Bad News About Big 10 Network!!

[Juan]

Big Ten Network

DISH Network customers nationwide who subscribe to America's Top 100 and higher will find the Big Ten Network on Channel 439. Customers throughout the nation will also have the opportunity to preview the network until early 2008. At that time, the channel will be carried on America's Top 100 Plus service within the eight states with Big Ten institutions.

 

[garys]

How is this bad news inside the areas that will actually watch it?

 

[jeffwtux]

How is this bad news inside the areas that will actually watch it?

It's bad news for everybody. Rates will now skyrocket

 

[Jafoo]

wow, thats a bummer.

 

[NightRyder]

If it looks like a regional sports network and smells like a regional sports network it should be treated like one. I bet the nationwide preview is until they get one of the new birds launched and put it on a spotbeam.

NightRyder

 

[tsduke]

It's bad news for everybody. Rates will now skyrocket

Give it up already.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Subscribe to the RSN's when it moves and you will still get it.

 

[Juan]

Subscribe to the RSN's when it moves and you will still get it.

What about the games?

 

[Posty-McPOst]

Sounds like a great deal for Dish honestly. I'm not sure why anyone would still be upset.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Subscribe to the RSN's when it moves and you will still get it.

For a mere $5 per month

 

[NightRyder]

For a mere $5 per month

Cha-Ching$$$$

NightRyder

 

[Juan]

If I can get those games that cheap..Its a great alternative to ESPN game day

 

[angiecopus]

at least i live in ohio to watch the big ten network, thats more than my brother will get since he has time warner.

 

[GOHAWKS]

It's bad news for everybody. Rates will now skyrocket

Man Jeff, you better switch providers, have you heard that rates are just going to skyrocket, get out while you can still afford too.

 

[M. Campbell]

Give it up already.

No kidding, when it comes to this argument the poster has out kicked his coverage, to use a football term.

 

[kstuart]

For a mere $5 per month

which is only one third of the cost of Setanta Sports channel for soccer and rugby fans...

 

[mike123abc]

It looks like it is going into the RSN grouping... AT100+RSNs or AT200 and above. The AT100 package does not have RSNs, the reason Dish does not carry YES.

 

[BFG]

yes looks like it's an RSN

in 2008 you have to live in one of those 8 states or subscribe to the multisport pack

 

[SatinKzo]

It's bad news for everybody. Rates will now skyrocket

Not gonna make my FTA go up. I get more college sports than I can handle already between my FTA and lifeline cable.

As for it being a RSN, I don't know how the BTN can argue against that and win.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

The odd aspect is that Dish is providing it free to those subs for whom they have to pay a lot to get it.

But they plan to charge extra to those subs for whom E* is paying one of the lowest channel fees of any channel in their lineups (said to be only 10 cents per sub for non-B10 states).