I'm sure they do... I think they take advantage of "foreigners" who are willing to pay a lot for something like this. I've seen this with international channels too. A couple packages only include (1) channel and cost $10-20/month. Is it because there's a lot more "cost" to get the channel here ? They offer a "cricket" channel for $19.99/mo. "Racetrack Television" is $50/mo but I'd think that's tailored for commercial accounts (though I seem to recall that it's actually not allowed in certain places).
$15 a month includes a ton of football and rugby that isn't available (legally) anywhere else. Super 8, EPL, Serie A, Ligue 1, the Rugby cups. $15 a month seems like a bunch, but you do get your money's worth.
Not as much as Dish Network that's for sure.
With Time Warner, I was paying $3.25 per month for the Digital Sports Tier, it went up to $5.95 last month. That package includes, NHL Network, Big Ten Network, Tennis Channel, CBS College Sports, Fuel, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox College Sports Atlantic, Fox College Sports Central, Fox College Sports Pacific, Gol TV and Sportsman Channel. The reason for the $2 price increase in the package is most likely due to the fact that a bunch of out of market RSNs are slated to be launched soon, including FS Ohio, FS West, SportsSouth and a few others. The first few channels I listed are available in HD, including Fox Soccer Plus. Gol TV is not, but they have a contract for it so it should be offered at some point. The regular Fox Soccer Channel is included in regular digital cable at no additional charge.
It completely boggles my mind how Dish can charge that much for one channel when I get a complete package for $9 less.
It’s available legally here on cable for a hell of a lot less. I cannot believe the balls Charlie has going after News Corp and pulling his ‘I’m fighting for the customers’ BS when Dish charges that much more for a channel I get a cable for so much less. I’m sure he’s really thinking of his subscribers in this situation
