask me how I know!

I thought it was when Bill Gates stole DOS

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dishdude

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Juan said:
I thought it was when Bill Gates stole DOS

And Steve Jobs stole the mouse and GUI

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ERSanders

Today at 12:47 PM

ERSanders said:
The short term financial thinking by MBAs is what killed Xerox. Ask me how I know!

Actually I survived despite them for 31 years and two expait assignments. But the quest for the current quarter's profits doomed long term vision, planning and actions.