BIG 10 is BACK - A Deal Has Been Reached!

[Hall]

Re: Dish to Drop Big Ten Network on Sept. 1?

Not to be negative, but I would say it's more likely they agreed to "extend" the existing contract terms and nothing more in order to keep the channel(s) on.


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[Dudleydog73]

Coming in clear here. Lets hope Dish and BTN continue agreeing.

 

[GaryPen]

Not to be negative, but I would say it's more likely they agreed to "extend" the existing contract terms and nothing more in order to keep the channel(s) on.

It appears that's exactly what they did. I don't think anyone has any illusions that it's otherwise. It's not a bad thing.

In fact, it's the kind of thing most other carriers seem to do most carriage negotiations. It only seems odd this time because it's Dish. Perhaps, Charlie read that article about Dish alone being responsible for almost half the channel blackouts on cable and satellite.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Congrats to Dish and Big 10 Network for reaching short-term deal

 

[whitewolf8214]

That's the way they should do all negotiations

 

[Foxbat]

I'm glad to see the B1G 10 HD Alternates are alive as well, at least for today. Hopefully, Dish and BTN can reach a mutually beneficial agreement for another five years.

 

[Foxbat]

I'm glad to see the B1G 10 HD Alternates are alive as well, at least for today. Hopefully, Dish and BTN can reach a mutually beneficial agreement for another five years.

Well, #*}<$@&?!!!! Dish still has the "Check back often to see if your favorite team is playing in HD" slate up on channel 5441HD. I called and it seems BTN alternates are only available in SD, not HD.

 

[Bobby]

The B10 channels on the Hopper are 438-* and I have two games going right now and they are both in HD....

 

[dare2be]

My 5441 HD B10 ALT channel is showing E.Kentucky at Purdue just fine.

 

[Foxbat]

My 5441 HD B10 ALT channel is showing E.Kentucky at Purdue just fine.

It's on now. It wasn't on at kickoff.

I'm on Eastern Arc; I wonder if that made a difference?

 

[Nebugeater]

Anyone hear anything as to how long the "short term" agreement is for?

 

[pparry]

Anyone hear anything as to how long the "short term" agreement is for?

I'd really like to know this as well. If it's until the end of this football season, that's great. If it's only until next week, I'm worried.

 

[gjcavana]

Anyone hear anything as to how long the "short term" agreement is for?

I don't think anyone knows. All of the articles I read say the same thing, that neither side will give details.

 

[toddhawk]

I don't think anyone knows. All of the articles I read say the same thing, that neither side will give details.

I saw the same thing gjcavana. The one "encouraging sign" was that the "IwantmyBTN" website also showed the settlement message and not the "hurry and switch from horrible DISH message". The fact that this is still up tells me they've probably agreed to keep things the same for maybe 3 weeks. I really don't know however.

 

[mike123abc]

http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/06/by-the-numbers-the-spiraling-cost-of-sports-programming/

As a reference how much various sports networks charge including BTN. BTN is #6 on the list. Since Dish picked it up so quickly when it started, Dish probably got a big discount on the fee. Now they probably want to shrink the discount. I would speculate they are just arguing over the % discount...

 

[Nebugeater]

Here we go again. The big ten net just posted on their Facebook page that the short term agreement will end early Sat and talks had stalled. They do not expect another short term agreement

 

[zippyfrog]

http://www.iwantbtn.com/

Yep - they mention that on this page as well...

 

[Teehar]

hmm maybe that's why dish was so quick to uplink the pac-12 network.

 

[satjay]

Well let's see what this Saturday brings us? I guess when they meant short term, they meant short term. Intresting to see PAC 12 up linked though....

 

[GOHAWKS]

Not Good!! I had all ready had tentatively set up a Direct Tv appointment based on how long temporary might be, I guess we know now.
Damn